Note [1:72:6:2]2. Ludwig certainly is wrong in translating 'hute du den wandel von tier and pflanze.' The author of this group of hymns is very fond of the phrase sthatuh karatham and the like; see I, 68, 1; 70, 3. 7. Tire same phrase, in one or the other of its possible shapes, has evidently been used by him here also. The plural masculine sthatri'n is indeed very strange. Possibly J. Wackernagel is right in reading sthatri'n (Kuhn's Zeitschrift, XXV, 287; comp. Lanman, p. 422); the reading sthatri'n may be due to the neighbourhood of pasu'n. This sort of blunder is very frequent in the text of the Rig-veda. Prof. Max Muller suggests: the stabled cattle and what moves about (in the meadows).

Verse 7.

Note [1:72:7:1]1. On vayuna, comp. Pischel, Ved. Studien, I, 295. 300. 'The thoughts of human beings.' M. M.

Note [1:72:7:2]2. Surudh: Pischel, Ved. Studien, I, 32. 50.

Note [1:72:7:3]3. 'Which lead to the gods?' M. M.

Verse 8.

Note [1:72:8:1]1. Comp. I, 26, 10, note 1.--'Beheld the seven young rivers coming down from heaven.' M. M.

Note [1:72:8:2]2. See Delbruck, Syntaktische Forschungen, I, 87.

Verse 9.

Note [1:72:9:1]1. The bird seems to be Agni.

Note [1:72:9:2]2. The Padapatha gives su-apatya'ni. There is no doubt a word su-apatya, 'blessed with good offspring.' This is frequently used together with such nouns as rayi, kshaya, ish; it stands in several passages by the side of pragavat. See I, 117, 19; II, 2, 12; 4, 8; 9, 5; III, 3, 7; 16, 1; IV, 2, 11; X, 30, 12. But from this word should be distinguished sva-patya, derived from sva-pati (X, 44, 1, &c.), 'a man's own dominion,' or 'own rulership;' comp. gaspatya. This word is found here, and in some other passages, for instance, VII, 91, 3. visva it narah svapatya'ni kakruh, 'the heroes have exercised all the powers of their own dominion;' VIII, 15, 10. satra' visva svapatya'ni dadhishe, 'thou hast assumed (Indra) all powers of thy own dominion altogether.'--Ludwig translates correctly, 'alle selbstherlichkeit.'

The Taittiriya Brahmana reads kakruh for tasthuh. This reading evidently rests on Rig-veda IV, 34, 9; VII, 91, 3. There is no reason, however, for preferring this to the traditional reading of our Rik-text.

Verse 10.

Note [1:72:10:1]1. The sun and the moon? This very natural explanation will scarcely be modified on account of passages like the following (Satapatha Brahmana I, 6, 3, 38):

[paragraph continues] 'These are the two eyes of the sacrifice, the (oblations of butter called) Agyabhagas.'

Note [1:72:10:2]2. Comp. below, 73, 4.