Brihaddevata 5.26

5.26

āpriyaḥ susamiddhāya pañcamaṃ sūktamatra tu.
evamṛgvaiśvadevī vā antyā caindrāgnyupottame ..26

172 bhallavibrahmane b, bhallavibrahmano ", bhallabhibrahmano fkr', bhallavibrahmano hmir, ballavidbrahmane n (c), bahuvidbrahmane n (ab), bhallavibrahmane n (h), bhallavi brahmane n (g). - 23 cd is found in B and m± only, being wanting in A. - iti srutih bfm' r, iti stutih k, iyam gfa:1 a n. That is, the two stanzas v. 2. 2 and 9. b That is, the Nidana book contains a quotation mentioning these stanzas from the Bhallavi Brahmana. If the Nidana-sutra is meant, the quotation in question cannot be traced in the published text: see Sieg, Sagenstoffe, p. 65. 24. The mention (of them) is probably (bhaved eva) with reference to this hymn (as a whole); for exoteric (bahya) a formulas are to be found enjoined by the requirements (drsta) of a ceremonial rule (vidhi). - bhavedeva hm'1, bhavedesa b, bhaveddesa fk - vyapeksaya hm' 1, vivaksaya bfrr 17, vivalya k. - vakyanyesam hi Am', valya hi bfk, balya mantra hi r (r 2 1 17 ? ) : this looks as if two syllables had dropped out in B, and HT had been supplied in some of the MSS. from the following line (brahmane mantra ). - vidhidrstena Am', vidhisabdena, vivisabdena bfk.-codita Am'k, coditah bfr. - * That is, a Brahmana sometimes applies mantras from a Veda other than its own, if the ritual necessitates their use. I am, however, very doubtful about the emendation bahyah, which may entirely vitiate the sense of the line. 25. Formulas (thus) appear in a Brahmana pointed out in a particular passage (ekadesa): so the Apri stanzas of Jamadagni and the stanzas relating to the drops of ghee (stokiya) b in the Aitareya. ekadese hm'r, ekadesa fk, ekadesam b. - jamadagnyastathapyas m', jamadagnyastathaivajyah r'r',', jamadagnyastathaipraya h, jamadagnyo yathapriyah 1, jamadagnyo yathapriyah 13, jamadagnyo yathapriya 1. - stokiyas Br 3, staukiyas hm', stautiyas . r, * That is, Rg-veda x. 110, quoted in Taittiriya Brahmana iii. 6. 31 as well as in Vajasaneyi Samhita xxix. 25; cp. above, ii. 156, and below, viii. 37. b Rg-veda i. 75 and iii. 21, quoted in Taittiriya Brahmana iii. 6. 71 as well as in Aitareya Brahmana ii. 12. 3, 6 (cp. commentary, Aufrecht, p. 258). 26. Now the fifth hymn here is (made up of) the Apri stanzas 'To the well-kindled' (susamiddhaya: v. 5. 1). The stanza 'Thereon' (edam: v. 26. 9) is optionally (va) a addressed to the All-gods, and the last (stanza) in the last hymn but one b (v. 27. 6) is addressed to Indra-Agni.

173] [-Rg-veda v. 40 -v. 30 TRANSLATION AND NOTES apriyah fkr, aprivah b, apyah hdm', apprah rrrr - atra tu hm'r, atrisu B. - edam Af, rodam kr", padam b, etad va antya, vamtya hfb, samtya . 3 The Sarvanukramani has antya lingoktadevata, but the commentator Jagannatha explains: antya vaisvadevi va. Cp. above, v. 12. 27. There are twelve hymns addressed to Indra (beginning) 'Three' (tri: v. 29-40); but here Usana is praised with the verse (pada) Usana' (usana: v. 29. 9") and also with that (which begins) When together to you two' (sam ha yad vam: v. 31. 8). " . - aindrani dvadasa cityu ° m', trinityu ° hdr, cyanyu ° b, cidradvadasam suktatyu, dvadasa- ntyadinyu ° rr'. - tvatra Am' r', yatra bfkr. - usaneti tu hm`r, usaneti ca bfk.-padena sam ha yadvamanena ca A, pado yah sam ha yadvam parasca yah B (parastrayah 1' 17 ) . - The end of the varga is here marked by 4 in bfk, not in hdm1.