Brihaddevata 5.45

5.45

teṣu tṛtīyamityuktaṃ devānhuva idaṃ param .
devānāṃ patnīriti tu devapatnyo dvṛce stutāḥ ..45..

178 B 45. Among these it is spoken of as the third a after it comes the (hymn) 'I invoke the gods' (devan huve: x. 66) b. In the couplet 'The Spouses of the Gods' (devaanam patnih: v. 47. 7, 8), the spouses of the gods are praised. idam param, idam puram bfk, idam pura m'. -°riti tu hm`r, °riti ca bfk - The end of the varga is here marked by Q in hbf, not in m1k. * That is, I suppose, according to its position in the Rg-veda: it is second in the order in which the Brahmana enumerates them (see above, 44, note a). b That is, Kausitaki afterwards (in xxiv. 9) enumerates three hymns which are directly (pratyaksam) addressed to the All-gods, viz. Rg-veda x. 65; x. 66; x. 36: x. 66 corresponding to v. 44.