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VEDIC HYMNS.
NOTES.
The Rishi is Sutambhara Åtreya, the metre Gagati.Verses 1, 6, 2=SV. II, 257-259; TS. IV, 4, 4, 2–3. Verses 1, 6, 5=MS. II, 13, 7. Verses 1, 6=VS. XV, 27-28. Verse 3=TB. II, 4, 3, 3.
Verse 2. Note 1. This Pada is identical with the first Pada of X, 122, 4.
Note 2. The three sacrificial fires are alluded to.
Verse 3. Note 1. The two kindling-sticks.
Note 2. Vivasvatah is genitive, not ablative, as Pischel, Vedische Studien, I, 241, believes. Agni opens his earthly career by doing service at the sacrifice of Vivasvant, i.e. originally, in my opinion, the first man. Comp. H.O., Religion des Veda, p. 122.
Verse 5. Note 1. On the curious spelling manisha iyám in the Samhità text, instead of manîsheyám, see the Rig-veda Prâtisakhya 163; H. O., Prolegomena, p. 386.
Verse 6. Note 1. The ancestors of the priestly tribes, being the first priests themselves, discover Agni.
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