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MANDALA I, HYMN 144.
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Note 3. See Pischel, Vedische Studien, I, 300. Like Pischel I do not know who they who approached Agni' are. Possibly the worshippers or priests are alluded to.
He received new praises with (or from) those who approached him.' M. M.
Verse 6. Note 1. Sâyana explains the two female beings here in question as Heaven and Earth. Does the crooked movement' refer to the daily revolution of the sky ?
Verse 7. Note 1. The last Pada recurs X, 64, 11,
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