Brihaddevata 5.86

5.86

yathā vāta iti jñeye tvaśvinyāmitare ṛcau.
sravatāmapi garbhāṇāṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tadanumantraṇam .. 86 ..

v. 78 b This being an explanation of s That is, Saptavadhri, the seer of Rg-veda v. 78. the seer's name, Sapta-vadhri, as 'seven times impotent.' That is, commissioned according to the custom of niyoga; the verb kr being used as above in iv. IIO (putrikam kr). d This is an attempt to explain the situation in Rg-veda v. 78. 5, 6, where the Asvins are described as releasing Saptavadhri by rending a tree (vrksa). This word occurs in the preceding stanza (v. 78. 4), where the Asvins come to the rescue of Atri in a chasm (rbisa). e 85, 86. They, raising him out of that (chasm), made him productive again. The triplet Like the wind' (yatha vatah: v. 78. 7-9) is with a view to a child (garbha) for himself who like a child (in the womb) slept (in the tree) a; but the other two stanzasb are to be known as for the Asvinsc. B This is also recognized (drstam) as a consecrating prayer for children issuing from the womb (sravatam) d. - - svapa- 85. samuddhrtya hm bk, samuddhrtya f, samuddhatya r. - trcah svasyaiva m', trca svasyaiva hd, trica - stasyaisa b, citra svasyaisa fk, citrastasyaiva r r 7. - garbhartham hdm', garbhartha bfkrr 7. tas hm`rb, stapatas 117, svasatas , tapatas k. - 86. jneye tvasvibhyamitare rcau hm'r, Hurafawnfuaci za B.-86 cd=viii. 66ªb. This line is wanting in A, but is found in m1 as well as B.-The end of the varga is here marked by 9 in bfk, not in m1 or hd (as the line is wanting in these two MSS.). * The versified story told by Sayana, in his introduction to Rg-veda v. 78. 5, is different from the above. Here the seer is placed in a box at night by enemies and kept from intercourse with his wife, but is rescued from his confinement by the Asvins. b That is, v. 78. 5, 6, the first two of the five specified in 82. °The Asvins are invoked in d Cp. Rgvidhana, ii. 17. 1 cd-4 ab, quoted by Sadgurusisya, p. 123. these two stanzas. -4°