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453 yó rudró víçvā bhúvanā ”vivéça tásmāi rudrā́ya námo astu; thus omitting the perplexing agnaye at the end, for which Ppp. also has the better reading adya. The comm. explains cākḷpe by (sraṣṭuṁ) samartho bhavati. Pāda b is triṣṭubh; ⌊but a is not to be made good by pronouncing rudró as a trisyllable⌋.

 

1. Go away! enemy (ári) art thou; enemy verily art thou; in poison hast thou mixed poison; poison verily hast thou mixed; go away straight to the snake; smite that!

 

1. The heavenly waters have I honored (cāy); with sap have we been mingled; with milk, O Agni, have I come; me here unite with splendor.

The verse is, with differences, RV. i. 23. 23, and is found also in VS. (xx. 22), TS. (i. 4. 453), MS. (i. 3. 39), JB. (ii. 68), LÇS. (ii. 12. 13). RV. has, for a, ā́po adyā́ ’nv acārisam; the others nearly the same ⌊see also note to vs. 4, below⌋, only all give the more regular grammatical form apás, and TS. omits adyá, while JB. reads acārṣam; in b, RV. has at end agasmahi, LÇS. aganmahi, VS.TS.MS. asṛkṣmahi; in c, TS. combines páyasvāṅ ag-, and RV. reads gahi for agamam; VS. adds a fifth pāda. The