Brihaddevata 5.40

5.40

yāskastu pūṣaṇaṃ mene stutamindraṃ tu śaunakaḥ.
vaiśvānaraṃ bhāguristu mārutyeṣa samāśvinā .. 40 ..

176 B In the third stanza 'Up' (ut: v. 42. 3) Savitr (is praised), Saunaka said. preti ilamityrci tu stuta, pretilabhityrci tu stuta m', pretilabhityrci tu samstuta hd, pretihabhityrci tu samstuta, pretitvabhi na rca stuta br' r' r', pretilabhi na rstuta f. - 37°d in Bm' only. - udityrci trtiyayam m', dvitiyayantyaya stutah 1, dvitiyayam savita saunako bravit is the whole line in f, and dvitiyayam saunako'bravit in b. cd Cp. Sarvanukramani on v. 52: marutam ha tat (ha=4, tat=6). 38. The triplet 'Invoke' (upa: v. 42. 7-9) is addressed to Brhaspati ; the next stanza (v. 42. 10) is addressed to the Maruts; 'Praise him' (tam u stuhi: v. 42. 11) is addressed to Rudra. But in the stanza Forth the fair praise' (pra sustutih: v. 42. 14), hm1bfk have no (the pratika of v. 42. 10), which makes the first pada one has dropped out before. The reading of R, syllable short: I conjecture that upeti varhaspatyastrco yo, makes the first pada end in the middle of trco . - raudri tu 4, raudri syat fkr, raumyat b. B 39. the deity is variously stated by Saunaka and other teachers. Sakapuni (considered) Ilaspati, Galava Parjanya-Agni, 39 ab is found in bfkm1 only: there is no reference to it in R (though some of his MSS. must have it). - °rita m 2 k, °ritah bf. - ilaspatih hd, ilaspatih 1, ilaspati m', ilaspani fk, ilasya b. 40. Yaska a thought Pusan, Saunaka Indra to be praised, Bhaguri Vaisvanara. 'This' (esah: v. 42. 15) is addressed to the Maruts; 'Together' (sam: v. 42. 18) is addressed to the Asvins b. marutyesa samasvini Am' bfk, marutyausasamasvinam 1. a Rg-veda v. 42. 14 is not commented on in the extant text of the Nirukta. b The Sarvanukramani gives no details about Rg-veda v. 42 except on stanza II: ekadasi raudri. 41. 'Adhvaryus' (adhvaryavah v. 43. 3) is addressed to Vayu; 'The ten' (dasa: v. 43. 4) is addressed to Soma, while that which follows (v. 43. 5) is addressed to Indra. B The following (6) 'They deck' (anjanti: 7) (praise respectively) Agni (and) the Kettle (gharma), and the stanza Hither' (acha: 8) praises the Asvins.