Note [1:71:4:2]2. The exact meaning of Bhrigavana is doubtful. It is, of course, derived from Bhrigu as vasavana, takavana, from vasu, taku. Agni is called Bhrigavana also in IV, 7, 4. Comp. Bergaigne, I, 54.

Note [1:71:4:3]3. With the words a' dutyam vivaya comp. IV, 9, 6. veshi it u asya dutyam.

Verse 5.

Note [1:71:5:1]1. This difficult verse evidently treats of the incest which the father Dyaus has committed with his daughter. Compare on this subject Bergaigne, Rel. Ved. II, 109 seq. Agni seems to be represented here as stimulating the desire of the father; the 'sap' (rasa) probably is the sperm, comp. I, 105, 2.

In the second Pada, Agni, having done, as it seems, some mischief, goes away to the speckled cows.' We cannot say who these speckled cows were; they evidently are identical with those mentioned in another passage treating of the same story, X, 61, S.--Bergaigne paraphrases the second Pada of our verse, wrongly in my opinion, 'Agni sort furtivement de cette fille, de cette vache, prisani'.'

The archer who shoots at Agni (third Pada) is not better known to us than the speckled cows. Bergaigne's opinion, 'que cet archer n'est autre que le pere lui-meme,' is not very convincing.

Verse 6.

Note [1:71:6:1]1. The traditional reading vibha'ti ('he who shines for thee in his house') gives no satisfactory sense. I propose to read vidha'ti. Cf. I, 120, 1. katha' vidhati apraketah.

Note [1:71:6:2]2. I have some doubts as to the correctness of usatah (Samhitapatha, usato) anu dyu'n. Usat, of course, is an epithet not of the days, but of Agni. But then we expect the dative. Correcting the text (usate) is all the easier, because before a following vowel the dative and the genitive were, in the original pronunciation, identical (usata'anu; see my Prolegomena, 447 sqq.); the spellings of the Samhitapatha, usato anu and usate anu, belong to the inventions of Vedic grammarians.

Note [1:71:6:3]3. Literally, May he whom thou incitest drive on the same chariot with riches. Comp. such expressions as rathi'h rayah and the like.

Verse 7.

Note [1:71:7:1]1. Comp. IV, 44, 2. yuvoh vapuh abhi prikshah sakante; VII, 90, 5.

Note [1:71:7:2]2. Comp. I, 26, 10, note 1.

Note [1:71:7:3]3. Ludwig: nicht unter unsern freunden ward auszfundig gemacht die kraftspeise. Grassmann: nicht bei Verwandten ward uns Nahrung sichtbar. Wilson: Our food is not partaken of by our kinsmen. Griffith: Not by our brethren was our food discovered.--Ludwig and Grassmann translate as if the text had gamishu. What the