Note 1. I have taken bhû´ri kakra in the sense of magni facere, though I can find no analogous passages.

Verse 24.

Note 1. This verse has been well explained by Dr. v. Bradke, Dyaus Asura, p. 66. Svám ókah, our own home, occurs IV, 50, 8; V, 33, 4; VI, 41, 1; VIII, 72, 14. Abhyas means generally to obtain what is not our own. See also VII, 48, 2. Vah, which I have translated 'for you,' may also mean 'from you.'

Verse 25.

This verse is marked as a galita taken from VII, 34, 25, while the last pâda is a galita taken from VII, I, 25.

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