Brihaddevata 5.6

5.6

sūktaṃ tu tadbārhaspatyam idamityauṣase pare.
purodhātuḥ karmaśaṃsā sa indrājocyate tṛce ..6..

iv. 57 vihitvesu hdm'r, vihinadyah b, vihimamtyah ' r'. - fk omit 4 ab0 - indrasa Ab, indrasa fk, aindrasa 1. 5. 'This' (idam: iv. 49), addressed to the deities mentioned in it a, (and) the last couplet (10, 11) of 'He who has propped (yas tastambha: iv. 50)-these eight stanzas b are traditionally held to be (in) praise of Indra-Brhaspati. tastambhottamo b, tastambhetyamtamo m', tastambhomtimo hdr 3 ( bho0 r ), stambholamo fk, tu stambhottamo 1. a That is, Indra and Brhaspati. b That is, 49. 1-6 and 50. 10, 11. 6. That a hymn, however, is addressed to Brhaspati ; the two next (beginning) 'That' (idam: iv. 51, 52) are addressed to Usas. In the triplet 'Surely that king' b (sa id raja: iv. 50. 7-9) laudation of the function of the appointer of priests (purodhatuh) is expressed. suktam tu barhaspatyam hm'b, suraktam bhu bahasyam , suraktam bhu vahaspam , barhaspatyam r. In most of the MSS. the syllable has dropped out after J, partly perhaps owing to a misunderstanding of the following ; in the reading of R the words have been transposed to normalize the metre (cp. above, iv. 102).-m1bfkr, param h, parem d.-purodhatuh br, purodhatu fk, purodhattu hd, purodhanuh m'. - karmasamsa ml 1, HANAT £, HANDT h.-The end of the varga is here marked by 9 in hbfk, not in m1. & That is, Rg-veda iv. 50. Cp. Aitareya Brahmana viii. 24-26, especially 26. 2; also Sayana, introduction to Rg-veda iv. 50. 7.