Brihaddevata 4.87.4

4.87.4

marudbhiḥ saṃprakalpasva vadhīrmā naḥ śatakato .
kiṃ no bhrātariti tvasyām indro mānyayupālabhat ..52..
agastyastvaramityasyāṃ kṣubdhamindraṃ praśāmayat .
prādātsaṃvananaṃ kṛtvā tebhya eva ca taddhaviḥ ..53 ..
sute cakāra some'tha tānindraḥ somapīthinaḥ .
tasmādvidyānnipātena sendreṣu maruta stutān .. 54 ..
prītātmā punarevarṣis tāṃstuṣṭāva pṛthakpṛthak .
marutaḥ prati sūktābhyām indraṃ ṣaḍbhiḥ parastu saḥ .. 55 ..
stutaścatasṛbhiścendra stutāsa iti taiḥ saha .
marudbhiḥ saha yatrendro marutvāṃstatra so'bhavat .. 56...
ṛtau snātāmṛṣirbhāryāṃ lopamudrāṃ yaśasvinīm .
upajalpitumārebhe rahaḥsaṃyogakāmyayā .. 57. .
dvābhyāṃ sā tvabravīdṛgbhyāṃ pūrvīriti cikīrṣitam .
riraṃsustāmathāgastya uttarābhyāmatoṣayat ..58..
viditvā tapasā sarvaṃ tayorbhāvaṃ riraṃsatoḥ .
śrutvainaḥ kṛtavānasmi brahmacāryuttame jagau ..59..
praśāsya taṃ pariṣvajya gurū mūrdhnyavajaghratuḥ .
smitvainamāhatuścobhāv anāgā asi putraka . . 6 0..
yuvo rajāṃsīti tataḥ sūktaiḥ pañcabhiraśvinau .
agastya eva tuṣṭāva katareti pareṇa tu .. 61 . .
dyāvāpṛthivyau sūktena ā no viśvāndivaukasaḥ .
pitumannaṃ samiddhāpryo agnimagne nayeti ca . . 6 2..
bṛhaspateranarvāṇaṃ kaṅkatopaniṣatparam .
apāṃ tṛṇānāṃ sūryasya kecidetāṃ stutiṃ viduḥ . . 63 . .
dadarśa tadagastyo vā viṣaghnaṃ viṣaśaṅkayā .
adṛṣṭākhyo naṣṭarūpaḥ sūktasyānayo'tra tu dvṛcaḥ .. 64..
astaudgṛtsamado'gniṃ ca jātavedasyamāpriyaḥ .
yajñenātha samiddho'gnir ato'gniṃ saptabhirhuve . .65. .
saṃyujya tapasātmānam aindraṃ bibhranmahadvapuḥ .

54. Then when the Soma had been pressed, Indra made them (the Maruts) drinkers of Soma (with him). Therefore one should understand that in (hymns) addressed to Indra the Maruts are incidentally praised. tha B, ca hm' r. - nipatena aindresu, nipatenaindresu hdm' bfk, nipatesu aindresu . 7. - marutah stutan m', maruta stutan hd, marutastu tan , marutah stutah brr", maruta stutih k, Hat: f. Before 54, bfkr (r 2 r 5 r 7?) add the following sloka (wanting in hr1rrem1): purvaya samtvayannindro ' hyagastyam snehakamyaya | a evam samvananam krtva pradattebhyah sa taddhavih || , samtvayadidro, samtvayadimdro , samtvayadvamdro b. r, °gastya sneha ° f, ° gastya steya0 k, ॰gasteha b. The correct form of the first line was probably purvaya santvayadindramagatsyah , with the previous stanza (i. 170. 4) Agastya conciliated Indra from a desire of his affection.' This sloka is clearly a later addition, being simply a repetition of the previous one, the second line being almost identical even in form with 53.

i. 179 55. Pleased at heart the seer praised the Maruts again separately a in the two (171, 172) hymns, 'To you' (prati: i. 171. 1), but Indra with the six following ones (173-178). airr 7, hm'r. tams dr, tam hm'bfk - prthakprthak bkr' r' r', punah prthak hm' r. - prati fbm', preti hdr, proti k. - indram sadbhih paraistu sah hdm'r, gayatsadbhih sacipatih B (gayan rrr'). a That is, by themselves, without Indra, the repetition of prthak indicating the two hymns 171 and 172. B 56. And Indra in the four (stanzas) 'Praised' (stutasah: i. 173. 3-6) is praised with them a. Wherever Indra was with the Maruts, he was Marutvat (attended by the Maruts). taih saha b, te saha fm', te saha k. - This sloka appears in bfkm 1, but is wanting in hdr (Mitra having no note on the omission). It must be original, as the statement of the Sarvanukramani, catasro 'ntya marutvatiyah, is based on it. & Cp. Sarvanukramani: marutvams tv indro devata. 57. The seer a began, from desire of secret union, to talk to his wife, the illustrious Lopamudra, when she had bathed after her courses (rtau) b. rtau bfkr`r+r', rtu ° hm'r. - rsir hrbfk, rser m'. - lopamudram has been misprinted i.-The end of the varga is here marked by 99 in hdbfk. a That is, Agastya. b The Nitimanjari on Rg-veda i. 179. I quotes slokas 57-60; Oldenberg prints them in Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenländischen Gesellschaft xxxix, p. 68; Sieg, Sagenstoffe, p. 120, translates them. 12. Agastya and Lopamudra. Rg-veda i. 180-191. 58. She with the two stanzas 'During many' (purvih: i. 179. 1, 2) expressed her purpose. Then Agastya, desiring to enjoy himself, satisfied her with the two (3, 4) following (stanzas). 59. The disciple (of the seer) becoming aware by austerity a of the whole condition of these two desiring to enjoy themselves, (but) thinking he had committed a sin (enas) in listening (srutva) b, sang the last two (stanzas: 5, 6). sarvam m'fr, sarve hbk.-srutvainam m', utkainam r(r' r'1'), na tvainah hd, na tvaitat b, natvenah r air", kar'r'. The evidence of the Sarvanukramani (cp. also Sayana) leaves no doubt as to : having been the original reading; see note b.

142 b Cp. a Cp. iv. 47: samvadam tapasa veda, and iv. 50: vijnaya.. tadbhavam. Sarvanukramani: samvadam srutva antevasi brahmacariantye.. apasyat; and Sayana on Rg-veda i. 179. 5: sambhogasamlapam srutva tatprayascittam cikirsur uttarabhyam aha. 60. The preceptor and his wife (guru) lauding and embracing him kissed him on the head, and smiling both of them said to him, 'You are sinless, son' a. - prasasya hm±rr', prasamsyah, prasamsta b, asamsatam fk - guru r, guru m bfk, gurur hd.- •vajighratuh hmir, °bhijighratuh bf, •bhijaghnatuh . - bhavanaga asi bfkr, °bhau hyanago 'siti Am'. a Rg-veda i. 179 is treated as a whole by Oldenberg, Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenländischen Gesellschaft xxxix, pp. 65-68, and by Sieg, Sagenstoffe, pp. 120-126. 61. Then with the five hymns (i. 180-184), 'Your (coursers) through the regions' (yuvo rajamsi: i. 180. 1), Agastya praised the Asvins; but with the following, 'Which of the two'? (katara: i. 185), katareti parena hdr'r±1, katarena parena m', katarena (only) b, suktena katarena rfk, suktena katareti 15. 62. (he praised) Heaven and Earth; with the hymn 'To our' (a nah: i. 186), all the dwellers in the sky (visvan divaukasah) a; (with) 'The draught' (pitum: i. 187), Food-Kindled' (samiddhah: i. 188) is an Apri hymn b-and (with) O Agni, lead' (agne naya: i. 189), (he praised) Agni. - suktena a r, suktena hm bfk - samiddho'dyapriyo bf, samiddho hyapriyo krror 7, samiddhappro hr, samijjaghyo d, samiddhapyo m 2 (ep. Sarvanukramani: samiddha apriyah ). nimagne nayeti ca hm'r, me ca nayamaye bfkr 2 rr 7 (Sarvanukramani : ame naya ... agneyam ). b a That is, the All-gods (visvan devan). According to the reading of A, this statement as to i. 188 must be taken parenthetically, the following agnim being governed by tustava in 61°. The reading of A is irregular in its Sandhi (samiddhapryah=samiddha apryah), while in B the pratika is imperfect: agne ca naya for 'agne naya' ca. 63. The resistless' (anarvanam: i. 190) is to Brhaspati. The following (hymn), Venomous creature' (kankatah: i. 191)a, is of esoteric import (upanisat) b. Some consider this to be a praise of Waters, Grass, and the Sun c. param hm`r, parah b, para fkr r r 7. - stutim hdrk, stutir , stuti f.

ii. 10 a Another case of irregular Sandhi (as in the preceding sloka: kankatopanisat=kankata upanisat). b On the meaning of upanisat as used here, cp. Sadgurusisya on Rg-veda i. 50. Cp. Sarvanukramani: kankatah. . upanisad. . ap-trna-sauryam visasankavan agastyah prabravit. s 64. Or Agastya, in fear of poison a, saw this (hymn) as an antidote. The last couplet here of the hymn, however, contains no distinct name (adrstakhya) and its character is obscure b (nastarupa) c. - dadarsa tadagastyo va hmir, dadarsetadgastyastu B. - sradrstakhyo hm' B, adrstasyo nastarupah B, visvarupah hmir. · suktasyantyo hm' B, suktasyamso . - dvrcah m ', dvyacah hdrs, drcah bf, dvijah k, tyrcah r. The end of the varga is here marked by 12 in bfk, not in hdm1. - a Cp. the quotation from the Sarvanukramani in note on the preceding sloka. No name of any deity appears in this couplet; and as to the only two names of living things, kusumbhaka and vrscika, which occur in it, the sense of the former is quite uncertain, while that of vrscika, though meaning scorpion in later Sanskrit, is somewhat doubtful. The expression nastarupa seems to mean that the sense is not obvious from the form of the stanzas themselves: cp. the expression tatha rupam hi drsyate which is used several times in the Brihaddevata (iii. 76 &c.). The fact that varga 12 contains seven slokas does not indicate here that some of them are later additions; for as the end of a mandala always coincides in the Brihaddevata with the end of a varga, the latter has sometimes more, sometimes less, than the normal number of five slokas (cp. iv. 18, 25; v. 28; vi. 6, 25, 29; v. 19 is no exception, as slokas 102, 103 there are an introduction to mandala vi).

Mandala ii. 13. Deities of Rg-veda ii. 1-12. Grtsamada, Indra, and the Daityas. 65. Grtsamada praised Agni (with) 'Thou' (tvam: ii. 1). Then 'With sacrifice' (yajnena: ii. 2) and 'Agni kindled' (samiddho agnih: ii. 3) are (respectively) addressed to Jatavedas and Apri stanzas. Then with the seven (hymns: 4-10) 'I call' (huve: ii. 4) (he praised) Agni. asvaud hm`r, stauti rr 7, svati, sati, vetta b. - jatavedasyam bfkr±13, jatave- dasam hd, jatavedasam mr. 66. a Having applied himself to austerity, he, with (bibhrat) a great body like that of Indra (aindra), in a moment appeared in heaven and air and here (on earth).

140 52. 'Agree with the Maruts a; slay us not, Satakratu' b. But in the (stanza) 'Why us, O brother?' (kim no bhratah: i. 170. 3) Indra reproached Manya c (Agastya). s samprakalpasva fkr 2 rn (cp. Rg-veda 1. 170.2, kalpasva ), samsrakalyasva b, samprakalpyasva hdm'r. - nah br±r°r 7 n, Rg-veda, nam f, na k, ca hdm' r. - iti tvasyam hm' rfk, iti nvasyam b, ityetasyam n. Marudbhih samprakalpasva; cp. Rg-veda i. 170. 2: tebhih kalpasva sadhuya. ma nah; cp. Rg-veda ibid.: ma nah samarane vadhih. occurs in Rg-veda i. 165. 14, 15. Cp. Sieg, p. 108, line 7. C b Vadhir Manya, as the name of the poet, 53. But Agastya in the (stanza) 'Ready' (aram: i. 170. 4) pacified the agitated (ksubdha) Indra. After propitiating him, he made over the oblation to them (the Maruts) a. n. - tvaramityasyam hm'rfk, tvaramitprityam b, tvaramapritya ksubdham hmir, ksudram b, kruddham fkr¨rºr 7 n.-prasamayat hmir, prasadayat br' r'n, prasadhayat 17, prasadayan fk (ep. Taittiriya Brahmana ii. 7. 11 on Rg-veda i. 165: tan.. kayasubhiyena asamayatam, and TMB. xxi. 14. 5: agastyo .. tena asamayat, quoted by Ludwig, vol. v, p. 498). Further passages in Sieg, pp. 110, III. - samvananam brn, savanam fk, samgamanam Am'. - The end of the varga is here marked by 90 in hdf, by 99 in b, not at all in m1k. - * The second line (53 cd) is probably meant to refer to the contents of Rg-veda i. 170. 5, though Indra is there invoked to taste the oblations, not the Maruts.

samyujya hm rns, samyojya bfkr 2 rr 7. [144 a The Nitimanjari on Rg-veda ii. 12. I quotes 66-69; Sayana quotes 66-68, besides giving two other versions of the story. 67. Now the two Daityas of terrible prowess, Dhuni and Cumuri, thinking him to be Indra, both fell upon him armed. idramiti hm`rn, indra iti bfks. - matva tu hm'rks, matva dvau bu, matva tau fr'.- cobhau Bm'ns, caiva hdr. 6 68. The seer becoming aware of the intention (bhava) a of these two bent on evil, proclaimed the deeds of Indra with the hymn Who when born' (yo jatah: ii. 12). a Cp. above, 59: viditva.. tayor bhavam. " 69. The deeds of Indra being (thus) declared, fear quickly entered them. Now Indra (saying) This is (my) opportunity,' struck them down (nibarhayat). uktesu hm`rfb, kirtyesu r r r. - bhistavasu vivesa ha hdm'r, bhitau susupatustada Bn (the latter reading is more in keeping with Rg-veda ii. 15. 9: svapnenabhyupya cumurim dhunim ca jaghantha). - nibarhayat hdm', nyavarhayat 1, nyavahiyat b, tyabarhayat f. - The end of the varga is here marked by 93 in hdbf, not in k. 14. Grtsamada and Indra. 70. Having smitten them down, Sakra addressed Grtsamada the seer: 'Look upon me, friend, as one beloved; for you have become dear to me'; - rsim hm`r, idam br' r', idam f, indra k. - mam hm bfk, ma rr 'r 4 r. -- pasya hm'rbfk, hm1bfkr, frrrr (Mitra thinks the correct reading of this passage should be : mamsam khe panyam priyastvam !! ). - hyagato hmir, yagato bfk, cagato . 71. 'Ask a boon of me; and may your penance never fail.' Bowing down the seer replied to him: 'For us, O chief of speakers a, varam hm`r, varan bfk - vara Am', varah bfkr. a The seer uses this form of address in support of one of the boons he asks,' speech that stirs the heart.'