Note [1:73:2:2]2. On vrigana, comp. the quotations given above, I, 60, 3, note 2; cf. IX, 87, 2. vriganam rakshamanah.

Note [1:73:2:3]3. Comp. I, 64, 9. amatih na darsata'.

Note [1:73:2:4]4. Comp. II, 4, 1 (see below).

Verse 3.

Note [1:73:3:1]1. The first three Padas are nearly identical with III, 55, 21.

Note [1:73:3:2]2. As to the meaning of hitamitra, comp. X, 108, 3. mitram ena dadhama; see also X, 132, 5, and H. O., Religion des Veda, 186, note 1.

Verse 4.

Note [1:73:4:1]1. Comp. I, 72, 10 (see above).

Note [1:73:4:2]2. I cannot accept Pischel's translation of dharunah rayina'm, 'der Reichtum fliessen lasst' (Vedische Studien, I, 40).--'Be thou, who art rich in all food, the protector of riches.' M. M.

Verse 5.

Note [1:73:5:1]1. On suri and ari, see Bergaigne, Rel. Ved. II, 218 seq. Aryah may also be nom. pl. and mean '(we) the poor ones.'

Note [1:73:5:2]2. 'May we win in battles the booty of the enemy, setting aside a share for the gods to their glory.' M. M.

Verse 8.

Note [1:73:8:1]1. In the first Pada one syllable is wanting. Perhaps the acc. plur. ya'n had here dissyllabic value.

Note [1:73:8:2]2. The last Pada is identical with the second of X, 139, 2.

Verse 9.

Note [1:73:9:1]1. Comp. above, verse 1, note 1.

Verse 10.

Note [1:73:10:1]1. Comp. sakema vaginah yamam, II, 5, 1; agne sakema te vayam yamam devasya vaginah, III, 27, 3. As sudhur and sudhura are epithets of horses, the poet of course could say, sakema sudhurah yamam te. But Agni is not only a horse; he is also wealth (II, 1, 12; IV, 2, 5, &c.). The combination of the two metaphors explains the curious expression sudhurah rayah.