similar to this. Prof. Max Muller translates: 'Observe the footsteps of the animal (the stolen animal of the thief Agni).'

Note [1:67:6:3]3. With guha' guham comp. I, 53, 7. yudha' yudham, pura' puram.

Verse 7.

Note [1:67:7:1]1. Dha'ram ritasya: comp. V, 1 2, 2. ritasya dha'rah anu trindhi purvi'h, 'open the many streams of Rita;' VII, 43, 4. ritasya dha'rah sudughah duhanah, 'milking the streams of Rita flowing with plenty.' The stream of Rita seems to mean the stream of blessings (such as rain, ghee, &c.) which flows to mankind according to the eternal laws of Rita.

Verse 8.

Note [1:67:8:1]1. The poet passes over from the plural to the singular.

Verse 9.

Note [1:67:9:1]1. Bollensen's conjecture praga'su (instead of praga'h uta) seems very probable to me. Prof. von Roth (Ueber gewisse Kurzungen des Wortendes, p. 2) takes a different view.

Note [1:67:9:2]2. Comp. I, 95, 10 (see below); VII, 9, 3. apa'm garbhah prasvah a' vivesa, 'the son of the waters has entered upon the sprouting grass.'

Verse 10.

Note [1:67:10:1]1. 'Why not kitih apam dame, that is, the (burning) pile in the home of the waters.' M. M.