^71:2 Bheshagakrita, explained by bheshagena 'iva kritah samskritah, and also by kikitsakena susikshitena 'esha yagno bhavati,' which looks as if the commentator had taken it as a genitive of bheshagakrit.

^71:3 This Gatha (or, according to Sankara, Anugatha) is probably a Gayatri, though Anandagiri says that it is not in the Gayatri or any other definite metre. It may have been originally 'yato yata avartate, tattad gakkhati manavah, kurun asvabhirakshati.' This might be taken from an old epic ballad, 'Wherever the army fell back, thither the man went; the mare (mares being preferred to stallions in war) saves the Kurus.' That verse was applied to the Brahman priest succouring the sacrifice, whenever it seemed to waver, and protecting the Kurus, i. e. the performers of the sacrifice.

^71:4 Manava, explained from mauna, or manana, but possibly originally, a descendant of Manu.