Brihaddevata 5.48

5.48

asāvagnirayaṃ cobhāv agnī pārthivamadhyamau .
agne marudbhirityasyāṃ marudbhiḥ saha saṃstutau ..48..

v. 61 48. Now that Agni and this, (viz.) both the middle and the terrestrial Agnis, are praised with the Maruts in the (stanza) 'O Agni, with the Maruts' (agne marudbhih: v. 60. 8)a. •gnirayam m'brr 7, °gniratham fk, °gniriyam hd, °mirimau 1. - cobhau tva ° hdr, vobhava ° bf, 4 d in the text follows the reading of Am1; in B (also m1) the line has the following form: a yaduttame trce'rdharca ile'gnim samstutau dvrce (b, dvrcai m'fkr) | Or according to the reading of B: 'In the triplet "Whether in the highest" (yad uttame: v. 60. 6-8), and in "I praise Agni" (ile 'gnim: v. 60. 1) in a hemistich (in each of these four stanzas), being (thus) addressed in (altogether) two stanzas' (dvrce: i. e. 1 ab, 6 cd, ab, gab, Agni being mentioned in these four hemistichs; but Vaisvanara is also mentioned in 8 d, so that this statement would not be quite correct). The Sarvanukramani has: agneyam ca va, i. e. the Maruts, or the Maruts and Agni. B 49. Vac (may be) middle, all female goddesses (striyah) (may be middle), and every male (deity may be) middle, as well as all groups (gana), (such as) the Maruts, respectively according to their different qualities a. Amr, W.-This sloka is not found in A, but in Bm1 only. The end of the varga is here marked by 90 in bfk, not in hd; in m1 it is marked after (48), after which that MS. adds the B form of 48 cd. * This general remark is evidently suggested by the preceding sloka where the middle Agni, as specially connected with the Maruts, is distinguished from the terrestrial Agui.