Brihaddevata 7.22

7.22

trīṇyaindrāṇi kuhetyatra āgneyābhyāṃ parāṇi tu .
tṛco'trāstyāśvinastveka aindrāṇāmuttame yuvam ..22..

21. The sixth (stanza) is addressed to Indra (x. 19. 6), while in the second both the gods a are incidentally mentioned (2). Now the hymn which contains a line of ten syllables b (x. 20. 1) is described as intended to avert evil (and) as connected with mind (manasa). suktamucyate Am', suktamuttaram B. a 'Both the gods' (ubhau devau) is rather vague: the two mentioned in the second stanza are Indra and Agni. The Sarvanukramani makes no reference to the deities of Rg-veda x. 19. 2 and 6. Meyer, Rgvidhana, p. xxviii, thinks this line is here regarded This hymn begins with a single verse instead of a stanza: as a whole hymn. b bhadram no api vataya manah. The Sarvanukramani remarks: adya ekapada, pada eva va santyarthah. On this pada cp. Oldenberg, Prolegomena, p. 511. 21°=Rgvidhana iii. 8. 6ª; cp. the whole sloka there: dasaksaram tu Santyartham bhadram na iti samsmaret; nityam japec chucir bhutva: manasam vindate sukham. 22. Now here after two hymns addressed to Agni (x. 20, 21) there follow three addressed to Indra (beginning) 'Where?' (kuha: x. 22-24). Now in the last of the hymns to Indra there is one triplet 'Ye two' (yuvam: x. 24. 4-6) addressed to the Asvins. aindranam Am'b, aidram fk, aindrama 1. 23. 'Happy' (bhadram: x. 25) is addressed to Soma; 'Forth indeed' (pra hi: x. 26) is addressed to Pusan. The three following (beginning) 'It shall be' (asat: x. 27-29) are addressed to Indra: with the first (27) of these (Indra), being exhilarated, proclaims his deeds; II. paranyasat hm'bfk, paranyatah r. - mattah san hm'rb, mattah sa r' r'1', mattena f, matena k. Ll