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I, 60

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"Vedic Hymns, Part Ii (sbe46)\", by Hermann Oldenberg [1897],

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Ma
\"N"D"Ala I, Hymn 60.

Ash
\"T"Aka I, Adhyya 4, Varga 26.

1.
Mtari"s"van brought (Agni) to Bh"ri"gu as a gift precious like wealth, of double birth 1, the carrier, the famous, the beacon of the sacrifice 2, the ready and immediately successful messenger.

2.
Both follow his command, the U"s"i"g"s 1 offering sacrificial food, and the mortals. The Hot"ri" (Agni) has sat down before daybreak among the clans, the lord of the clans, whose leave should be asked, the performer of worship.

3.
May our new, beautiful praise, born 1 from our heart, reach him the honey-tongued (Agni), whom the human priests in our settlement 2, the yus, offering enjoyment have engendered.

4.
The U"s"i"g" 1, the purifier, the Vasu has been established among men, the best Hot"ri" among the clans, the domestic 2 master of the house in the house: Agni has become the treasure-lord of treasures.

5.
Thus we, the Gotamas, praise thee, O Agni, the lord of treasures, with our (pious) thoughts, rubbing thee as (they rub down) a swift racer that wins the prize. May he who gives wealth for our prayer, come quickly in the morning 1.

Notes.

\"Ri"shi and metre are the same. No verse occurs in the other Sa"m"hits.

Verse 1.

Note 1. The celestial and the terrestrial birth of Agni. Comp. Bergaigne, Rel. Vd., Ii, 52.

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Note 2. The text has vidthasya. Comp. I, 31, 6, note 2.

Verse 2.

Note 1. On u"s"g" ('the willing one'), as denoting the mythical priests who have first established Agni and have sacrificed as the first, comp. Bergaigne, I, 57 seq. The ubhysa"h" seem to be these mythical ancestors and the actual sacrificers.

Verse 3.

Note 1. I propose to read "g"yamn. Comp. I, 171, 2. stma"h" h"ri"d tash"t"h"; Ii, 35, 2. hrid"h" stash"t"am mntram; Viii, 43, 2. gne "g"nmi sush"t"utm; V, 42, 13. gram "g"yamnm, &c.--Comp. Lanman, 356.

Note 2. On the meaning of v"ri"g"na, see Max Mller, vol. xxxii, pp. xx, 208, 304; Geldner, Vedische Studien, I, 139 seq., with my remarks, Gttinger Gelehrte Anzeigen, 1890, 410 seq.; Ludwig, Ueber Methode bei Interpretation des "Ri"g-veda, 27 seq.; Colinet, Les Principes de l'Exgse Vdique d'aprs MM. Pischel et Geldner, 28 seq.; von Bradke, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morg. Gesellschaft, Xlviii, 500; Bechtel, Nachrichten der Gttinger Gesellschaft der Wiss., 1894, 392 seq.

Verse 4.

Note 1. See verse 2, note 1.

Note 2. Bartholomae's theory (Bezzenberger's Beitrge, Xv, 194) that the stem dmnas has been developed out of the phrase dm na"h", 'in our house,' does not carry conviction.

Verse 5.

Note 1. See I, 58, 9, note 1.

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