Brihaddevata 7.142

7.142

rakṣohaṇādi cāgneyaṃ trīn stautyagnīn paraṃ haviḥ .
imaṃ ca madhyamaṃ caiva asau vaiśvānaraṃ ca yaḥ .. 142 ..

x. 91 (havih: x. 88), praises the three Agnis, this (terrestrial) one, and the Middle one, and Vaisvanara a who is that (celestial) one. •di cameyam hdr, °di cameye m े, di vameyam r 11, °dirameyam bfk.-vaisvanaram ca hdm'r,bfk.-The end of the varga is here marked by 2 e in m1bf, by 2 in k, not at all in hd. Cp. above, i. 67, on Vaisvanara as the celestial form of Agni.

288 yajamanah. The adjective artvija occurs above, vii. 83, where, it is to be noted, six out of eight MSS. read artvijya; cp. critical note on vii. 83. 139. And in those stanzas here in which respectively (pratyrcam) deities are proclaimed, one should state the one mentioned (tam) to be the deity or should state that (the stanzas) are addressed to Narasamsa (narasamsi) a. - - pratikirtyante hdm'1, parikirtyante b, kirtyate fkr' - devatasceha yasu yah hdm'r, devata tesu sa bhavet b, devata tesu bhavavrt , devata tesu bhavavrttatah kr 2. - vadettam hdm'rb, vadetam r±r, vedam tam f. - -devatam tasu hdr, devatam bhyu b, devatyu fk.- narasamsir b, narasi fk, narasamsir hdm'r. a On Narasamsi stanzas cp. above, iii. 154; cp. Rg-veda x. 85. 6: raibhi asid anudeyi nara- samsi nyocani. 140. And they declare that these stanzas addressed to Usas a form as a whole (sarvatha) a (hymn) concerned with evolution (bhavavrtta) b; and in this hymn a verse (pada) is also (thus) characterized with Suryac. - ausasih b, osasah f, usasyah hmir, usasyah d. - sarvatha caita hdr, sarvatha caisa m', sarva evaita bf.-bhavavrttam bfr, •vattam h, °vatyam d. - pracaksate hdm' 1, nigadyate bf. - pada hdm'.-The whole of 140 is omitted in k, and 140 cd in bf. a r, Surya being a form of Usas; cp. above, vii. 119-121 on the three forms of Usas; also ii. 79. b The eight stanzas x. 85. 6-13 have already been stated to have this character (suryayai bhavavrttam). This seems to mean that both the hymn as a whole b. and in it in particular a single pada have this character when Surya is mentioned in them. The pada meant is probably 35°: cp. above, 135, note 141. Away, indeed' (vi hi: x. 86) is a hymn addressed to Vrsakapi; for that brown (kapila) bull (vrsan) is Indra a and Prajapati Indra is superior to all'b. asau hi hdm'bf, asau tu . - vrsa hdm 'r, vrsah bf. - 14146 is wanting in k. a Cp. ii. 67, where Vrsakapi is also explained as vrsa kapilah, and is stated to be one of the seven names of Surya or the celestial form of Agni. Cp. Max Muller, Rg-veda2 vol. iv, p. 27 (var. lect. on Rg-veda x. 86). The refrain of Rg-veda x. 86, which is also quoted above, ii. 67. b 142. (The hymn) beginning The demon-slayer' (raksohanam: x. 87) is addressed to Agni. The following one, 'The oblation