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4" TRANSLATION AND NOTES. BOOK VII. -vii. 36
35 (36). Against a rival (woman).
[AtAarvan. — trcam. jcUavedasam. dnustubham : 1, 3. tristuhh^
The first two verses are found also in Paipp. xx., but not together. Kau^. employs
the hymn in the same rule (36. 33) as hymn 34, to prevent an enemy's wife from bearing
children ; only vss. 2 and 3 are suited to such use. For the use of vs. i by Vait.
(29.6), see under the preceding hymn.
Translated: Ludwig, p. 477 (vss. 2, 3); Henry, 13, 67; Griffith, i. 343, and 475;
Bloomfield, 98, 545.
1 . Overpower away with power [our] other rivals ; thrust baclc, O
Jatavedas, those unborn; fill this royalty unto good fortune; let all the
gods revel after him.
Of this verse also the first half, with a wholly different second half, is found in VS.
(xv. 2), TS. (iv. 3. I2>), and MS. (ii. 8. 7)
; all read, for a, sdhasa jatan prd nuda nah
sapdtndn. Our second half, especially the last pada, is rather wanting in connection
with what precedes ; Ppp. improves d by reading anu tvd devds sarvejusantdm. The
comm. explains rdstrain by asmadiyatn janapadam, and eitain by qatruhananakarmanah
prayoktdram.
2. These hundred veins that are thine, and the thousand tubes — of
them all of thine I have covered the opening with a stone.
Ppp. reads sdkam for aham in c. The comm. regards the verse as addressed to a
vidvesinl strl. To him the fiirds are the minute, and the dhamanis the large vessels.
3. The upper part of thy womb I make the lower; let there not be
progeny to thee, nor birth ; I make thee barren (asti), without progeny
I make a stone thy cover.
The mss. are divided between sutiih and sunuh at end of b (our Bp.D. read sunuh),
and SPP. adopts sunuh (following half his authorities and the comm.), but wrongly, as
the accent plainly shows.* The comm. reads aqvdm at beginning of c, and supports it
by a ridiculous explanation : it stands for aqvatarim a she-mule,' and she-mules are
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not fruitful ! |_In the Berlin ed., the r of krnotni in c is wanting. J *[_Cf. the note to
i. 1 1. I.J
The discordance between vs. i and vss. 2 and 3 is so complete that it is difficult to
believe them all to form one hymn together ; and vs. I evidently belongs with hymn 34
vss. 2 and 3, moreover, are probably combined on account of their resemblance in the
closing padas. But there is no disagreement among the authorities with regard to the
division.
36 (37). Husband and wife to one another.
\_Atharvan. — mantroktiksidevatyam . dnustubham .]
Of this verse are found in Paipp. only the first words, a lacuna following. Kaug.
(79. 2) prescribes its use in the marriage ceremonies of the fourth day, as the two
spouses anoint one another's eyes.
Translated: Weber, Ind. Stud. v. 248 Grill, ; 55, 179; Henry, 13, 67; Griffith,
i. 343 ;
Bloomfield, 96, 546. — Cf. also Bergaigne, JA. 8. iii. 200, note (1884).