[paragraph continues] = TS. II, 5, 7, 2; TB. III, 5, 2, 1; MS. I, 6, 1; IV, 14, 3. Verses 2, 3 = TB. II, 4, 2, 4. 5; MS. IV, 11, 2. Verse 4 = TS. II, 5, 8, 6; TB. III, 5, 2, 3. Verses 5-6 = TB. III, 6, 1, 3; MS. IV, 10, 1 (verse 5 = MS. IV, 11, 2). Verses 7-9 = SV. II, 827-829. Verses 13-15 = SV. II, 888-890; TB. III, 5, 2, 2; AV. XX, 102, 1-3.

Verse 1.

Note [3:27:1:1]1. Of the priests and sacrificers?

Verse 2.

Note [3:27:2:1]1. The text has i'le.

Verse 3.

Note [3:27:3:1]1. Comp. above, II, 5, 1.

Verse 6.

Note [3:27:6:1]1. Comp. IV, 17, 18. vayam hi a' te kakrima saba'dhah.

Verse 7.

Note [3:27:7:1]1. Mayaya: comp. H. O., Religion des Veda, 163, 294.

Note [3:27:7:2]2. Vidathani: comp. I, 31, 6, note 2.

Verse 9.

Note [3:27:9:1]1. This seems to mean, 'he has been set to work.'

Note [3:27:9:2]2. A' dadhe must be first person (comp. ni dadhe, verse 10) for the bhuta'nam garbhah is Agni.

Note [3:27:9:3]3. Or, the father of intelligence. Daksha is the personified intelligence. Comp. vol. xxxii, p. 245 seq.; Bergaigne, Religion Vedique, III, 93 seq.

Verse 10.

Note [3:27:10:1]1. See above, III, 23, 4.

Note [3:27:10:2]2. The text has ila', the same word as in 24, 2.--Prof. Max Muller observes, 'Could it be, ni tva dadhe ila, I have placed thee on the altar with nutriment, son of the strength of Daksha?'

Note [3:27:10:3]3. Or, 'the willing one.'

Verse 11.

Note [3:27:11:1]1. 'Setting to work the Right (Rita)' means here 'performing the sacrifice.' The sacrifice is considered as a sphere especially pervaded by the power of Rita. Comp. H. O., Religion des Veda, 197.

Note [3:27:11:2]2. Yanturam (comp. VIII, 19, 2. agnim ilishva yanturam; Lanman, 486) must be the same as yanta'ram (comp. martyr? [M. M.] See de Saussure, Memoire sur le Systeme Primitif des Voyelles, p. 207; but comp. also Kretschmer, Kuhn's Zeitschrift, XXXI, p. 447). To me it seems to be an accommodation to apturam, facilitated probably by the influence of the genitive yantur. See Lanman, Noun-Inflection in the Veda, p. 486; Wackernagel in Kuhn's Zeitschrift, XXV, 287.

Note [3:27:11:3]3. See Pischel, Vedische Studien, I, 122 seq.; H. O., Gottingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, 1889, p. 4 seq.

Verse 12.

Note [3:27:12:1]1. The text has ile. In the same way ilenyah verse 13, ilate verse 14.

Verse 13.

Note [3:27:13:1]1. Observe sam idhyate here and verse 14, sam idhimahi verse 15. The verses 13-15 form one Trika.