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VEDIC HYMNS.
Verse 1.
Note 1. The 'carrier' of the gods is the Hotri. See above, I, 127, 8, note 1, and compare the article of Dr. Neisser quoted there. See also M. M., vol. xxxii, PP. 40-43 (I, 6, 5).
Note 2. On Dadhikrâ or Dadhikrâvan, the deified horse of Trasadasyu, see Pischel, Vedische Studien, I, 124; Ludwig, vol. iv, p. 79; H. O., Religion des Veda, 71. Prof. Max Müller writes, 'It seems to me some form of Agni generally in company with matutinal gods.'
Verse 3.
Note 1. The reader who compares this passage with 19, 4, will observe a general resemblance pointing to the conclusion that both verses belong to the same author.
Note 2. Mâyah mâyínâm: comp. concerning the idea of mâya, H. O., Religion des Veda, 163, 294.
Note 3. With prishtabandhu, comp. bandhuprikh, bandhveshá.
Verse 4.
Note 1. Perhaps ritu-pah should be changed into ritapah: 'the god who protects the Rita, the righteous.' Note 2. Or the killer of foes.'
Verse 5.
Note 1. Possibly we have to read, on account of the metre, ihá hve.
Note 2. See above, verse 1, note 1.
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