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I, 99

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

p. 128

Ma
\"N"D"Ala I, Hymn 99.

Ash
\"T"Aka I, Adhyya 8, Varga 7.

1.
Let us press Soma for "G"tavedas 1. May he burn down the property of the niggard 2. May he, Agni, bring us across all troubles, across all difficulties, as across a stream with a boat.

Notes.

The "Ri"shi is Ka"s"yapa Mr"k"a. Metre, Trish"t"ubh.--Verse 1 = T. X, 1.


Verse 1.

Note 1. This is one of the very rare passages in which Agni standing alone and not accompanied by Indra or the Maruts &c. is mentioned as drinking Soma. It seems as if this verse were not composed for the regular Soma sacrifice, but for a special occasion.

Note 2. Cf. Delbrck, Syntakt. Forschungen, I, 112.
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