The same Rishi and metre.--Verse 7 = TS. II, 2, 12, 6; MS. IV, 12, 2.

Verse 1.

Note [2:2:1:1]1. In this Pada one syllable is wanting. It may be thought that the first word should be pronounced iagnena. For supplying the missing syllable by conjecture there would, however, be many ways. Comp. also H. O., Hymnen des Rig-veda, I, p. 79.

Note [2:2:1:2]2. Tana gira': comp. I. 38, 13 (vol. xxxii, p. 82).

Note [2:2:1:3]3. Dhuh-sadam. The exact meaning is, 'who occupies a decisive position.'

Note [2:2:1:4]4. Vriganeshu: comp. I, 60, 3, note 2.

Verse 2.

Note [2:2:2:1]1. Comp. VIII, 88, 1. abhi vatsam na svasareshu dhenavah indram girbhih navamahe.

Note [2:2:2:2]2. See I, 58, 7, note 1.

Note [2:2:2:3]3. See Lanman, p. 482; Gaedicke, p. 89. 'During continuous nights.' M. M.

Verse 3.

Note [2:2:3:1]1. See I, 58, 7, note 1.

Note [2:2:3:2]2. Cf. VIII, 84, 1. ratham na vedyam.

Verse 4.

Note [2:2:4:1]1. I follow the conjecture of Bohtlingk-Roth, who propose to read hvaram. Comp. Atharva-veda IV, I, 2 (Asvalayana Srautasutra IV, 6, 3; Sankhayana Srautasutra V, 9, 7). surukam hvaram. The meaning of the word is conjectural; comp. I, 141, 7, note 1. If we read hvare, the translation could be 'brilliant like gold, in a hidden place.' (M. M.)

Note [2:2:4:2]2. Comp. Pischel, Vedische Studien, I, 52.

Note [2:2:4:3]3. Or, the winged (bird) of Prisni? No other passages which make Agni the son (or the bird) of Prisni are known to me.

Note [2:2:4:4]4. The accent of pathas points to a genitive, dependent on payum, of a word which is, however, different from pa'thas. Grassmann thinks that pathas is a lengthening for pathas, but Lanman (Noun-Inflection, 470) is quite right in observing that this is hard to believe in the first syllable of a Pada. Should we not correct the text and read pathah (gen. sing. governed by payum)? The reading pathah may be due to the influence of the neighbourhood of payum.

Verse 5.

Note [2:2:5:1]1. See vol. xxxii, p. 301.

Note [2:2:5:2]2. Comp. X, 92, I. sushkasu harinishu garbhurat.

Verse 6.

Note [2:2:6:1]1. Ludwig translates sam-dadasva'n: 'zum heile [dich selber] aufreibend;' Grassmann, 'oder seist erloschen du;' Gaedicke (p. 89), 'and wenn du verloschest;' Griffith, 'a liberal giver;' Neisser (Bezzenberger's Beitr. XIX, 286), 'deine Kunst zusammennehmend.' Sayana says, 'samdadasvan samyak prayakkhan.' Prof. Max Muller suggests, 'being a liberal benefactor.'

Note [2:2:6:2]2. There was no reason for correcting deva-vitaye as Ludwig once proposed. He has himself abandoned this conjecture.

Verse 7.