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vii. 28- meant the bunch of sacred grass so called, used in the ceremonies of offering (darbhamuṣṭi, comm.). The ṇ of drughaṇas (p. dru॰ghanaḥ) is prescribed by Prāt. iii. 76. The comm. explains it by lavitrādiḥ, because drur drumo hanyate ‘nena. Half of SPP's authorities accent páraçus the first time, and of ours all but one ( D. ), and we accordingly adopted that reading in our text, as it seemed very unlikely that it would be so distinguished from paraçús in the same pāda without reason—and the reason in fact seems to be that it stands for párçus (TS.) ⌊which pronunciation the meter decidedly favors—for the suastí at the end of b must scan as 3 syllables⌋. SPP. accents paraçús both times. The comm. apparently understands páraçus, as he explains it as parçuḥ pārçvavan̄kris ⌊tṛṇādicchedanī⌋, but the second paraçús by vṛkṣacchedanasādhana. He takes away the strange inconsistency in the use of svasti by reading (like TS.) svastiḥ at end of b. ⌋Discussions of drughaṇa: Geldner, ''Ved. Stud.'' ii. 3; von Bradke, ZDMG. xlvi. 462; Bloomfield, ib. xlviii. 546; Franke, WZKM. viii. 342.⌋ ⌊In b, Ppp. reads paraçur vediṣ paraçu nas svasti, and, in d, havir idaṁ for yajñam imaṁ.⌋

 

1. O Agni-and-Vishnu, great [is] that greatness of yours; ye drink of the ghee that is called secret, assuming seven treasures in each house; may your tongue move on to meet the ghee.

2. O Agni-and-Vishṇu, great [is] your dear domain (dhā́man); ye partake of (vī) the ghee, enjoying secret things, increasing by good praise in each house; may your tongue move up to meet the ghee.

For the exchanges of pādas in the other texts, see under the preceding verse; for this verse we have here further AÇS. (ii. 8. 3), without such exchange. In the material corresponding to our 2, all the other texts read juṣāṇā́ at end of b; at end of d, TS. has again -ṇyet, and all the others -ṇyat; TS.MS. have vāvṛdhāna at end of c, and TS.