Brihaddevata 5.71

5.71

yanna dṛṣṭvaiva tuṣṭāva yacca ke ṣṭheti pṛṣṭhavān .
stutā stutyā tathā prītā gacchantaḥ pṛśnimātaraḥ.. 71 ..

v. 61 B 65. And they saluted Atri, the great seer, of brilliant splendour. (But) Syavasva thought: 'Because I have not seen (any) formula, B 66. I have, alas! not obtained the maiden beautiful in all her limbs. Could I but become a seer of formulas, my joy would be great.' °vanaham m'fk, ॰vanimam, vamstu tam Sadgurusisya. - apyaham 1, Sadgurusisya, athaham m', atha he fk. B 67. To him as he thus reflected in the forest the host of the Maruts appeared. He saw standing at his (atmanah) side, quite (iva) similar in form tulyarupanivatmanah Am' bfkr", tulyarupanmahatmanah rns. - 64°4-67 ab are not found in the Nitimanjari. 68. and equal in age, the Maruts, with gold on their breasts. Seeing the gods similar in age, with the figures of men, 68 ed is not found in Sadgurusisya. 69. Syavashva, astonished, then asked the Maruts, 'Who are ye?' (ke stha: v. 61. 1). Then, however, he became aware that they were the divine Maruts, the sons of Rudra. ke stheti hd, kesveti bfkr. - rudrasununabudhyata 4, rudraputranabudhyata, rsistananvabudhyata br, rsitvananvabudhyata fk. 70. Having observed (this), he also praised them with the (stanzas) They that ride' (ya im vahante: v. 61. 11). For the seer considered it a great transgression on his part, ityabhirbudva ''rr`r°, ityabhirbudhva hdm', ityadibhirbunva, ityrgbhih sadbhih bfrk.- ai hdr, aia: b, aiya: fk, argfa: s.- -atikramam rs, avikramam b, atikramam hdm'fk.-tam mene rsir s, tam mene hyrsir hd, tam mene m' (I have not noted whether rsir or hyrsir ), tamrsirmene bfkr. 71. that, as soon as he had seen them, he did not praise them, and that he asked them, 'Who are ye?' Being praised and being delighted with their praise, the sons of Prsni (the Maruts) as they went along,

184 yanna fkr, yanna r air air˚, yatra hdm', yacca, ya b. - yacca bfkrs, yamsca A. -6 god, 70, 71 ab omitted in n.-stutya taya hbfk, stutyanaya mr. - 71 d omitted in Sadgurusisya. The end of the varga is here marked by 93 in m1bfk, not in hd. 14. Story of syavasva (continued). 72. taking off the gold from their breasts, gave it to him. Now a when the Maruts had gone thence, the illustrious Syavasva avamucya svavaksobhyo hmir, svavaksobhyo'vamucyah, amucya te svakasthebhyah r", amucyata svakanthebhyo fkr´n, amucya sukavebhyo b. The line in Sadgurusisya runs: athasya maruto rukman svavaksobhyo'vamucya te . - tada daduh hmir, dadustada bkn, tadustada f. - sumaha- yasah nss, tu mahayasah hm`r, sumahatapah B. - Sadgurusisya has an additional line after 72 ab, and Sayana another after 72 d. & * Sayana on Rg-veda v. 61. 17 quotes 72 cd -79 ab 73. went in thought to the daughter of Rathaviti. He only just (sadyah) a seera, wishing to declare himself to Rathaviti, " sa sadya rsir hdrk, Sadgurusisya (w 1), sa sadya kasir f, sa samdha rsir b, sa satyamrsim s, pradurbhutarsim n. - pravaksyan As, samdecyan b, deksan k, deksam (natha0 ) 1, vivat rs. * Sieg, p. 53, note 7, wishes to read sim, but this is against the MS. evidence, and unnecessary. 74. commissioned Night on a message with the two ( stanzas) This my song of praise' (etam me stomam : v. 61. 17, 18) ; and to her (Night) who did not see a Rathaviti, he discerning (him) with the eye of a seer, °tyabhyam Anss, °tyrgbhyam b, ( stoma ) mrgbhyam 1, ( stoma ) mrgbhya k. - dautye hm rns, dutye rre, devim b, divim 1, divi k. - nyayojayat hm`r, nyayojayet bfk, nyavedayat ss. tapasyantam hm 'rs, apasyantam, apasyantim br' r', apasyamti fk. a - - - * Cp. Sieg, p. 53, note 9, and p. 57, line 2. 75. said, ' Here he dwells ' ( esa kseti : v. 61. 19) ' on a delightful ridge of the Himavat' a. Urged by the goddess Night, after learning his instructions, - prsthe bfk, prstha hm r. - pracoditah hrfkss, pravoditah b pranoditah Op. Rg-veda v. 61. 19 : esa kseti rathavitih... parvatesv apasritah.