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xix. 6- àkrāmat sāçanānaçané abhí; VS. agrees with this throughout; ⌊and so does KaṭhaB., except that it has bhū́mim for víṣvan̄⌋; TA. differs only by reading in b ’hā́ ”bhavāt ⌊i.e. ’há: ā́: bhavāt?⌋ (doubtless, however, a misprint); ⌊but ā́bhavāt is read by both Calc. and Poona ed's in the text; while both ed's have ābhavat in the comm.⌋; SV. differs (and agrees with AV.) by táthā in c and açan- in d. The comm. has in a ā ’rohat, and in b (with RV. etc.) pā́do ‘sya; two or three of SPP's authorities agree with the comm. in both points. The pada-mss. give in b pā́dasya; ⌊but SPP. accepts pā́t: asya in his pada-text⌋. No saṁhitā-ms. has víṣvan̄n̄ a-, and accordingly SPP., against all rule and usage, admits víṣvan̄ a- in his text; but he accents açanānaçané with us, though almost all the mss. have açanā́naçané. The comm. gives an absurd array of discordant explanations of this compound: açanā is "men, animals, etc.," and anaçanā "gods, trees, etc."; then (adhyātmapakṣe), the two are "the immovable and movable creation," or else "the intelligent (cetana) and unintelligent creation."

3. So many are his greatnesses; and Purusha is superior (jyā́jān) to that; a foot of him is all beings (bhūtá); three feet of him are what is immortal in the sky.

4. Purusha is just this all, what is and what is to be; also [is he] lord (īçvará) of immortality, which was together with another.

5. When they separated (vi-dhā) Purusha, in how many parts did they distribute (vi-kḷp) him? what was his face? what his (two) arms? what are called his (two) thighs [and] feet?

⌊RV. x. 90. 11; VS. xxxi. 10; TA. iii. 12. 5.⌋ The mss. vary between vyádadhus and vy àdadhus; the pada-mss., between ví: ad- and ví: ád-: the latter is (without any good reason: cf. my Skt. Gr.$2$ §1084 a) ⌊and note to xviii. 1. 39⌋ the reading of the RV pada-text. ⌊In b, KaṭhaB. has enam for our ví.⌋ In c, d, VS. agrees with our text, save that it wantonly defaces the meter by intruding an unnecessary āsīt after asya;