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Verse 2. Note 1. Comp. below, IV, 6, 3. This parallel passage shows that pradakshin't belongs to urânáh, not to astet. Agni is represented as choosing, i.e. inviting the host of the gods by moving around the sacrificial food from left to right. See concerning the Paryagnikarana, which seems to be alluded to, Hillebrandt, Neu- und Vollmondsopfer, 42 seq.
Note 2. Or, with the divine) givers and with the Vasus.'
Verse 3. Note 1. Boehtlingk-Roth seem to be right in reading siksho. Comp. VIII, 52, 8. yasmai tvám ... síksho síkshasi dåsúshe.
Verse 4, Note 1. They have inflamed many fires, each of which is a face of the god Agni.
Note 2. Or, that thou mayest sacrifice,' &c. See Delbrück, Syntaktische Forschungen, I, 148.
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