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xix. 46- (p. sahásram: prāṇáḥ);* but the comm. implies (perhaps only by his usual neglect of accent) sahásraprāṇas, and SPP. reports one of his mss. as giving the same; and he accordingly follows us in adopting it; Ppp. reads with the mss. ⌊sahasraṁ prāṇáḥ⌋. The comm. gives an extraordinary explanation of -yoni in b: yoniçabdena çatrusaṁgamananimittaṁ çatruviyojanasādhanaṁ vā balaṁ vivakṣyate: that is, without any regard to the established meanings of yoni, he takes it here as a mere representative of the radical sense of the root yu 'unite' or of the root yu 'separate'—he does not venture to decide which! The metrical description of the Anukr. is fairly correct (11 + 12: 7 + 8 + 8 = 46). *⌊These corruptions of the true sahásraprāṇas are noteworthy as examples of faulty half-way assimilation of a reading to something similar in the immediate context: here the cause of the confusion is plainly the sahásram prāṇā́ḥ of vs. 5 b.⌋

7. That thou mayest be superior, free from rivals, rival-slaying—mayest be controler of thy fellows—so may Savitar make thee: let the unsubdued one defend thee.

1. O night, the earthly space (rájas) hath been filled with the father's orderings (dhā́man); great, thou spreadest thyself (vi-sthā) to the seats of the sky; bright darkness comes on (ā-vṛt).

2. She of whom the further limit is not seen, nor what separates; in her everything that stirs goes to rest (ni-viç); uninjured may we, O wide darksome night, attain thy further limit—may we, O excellent one, attain thy further limit.

In a, SPP. accents dádṛçe, without adding any note as to ms.-readings; it is perhaps merely an oversight, as all our mss. save one have plainly dadṛçé, and this is the Atharvan accent (cf. x. 8. 8), against RV. dádṛçe, which is wholly anomalous. Ppp. reads