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831 Part II., verses 14-18.—The Yama-verses of RV. x. 154, in the order 1, 4, 2, 3, 5.

The "measuring-verses," 38-45, form a sequence by themselves, and do not recur elsewhere, so far as I know. Compare Caland's Todtengebräuche, p. 145.

For the rest, RV. verses occur only sporadically:

It may be added that a considerable part of the material of the hymn is naturally found in the pitṛmedhaprapāṭhaka (vi.) of the TA.: that is to say, all the RV. verses of Part I. or all of it save our vs. 9; and 3 verses of Part II., our 14, 17, 16 = RV. verses 1, 3, 2; and, besides, our vs. 25 and about 8 of the last 11 verses. Of the verses last mentioned, vs. 25 and vss. 56 and 57 seem to be peculiar to AV. and TA.—Finally, several fragments (9 ab, 26 ab, 49 ab) recur elsewhere in the AV.; and 33 is properly inseparable from 1. 53.—The TA. readings correspond more nearly with those of RV. than with those of AV.—Verse 51 is a variation of 50: compare the relation of 1. 57 and 56.⌋

Translated: by Weber, Sb. 1895, pages 842-866; Griffith, ii. 227;—verses 9 and 20-59, by Ludwig, pages 482-484 (for vss. 32-33, see p. 332); a considerable number also by Muir, v. 293-296, 304; and the RV. verses, of course, by the RV. translators.—For an analysis of the hymn with reference to its contents, see Weber, p. 843.

1. For Yama the soma purifies itself; for Yama is made the oblation; to Yama goes the sacrifice, messengered by Agni, made satisfactory.

2. Offer ye to Yama what is most honeyed, and stand forth; this homage to the former-born, the former, the path-making seers.