Brihaddevata 5.173

5.173

ādāvante tu ṛṣayaḥ kīrtayanti prasaṅgataḥ.
sūkte'smindevatāstvanyā anyāstatra bhavanti ca ..
sālokyātsāhacaryādvā saṃstavādathavā punaḥ .
gaṇasthānādbhaktito vā kīrtyante'nyāstu devatāḥ ..
dādhikramatha sāvitraṃ raudramityanupūrvaśaḥ.
dādhike prathamāyāstu devatāḥ parikīrtitāḥ .. 173 ..

173. Next (come) one (hymn) addressed to Dadhikra (vii. 44), one to Savitr (vii. 45), one to Rudra (vii. 46) in succession. But the deities proclaimed as belonging to the first (stanza) of (the hymn) addressed to Dadhikra (vii. 44. 1) dadhikram hdbr, dadhikram fk - raudram hdr, saidram bf, saimdram k. - dadhikre hd, dvadhikre b, dadhikre mfk, dadhikram . - prathamayastu Am', prathamayam tu B. 174. may be recognized a. O Waters' (apah: vii. 47) should be (regarded as) addressed to the Waters. The first triplet (of the next hymn) is addressed to the Rbhus (vii. 48. 1-3). The last (stanza: vii. 48. 4) is pronounced to be addressed either to the All-gods or to the Rbhus. at a hdm1rbfk, r11.-174 d is omitted in r1rr(R). J a That is, by their names occurring in the stanza; cp. Sarvanukramani: adya lingoktadevata. 175. For it is thus that this entire (hymn) addressed to the Rbhus is chanted on the tenth day in the litany to the All-gods a. "Whose chief the sea' (samudrajyesthah vii. 49) is (in) praise of the Waters. abc sastre hm', sastre r 3, satre f, matre k, sastra br. - samastam hm', samastam ca bfkr. - samudrajyestha apam hr, samudrajyesthetyapam r 'rr", samudradityapa i bf, samudradityaya k. - 175900 omitted in r1r 4 r 6.-The end of the varga is here marked by 34 in m1bfk, not in hd.The last pada is not repeated here in either b or f. a See Asvalayana Srauta Sutra viii. 12. 24, quoted by Sayana on Rg-veda vii. 48. 4: dasame 'hni vaisvadeva- sastra arbhavanividdhanam; sutryate hi: rbhuksana ity arbhavam iti; cp. below, vi. 108.

vii. 43 170. (beginning) 'Winning at morn' (pratarjitam : vii. 41.2-6). The last (stanza) is addressed to Dawn (vii. 41. 7), or else a prayer a for the seers (drastr) b is here (expressed ). Some, however, pronounce Bhaga only to be (the deity) in the ( stanza) - At morn' (pratal : vii. 41.1 ) . - usasyantya hm', udasyamtya b, udacyamtya f, udasyamtya k (antyosasya Sarvanukramani), usaso'ntya r. -drastryo casireva ca b, tastrtho trasireva va | tastrtho trasireva ca k, drstavya casireva va '', drastu stautyasireva va m', drastum stautyasireva va hd, drastum sa stautyasireva va r. - pratarityasyam bhagameva hm' 1, pratarityetam bhagimeva brrr', pratu- rityetam bhagimeva fk. * Asir for asir on account of the metre. Dawns shine on us,' in Rg-veda vii. 41. 7. b Op. na usasah . . uchantu, 'may the Whereas according to 169 this stanza would be addressed to the All-gods; ep. Sarvanukramani adya lingoktadevata. 171. Now the seers at the beginning and end (of hymns) proclaim (deities) in an occasional manner & (prasangatah) : (thus) in this hymn there are some deities (here) and others (there) in that place (tatra)b. - - adavante tu hd, adavante ca m', adyantesu r' r', adyatesu fk, ahyantesu b, adyantye te tu . - hyrsayah hd, hyasuya b, hyaya f, hyayam k, (ca) rsayah m', (te tu ) rsayah 1. - sukte 'smin Bhm'r 3, suktesu r. - tvanya Bhm±r', manya r. - anyastatra fkr 2 r 6 r 7 r 3, antyastatra b, manyastatra 1, anyastvatra hdml. a b Cp. above, iii. 52 (note also the various reading there, prataryogat). That is, at the beginning and end of the hymn: Agni, Indra, Mitra, Varuna, Asvins, Pusan, Brahmanaspati, Soma, Rudra, as well as Bhaga, occur in the first stanza, and Usas, besides the deities of the refrain yuyam pata, in the last stanza of this hymn, which as a whole is addressed to Bhaga. 172. Other deities are proclaimed because they belong to the same world or because they are associated a, or else again because they share praise (samstavat), because of the sphere of (their accompanying) troop (gana)b, or because of a (common) attribute (bhaktital).. salokyat hdm±r, kaladva B. - ganasthanad hdm' 1, genasthanad b, ganasthana ° f, gunasthana ° k. - bhaktito hmir, bhaktitau b, bhaktino fk - nyastu hm`r, nyasca bfk.-The end of the varga is here marked by 38 in m1fk, by 28 in b, not at all in hd. & ± 172°=i. 194, 984; vii. 144. C Maruts. • Cp. i. 73, 76, 77. b Thus Indra is associated with the troop of the II. Ee