Brihaddevata 5.156

5.156

nāmāsya guṇato jajñe vasateḥ śraiṣṭhyakarmaṇaḥ .
adṛśyamṛṣibhirhīndraṃ so'paśyattapasā purā .. 156 ..

vii. 1 a In Rg-veda vii. 33. 13 Mana appears to be a name of Agastya; cp. Sieg, Sagenstoffe, p. 106, note, and p. 108, top. That is, Agastya was called Manya either because he was samyamatra or because he was produced from a jar which is used as a measure of capacity. 154. by 'jar' (kumbha) the designation of a measure of capacity (parimana) is indicated. Then, as the waters were being taken up (grhyamana), Vasistha was (found) standing on a lotus (puskara) a. - °dhanam tu hmarbfkn, odhanam ca s. - laksyate br' r' r' ns, laksate fk, laksanam hdr, ( parimanam su ) laksanam m'. * This is analogous to the lotus of Brahma. 155. There on every side the All-gods supported the lotus a. Arising out of that water he (Vasistha) then performed great austerity. sarvatra puskaram tatra Am', sarvvatah puskaram tatra, sarvatah puskaram tacca bfkn, sarvatah puskare tam hi 9. a Cp. Rg-veda vii. 33. II: visve devah puskare tvadadanta; explained by Yaska, Nirukta v. 14, with the words: sarve devah puskare tva adharayanta; cp. Roth, Erlauterungen, p. 64. 156. His name arose, with reference to his virtue (gunatah), from the root vas expressive of pre-eminence: for he once upon a time, by means of austerity, saw Indra who was invisible to (other) seers. sraisthyakarmanah hm'1, sraisyakarmanah b, sraisyakarmana fr'17, sresthakarmani . - caindram brºr], candram fk. hindram hmir, 157. The Lord of Bay Steeds (Indra) then proclaimed to him (that he should receive) shares in Soma. B For this appears from the Brahmana (passage) 'The seers (saw not) Indra' (rsayo va indram) a. somabhaganatha Am', somabhagamstatas B. - brahmanattaddhi m'r, brahmana tadvi bfk. 157 ed is found in B and m1 only.-The end of the varga is here marked by 39 in m1b, by 30 in fk, not at all in hd (as the last line is wanting in these MSS.). a Taittiriya Samhita iii. 5. 21: rsayo va indram pratyaksam napasyan; tam vasisthah pratyaksam apasyat... tasmai etant stomabhagan abravit.