Samaveda 65.18

65.18

stotraiḥ “tvāmabhi” ṣṭuvanti | kimarthaṃ ? “pūrvapītaye” sarvebhyo devebhyaḥ pūrvaṃ prathamataraeva somasya pānāya (savana-mukhe hi camasagaṇaiḥ aindrasyaiva somo hūyate | tathā “samīcīnāsaḥ” saṅgatāḥ “ṛbhavaḥ” (1) prathama-vācakena śabdena trayo'pyupalakṣyante ṛbhurvibhvāvājaityete ca(2) “samakharan” tvāmeva samyag astuvan (khṛ śabde|
patāpayoḥ) “rudrāḥ”(4) rudra-putrā marutaśca (5) “pūrvyaṃ” purātanaṃ vṛddhaṃ tvāmeva “gṛhante” abhyaṣṭavan (vṛtra-vadha-samaye prahara bhagavo jahivīrayasvetyevaṃ rūpayā vācā tvāṃ stutavanta ityarthaḥ |
śire saudhanvanā ṛbhavaḥ sūrakṣyānā vā sūraprajñā vā saṃvatsare samaśṛcyanta dyotibhiḥ'-iti ca yāska-kṛtaṃ tad-vyākhyānam | “āditya-raśmayo'pyṛbhava ucyante (2,5,16)''-iti tu tṛtīyaṃ naighaṇṭakam | atrāpi māna-mantrāyaṃ mantraḥ-
"agohya ādityo'gūhanīyastasya yadasasvatha gṛhe yāvattanna bhavatha na tāvadidaṃ bhavayeti”-iti ca yāska-kṛta-metad-vyākhyānam | tadatra sāyanena bhagavatā aitihāsikaṃ nairuktyamevāvalambyokta metat-prathama-vācakene tyādi ||