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439 TRANSLATION AND NOTES. BOOK VII. -vil. 74
pada-mss. (with the doubtful exception of D.) read here hinkr-, without division; at
ix. 10. 5 they agree with RV. The verse accompanies, says the comm., the coming
up of the cow for milking.
9. As enjoyable {jt'csta) household guest in our home {durond), do
thou come, knowing, unto this our sacrifice ; smiting away, O Agni, all
assaulters {abliiyiij), do thou bring in the enjoyments of them that play
the foe.
This verse and the following one are found in RV. (v. 4. 5 ; 28. 3), and also occur
together in TB. ii.4. n and MS. iv. ii.i. RV.MS. read at end of c vihdtyd, p.
viohdtya; there is no other variant. The comm. paraphrases abhiyujas in c by abhiyoktrih
parasenah. LFor d, cf. iv. 22. 7 d.J
10. O Agni, be bold unto great good-fortune; let thy brightnesses
(dyumnd) be highest ;
put together a well-ordered house-headship ; trample
on the greatnesses of them that play the foe.
The verse is (as noted above) RV. v. 28. 3, and found also in TB. and MS., and
further in VS. xxxiii. 12 and Ap(^S. iii. 15. 5 — everywhere without variant. Our comm.
explains ^arilha as = drdrahrdayo bhava. The Prat. iv. 64, 83 prescribes ya/^/a^yif/w as
pada-reading in c, but all the pada-mss. Tea.djd/topa(ydm, divided, and SPP. accordingly
gives that form in his pada-text. The RV. pada reiidsja^paiydm and ja/ipdU7i, hut,
strangely, jdAopatim (the two latter occurring only once each).
|_Winternitz, Hochzeitsrituell,
p. 57, cites the verse.J
11. Mayest thou LverilyJ be well-portioned, feeding in excellent
meadows ; so also may we be well-portioned ; eat thou grass, O inviolable
one, at all times ; drink clear water, moving hither.
The verse is RV. i. 164.40 (hence repeated below, as ix. 10.20), found also in
Ap(^S. ix. 5.4, and K^S. xxv. I. 19; all these read dtho for ddlid in b, and K(JS. has
bhagavati in a (if it be not a misprint).
The sixth anuvaka, with 14 (or 16) hymns and 42 verses, finishes here. The
quoted Anukr. says of the verses dvir ekavinqatih sasthah, and, of
calurda^a.
the hymns, sasthaf
74 (78). Against apacits : against jealousy : to Agni.
[At/iarvdngiras. — cattirrcam. mantroktadevatyam utajdtavedasam. dnustubham^
This hymn and the one following are not found in Paipp. There is apparently no
real connection between the three parts of the hymn. Used by Kaug. (32.8 : according
to Keg. and the comm., vss. i and 2, which alone are applicable) in a healing ceremony,
with the aid of various appliances, " used as directed in the text." It is added :
" with the fourth verse one puts down upon and pierces [them] " (32. 9), but the fourth
verse of this hymn suggests no such use, and Ke^. declares 76. 2 to be intended.*
Verse 3 appears (36.25), with hymn 45 etc., in a rite against jealousy; and vs. 4 is
made (1.34) an alternate to v. 3 when entering on a vow ;
in Vait. (i. 13) it follows
v. 3 in a like u.se. The comm. here Lp. 457' J quotes apacitdin |_vii.
74J as read at
Kau;. 31. 16, and understands this hymn instead of vi. 83 \_apacitas\ to be there meant
but under vi. 83 he quotes apacitas, and understands accordingly I