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399 TRANSLATION AND NOTES. BOOK VII. -vil. 17
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variants, especially in the second line, where they read amadann enatn is/ayah, and
ramate for kramate. In b, both give daksa and ayuni, and AQS. ratnd. ^The verse
has one tristubh pada (c) ; and b is a very ^oox jagatl.\
15(16). Prayer to Savitar.
\^Bhrgu. — sdvitram. traistubham.']
Found also in Paipp. xx. ; and in VS. (xvii. 74), TS. (iv. 6. 54), MS. (ii. 10.6), and
^B. (ix. 2. 3. 38). This hymn, like the preceding, is used by Kau^. (24. 7) in a general
rite for prosperity, with the binding on of a heifer-rope as amulet. In Vait. (29. 18), it
accompanies the laying on of fuel in the agnicayana ceremony.
Translated: Henry, 6, 58; Griffith, i.
335.
I. This favor, O Savitar, of true impulse, very wondrous, having all
choice things, do I choose for myself ; which of him, full-fed, thousandstreamed,
Kanva the bull {mahisd) milked for Bhaga.
Or (at the end) ' for a portion,' as the comm. understands it (bhagySyd). The reading
(alike in all) of the other texts is very different : for a, tatit saviticr vdrenyasya
citr&m; in b, viqvdj'anyam at end ;
in d (for mah- &tc.) pdyasa tnahith gam. This gives
a decidedly more intelligible meaning. Ppp. is still different: in a, salyasavasya citrdin;
for b, vayam devasya prasave tnandmahe ; and, in c, praptndih.
16(17). Prayer to Savitar (or Brihaspati).
\Bhrgu.— sdvitram. trdislubham.']
Not found in Paipp., but occurs as VS. xxvii. 8, and in TS. (iv. i. 73) and MS. (ii.12. 5).
Used by Kaug. (59. 18) in a kdmya rite with hymn 2 etc. : see hymn 2 ; but to it alone
seems to belong (so also comm.) the added direction " wakens a Vedic student Lfound
asleep after sunrise (abhytidita)\ " ;
since in Vait. (5. 9), in the agnyddheya ceremony,
one awakens with it priests who may have fallen asleep. Both applications seem to
imply (as Henry suggests) the reading bodhaya in a.
Translated : Henry, 7, 58 ; Griffith, i.
335.
I. O Brihaspati, Savitar, increase thou him ; enlighten him unto great
good-fortune ; however sharpened, sharpen him further ; let all the gods
revel after him.
The other texts make b and c exchange places ; in a, they read savitar without accent
(as does also the comm. ; it suits better with the singular verbs that follow), and
bodhdya for vardhdya; in (our) b, they give vardhdya lox jyotdya (the comm. dyoiaya) ;
in (our) c, VS.TS. read samtaram ; in d, MS. inserts ca after viqve.
17 (18). Prayer to Dhatar for blessings.
\Bhrgu. — caturrcam. sdvitram iita bahudmatyam. dnustubham : i. ^-f. irsT gdyatri
J, 4. tristubh^
The first verse is found in Paipp. i., the other verses in Paipp. xx. For further correspondences,
see under the several verses. In Kaug. (59. 19), in the kamya section,
hymns 17, 19, 20, 24-26, 29, 42, 46, 51, 79, 80, 82, and 103 of this book are addressed to