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Note 2. On akrá, see Geldner, Vedische Studien, I, 168. Note 3. The meaning seems to be that the sacrificial post, which has been anointed itself, imparts ointment to the victim tied to it.
Verse 7.
Note 1. The meaning of sátu is uncertain. BochtlingkRoth give 'receptaculum.' Joh. Schmidt (Kuhn's Zeitschrift, XXV, p. 29, cf. Hübschmann, Indogerm. Vocalsystem, p. 75) translates Mutterleib,' and connects the word with strî. If womb' is right, it seems to be the womb from which Agni was born.
Note 2. Does this ishtáu belong to ish, 'to incite,' or to ish, 'to wish'? Whenever he (Agni) wishes.' M. M.
Note 3. On the well-established Mitra, comp. H. O., Religion des Veda, p. 186, note 1.
Verse 8.
Note 1. The ten sisters of course are the fingers.
Note 2. In translating atharỹah ná dántam I have followed the opinion of Pischel (Vedische Studien, I, 99) on the meaning of atharf, though his theory is very doubtful.
Verse 9.
Note 1. With this description of Agni's horses, comp. above, IV, 2, 2. 3.
Verse 10.
Note 1. On ayasah, cf. above, III, 18, 2, note 1. Note 2. See Geldner, Kuhn's Zeitschrift, XXVII, 234.
Verse 11.
Note 1. The second hemistich of this verse is nearly identical with V, 3, 4.
Note 2. Cf. nárâsamsa, vol. xxxii, p. 439.
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