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449 that K. and Kap. S. read with VS.). The word, in whatever form, probably refers to other worshipers who get the start of us and outdo our Agni by their own; the comm. says: asmattaḥ pūrvaṁ tvadviṣayamanaskāḥ or tvadviṣayayāgakaraṇamanasaḥ. All the pada-mss. read at the end ániḥ-stṛtaḥ, and this is required by Prāt. ii. 86; but SPP. alters to áni-stṛtaḥ—which, to be sure, better suits the sense. The RV. pada-text also has (viii. 33. 9) ániḥ-stṛtaḥ; TS. (and by inference MS., as the editor reports nothing), ániṣṭṛtaḥ, unchanged. The verse in Ppp. stands in the middle of our hymn ii. 6 (between vss. 3 and 4); ⌊and it is important to remember that its position in the Yajus texts, VS.TS.MS., is similar: see note to ii. 6. 3⌋. Ppp. reads dabhan for ni kran in b, and kṣatram ⌊and sūyamam⌋ in c. This jagatī has one triṣṭubh pāda.

4. Agni hath looked after the apex of the dawns, after the days, [he] first, Jātavedas, a sun, after the dawns, after the rays, after heaven-and-earth he entered.

5. Agni hath looked forth to meet the apex of the dawns, to meet the days, [he] first, Jātavedas, and to meet the rays of the sun in many places; to meet heaven-and-earth he stretched out.

6. Ghee for thee, Agni, in the heavenly station; with ghee Manu kindleth thee today; let the goddesses thy kin (natpī́) bring thee ghee; ghee to thee let the kine milk, O Agni.

 

