The Samhitâ text lengthens the last syllable of srinutá, as suggested by the metre.

If the accent allowed yagñavâhasah to be taken as a genitive, the translation, as suggested by Ludwig, might be, Either for the sake of the sacrifices of the sacrificer, or because of the prayers of the sage, O Maruts, hear the call.'

Verse 3.

Note 1. The genitive yásya vâgínah depends on vípra. Anu-taksh, like anu-grah, anu-gñâ, seems to convey the meaning of doing in behalf or for the benefit of a person. Gántâ might also be translated in a hostile sense, he will go into, he will conquer many a stable full of cows.

Verse 4.

Note 1. Ludwig has pointed out that asyá may refer to the present sacrificer.

Verse 5.

Note 1. I have altered â´ bhúvah into âbhúvah, for I do not think that bhuvah, the second pers. sing., even if it were bhúvat, the third pers., could be joined with the relative pronoun yáh in the second pada. The phrase vísvâh yáh karshanî´h abhí occurs more than once, and is never preceded by the verb bhuvah or bhuvat. Âbhúvah, on the contrary, is applied to the Maruts, I, 64, 6, vidátheshu âbhúvah; and as there can be no doubt who are the deities invoked, âbhúvah, the strong ones, is as appropriate an epithet as vímahas in the first verse.

Note 2. Sasrúshîh íshah, as connected with sûra, the sun, can only be meant for the flowing waters, the rain-clouds, the givers of ish or vigour. They are called divyâ´h íshah:

VIII, 5, 21. utá nah divyâ´h íshah utá síndhûn varshathah.

You rain down on us the heavenly waters and the rivers.

Wilson translates: May the Maruts, victorious over all men, hear (the praises) of this (their worshipper); and may (abundant) food be obtained by him who praises them.

Benfey: Ihn, der ob allen Menschen ragt, sollen hören die Labungen, and nahn, die irgend Weisen nahn.

Ludwig: Hören sollen von ihm, der über allen menschen ist, die erden, seine bis zur sonne gelangten kräfte. In his

notes he would prefer: Von ihm sollen sie gegenwartig hören, von ihm der alle menschen übertrift (und die in die sonne wegegangenen), die darbringungen.

Sroshantu does not occur again; but we find sróshan, I, 68, 5; sróshamâna, III, 8, 10; VII, 51, 1; VII, 7, 6.

Verse 6.