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Tl- BOOK VII. THE ATHARVA-VEDA-SAMHITA. 438
In b, CCS- has su for sa ; at the end, AQS. has somya?n madhu (for rocane divah).
There ought to be more than one accent on the series of vocatives in c, to guide us to
their right combination, which is doubtful. The comm. takes inadhvi as inadhuvidydveditdraii.
5. Let the heated gharmd, its own invoker (Jioiar), attain to you ; let
your offerer {adhvaryii) move forward, rich in milk ; of the milked sweet,
O A^vins, of the offspring (.' ), eat (t'f) ye, drink ye, of the milk of the
ruddy [cow].
The two Sutras read naksati in a, and carati prayasvan at end of b; the comm. also
has pray-, and explains it as prlnanakdripayoyuktah ; pray- is doubtless the more
genuine reading. The obscure tanayds in c (omitted in Ludwig's translation)* is made
by the comm. an adjective qualifying usriydyds, and signifying payodadhydjyarupahavihpraddnena
yajttam vistdrayaniydh, Ppp. has in a sma hold; the comm. takes
svdhotd as po.ssessive, which suits the accent better. Verses 4 and 5 the comm.
declares to have the value of ydjyd verses in the ceremony. »|_In fact Ludwig does
render ianayds (accent !) by " this," and idnd and tdndya correspondingly. Tandya
is the Ppp. reading here for tanayds.
6. Run up with milk, O cow-milker, quickly
;
pour in the milk of the
ruddy [cow] in
the gharmd; the desirable Savitar hath irradiated (vi-khyd)
the firmament ; after the forerunning of the dawn he shines forth {vi-rdj).
SPP's text has godhuk (voc.) in a, but nearly half his authorities have godhuk, and so
also nearly all ours (all those noted save Bp.), for which reason our text gives it ;
godhuk
is doubtless the true reading, and it is followed in the translation. CCS. reads after it
(perhaps by a misprint?) osum ; ACS. (also probably by a misprint?) gives payasd
gosam (omitting dhug o). CCS- has damfinds for varenyas in c, and its d is anu
dydvdprthivi supranite, while ACS. and Ppp. have nearly the same :
'nu dydvdprthivl
supranitih. This seems most likely to be the true ending of the verse ; in our text has
been somehow substituted a half-verse which is RV. v. 81.2 c, d, and found also in
several other texts : VS. xii. 3, TS. iv. i. 104, MS. ii. 7. 8 ;
all of them accent dnu as an
independent word, as our text doubtless ought to do (p. anuaprayanatii) ; one of
SPP's authorities, and the comm., do so. The comm. does not recognize the adverb
osdin,
'
but renders it by taptam \_gharmam , the heated ^g-Z/arwa-vessel 'J
;
he explains
vi akhyat hy prakdgayati. Two, if not three, of the padas are tristubh.
7. I call upon that easy-milking milch-cow ; a skilful-handed milker
also shall milk her; may the impeller (savitdt) impel us the best impulse;
the hot drink is
kindled upon — that may he kindly proclaim.
This and the following verse are also two successive verses in RV. (i. 164.26,27;
they are repeated below as ix. 10.4, 5, where the whole RV. hymn is given). RV.
has at the end the better reading vocam. The comm. declares the verse to be used in
the calling up of the cow that furnishes the gharma drink, that she may be milked.
8. Lowing (Itin-kr), mistress of good things, seeking her calf with her
mind, hath she come in ;
for the A9vins ;
let this inviolable one (aghnyd) yield (dnh) milk
let her increase unto great good-fortune.
RV. (as above) reads abhyagdt (p. abhi : a : agdt) at end of b. The RV. padatext
divides hinakrnvatt at the beginning, and SPP. gives the same reading; but our