Note [1:148:2:1]1. 'He' seems to be Agni. Sayana, however, explains: dadanam id agnaye kurvanam eva mam. This would lead to a translation like this: '(The enemies) did

not deceive (me, the worshipper) who had addressed a hymn (to Agni).'

Note [1:148:2:2]2. On 'his' Sayana remarks, 'yagamanasya mama.' But the word may refer to Agni.

Verse 3.

Note [1:148:3:1]1. There is no reason for abandoning here the usual meaning of yagniya. On the gods seeking after Agni, comp. Bergaigne, I, 110.

Note [1:148:3:2]2. It is very probable, to say the least, that 'they' are again the gods.

Verse 4.

Note [1:148:4:1]1. Is the first a't dissyllabic? More probably the Pada is deficient by one syllable.

Verse 5.

Note [1:148:5:1]1. Two syllables are wanting before the caesura of the first Pada.

Note [1:148:5:2]2. Was there a belief that a blind man by turning his blind eyes on somebody could do him harm? Possibly we might have to translate: 'Him (his foes) blind and bereft of sight did not damage though looking at him (i. e. though turning their blind eyes on him).'--Prof. Max Muller writes: 'Could it be: Even the blind saw, but did not injure him (andha'h apasyan na dabhan); abhikhya', when he was seen, no longer in the womb?'