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reading in b, vísita॰stupaḥ, is quoted under Prāt. iv. 77. In c, asyā́ ichán is the chosen example in the Prāt. commentary (under ii. 21 et al.) of the saṁdhi it illustrates, although the meter shows that the irregular combination asye ’chan requires to be made, and the Anukr. apparently winks at it. Ppp. has the corrupt reading sa vāi chāyad ag- ⌊intending sa vāi ’ched?⌋. ⌊Correct the ed. to -stupaḥ.⌋

2. This woman, O Aryaman, hath toiled, going to other women's assembly; now, O Aryaman, shall another woman come to her assembly.

Ppp. reads in c nv asyā ’ryaman. The comm. has çamanam in b and d, and anu for nu in c. He makes no difficulty in taking ā́yati (p. ā॰áyati) as a 3d pl., which it is not; we ought to have either ā́yan (ā॰áyan), or ā́nya instead of anyā́ḥ: the translation implies the latter. The proper pada reading would be ā́: ayati. ⌊For sámanam 'wedding-assembly,' see Bergaigne, Rel. Véd. i. 159, n. 3. Comm. renders an̄gá by he; Bloomfield, "without fail."⌋

3. The creator (dhātár) sustains the earth; the creator [sustains] the sky and the sun; let the creator assign (dhā) to this spinster a husband that is according to her wish.

Ppp. combines asyā ’gruvāi in c, and reads dadātu in d.

61. Prayer and boasts.

[Atharvan (?).—rāudram. trāiṣṭubham: 2, 3. bhurij.]

Found also in Pāipp. xix., and in K. xl. 9. Reckoned by Kāuç. (9. 2) to the bṛhachānti gaṇa, and used (41. 14), with vi. 19, 23, 24, etc., in a rite for good fortune; in the kāmya ceremonies (59. 10), for splendor*; also, in the chapter of portents (133. 2), on occasion of one's house burning down; it is further (note to 50. 13) included in the rāudra gaṇa. In Vāit. (2. 17) vs. 3 accompanies, in the parvan sacrifice, two offerings of butter to Agni and Soma. *⌊Varcas: so the comm.; but Bloomfield reads vyacas, which accords better with 1 d of the text.⌋

Translated: Griffith, i. 278.

1. To me let the waters send what has sweetness; to me the sun brought [it] in order to light; to me the gods, and all those born of penance—to me let god Savitar assign expansion ⌊vyácas⌋.

Ppp. has, for b, mahyaṁ sūryo bharaj jyotiṣā gam, and, in c, samotā for tapojā. K. has, in c, mām for mahyam, and anu for uta, and ends with bhāt (?). Abharat in b cannot well be correct; we might conjecture instead bhavatu. The Anukr. disregards the deficiency of a syllable in d.

2. I expanded (?) earth and heaven, I generated the seasons, seven together; I speak true what is untrue; I encompass (pári) divine speech and people (víças).

For the doubtful viveca in a, Ppp. has dadhāra, and K. astabhnām. Some of the mss. read ajanayan in b (also in 3 b); K. has ajanam (if the reading is correct); Ppp. substitutes sindhūn sasṛje (for ṛtūṅr aj-). The second half-verse in K. is quite different: ahaṁ vācam pari sarvām babhūva ya indrāgni asanaṁ sakhāyāu (the last pāda is parallel with our 3 d). The sense of c is obscure, and the rendering given only tentative; it implies vadāmi instead of vádāmi: perhaps, 'I declare what [is] true [and