der Indogerm. Lautlehre, p. 262. This noun is not to be derived from the root sas, but from sams.

Note [4:5:11:2]2. Compare I, 79, 2 (with note 3).

Verse 12.

Note [4:5:12:1]1. Comp. X, 108, 7, where the Panis say to Sarama: reku padam alakam a' gagantha ('the place is empty (?); thou hast come in vain').

Verse 13.

Note [4:5:13:1]1. This verse has been treated of by Pischel, Ved. Studien, I, 306.

Verse 15.

Note [4:5:15:1]1. On this comparison, see Hirzel, Gleichnisse und Metaphern im Rigveda, p. 102 seq.