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427 TRANSLATION AND NOTES. BOOK VII. -vii. 58
8. Thou that strikest {pra-hr) with both, with both tail and mouth —
in thy mouth is no poison ; how then may there be in thy tail-receptacle.''
Or, again, what may there ' ' etc. The last two verses lack each a syllable, unheeded
by the Anukr. The comm. this time once more declares a scorpion {yrqcika) intended ;
pucchadhi, according to him, designates a romavdn avayavah. [Ppp. has for c asye
cana ie visath.\
57(59). Prayer to Sarasvati etc.
\Vdmadcva. — dvyrcam. sdrasvatam. jdgatamJ]
The two verses are botli found in Paipp. xx., but in different places. In Kaug. (46. 6)
it is joined with v. 7. 5 in a rite for success when asking for something (the schol. and
comm. specify both verses as employed).
Translated : Ludwig, p. 446 ;
Henry, 22, 84 ;
Griffith, i. 354.
1. What has gone wrong {vi-ksubh) on the part of me speaking with
expectation, what of [me] going about among people begging, what in
myself of my body is torn apart — that may Sarasvati fill up with ghee.
Ppp. arranges differently the matter in a, b : yad d(asd me carato jandh anu yad
ydcanidnasya vadato vicuksubhe ; and it has a different C: yan me tanvo rajasi pravistam;
further, it reads prndd in d. The authorities are divided between tdd and
ydd at beginning of c; our Bp.W.I.O.s.m.T.K. and the comm. have tdd; both editions
%\v&ydd. Some of our mss. (Bp.E.D.O.p.m.) have sdrasvati in d, and one (E.)
has correspondingly /r«a.
Both verses are irregular zsjagati.
2. Seven flow for the Marut-accompanied young one (f/f«)
; for the
father the sons have made to understand righteous things ; both indeed
bear rule over this of both kinds ; both strive, both prosper {pits) of it.
The verse is RV. x. 13. 5 ; but RV. reads rtdm at end of b, and twice (in c, d) ub/idyasya
for ubhd asya. The translation follows the RV. reading in c. " Both," it is to
be noticed (in c, d), is neuter (or fern.), not masculine. The sense is intended to be
mystic, and is very obscure. SPP. reads in b, with all his authorities (at least, he
reports nothing to the contrary), and with the
comm., avlvrtaun (the comm. glosses it
with vartayanti anutisthatiti) ; the same is given by our M.W.I. Ppp. has a text
that is partly different and partly corrupt :
sapta sravanti qiqavo marutvate pitd pitrebhyo
apy avlvat padvatah : ubhaye piprati iibhaye 'sya rdjahi ubhe ubhe ubhaye 'sya
pisyakah.
58 (60). Invitation to Indra and Varuna.
[K'durupathi.—dvyrcam. mantroktadcvatyam. jdgatam : 2. Iristnbh?\
Found also in Paipp. xx. The two verses are part of a RV. hymn (vi. 68. 10, 11).
They are not used in Kaug. ; but Vait. (25.2) introduces them with hymns 51 and 44 :
see under the latter.
Translated: Henry, 23, 85 ; Griffith, i. 355.
I. O Indra-and-Varuna, soma-drinkers, this pressed soma, intoxicating,
drink ye, O ye of firm courses ; let your chariot, the sacrifice {Jadhvard),
for the god-feast, approach toward the stall {svdsara), to drink.