Note [1:127:10:1]1. On the metre, see above, verse 3, note 1. Prof. Max Muller translates, 'like a hunter for cattle.'

Note [1:127:10:2]2. The phrase visvasu ksha'su goguve occurs also, V, 64, 2. The same hymn contains the word su-ketuna, which is found in the eleventh verse of our hymn.

Note [1:127:10:3]3. Literally, 'on all earths.' Comp. X, 2, 6. nrivatih anu ksha'h.

Note [1:127:10:4]4. Garate, 'he wakes,' at the same time can mean 'he sings,' and 'he is praised.' Comp. Neisser, Bezzenberger's Beitrage, X III, 298.

Note [1:127:10:5]5. The translation 'dawn' is conjectural only. But it gives a good meaning in all the passages which contain the word rishuna'm (besides our passage, V, 25, 1; VIII, 71, 15; X, 6, 1). Prof. Max Muller translates the last two Padas: 'he sings like Rebha at the head of all singers, like a clever Hotri among the singers.'--Comp. Lanman, p. 424.

Verse 11.

Note [1:127:11:1]1. I supply suvi'ryam; see the last Pada but one.