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191 remembering the two words as beginning the Rig-Veda. The comm. gives the right division, as does also our edition by emendation. Nearly all the mss. (not our I.K.) read báhiṣṭham at end of a; both editions give váh-, with the comm. The comm. paraphrases ā́bhagam by ābhaktavyam āsevyam evaṁguṇaviçiṣṭam. ⌊The vs. scans as 11 + 11: 12 + 8 = 42. Even with the misdivision (11 + 7: 8 + 8 + 8), it is no purastajjyotiṣmatī (44).⌋

4. The well-born Jātavedas, the mighty (vibhú) Agni belonging to all men (vāiçvānará), the carrier of oblations, we call on: let him free us from distress.

5. With whom as ally the seers made [their] strength shine out; with whom they repelled the wiles of the Asuras; with whom, Agni, Indra conquered the Paṇis—let him free us from distress.

6. By whom the gods discovered the immortal; by whom they made the herbs rich in honey; by whom the gods brought the heaven (svàr)—let him free us from distress.

7. In whose direction [is] whatever shines forth (vi-ruc) here, what is born and to be born, all of it—I praise Agni, [as a] suppliant I call loudly on [him]—let him free us from distress.

1. We reverence Indra; constantly do we reverence him; these praise-hymns (stoma) of the Vṛtra-slayer have come unto me; he who goes to the call of the worshiper (dāçvā́ṅs), of the well-doer—let him free us from distress.

Ppp. has in a indrasya manve çaçvad yasya manvire, which is better, in both sense and meter. TS. and MS. (agreeing throughout) read índrasya manve prathamásya prácetasaḥ in a; in b, úpa mā́m upā́ ’guḥ; and, in c, hávam úpa gántā. The verse