Brihaddevata 7.40

7.40

āśvināni tu yastrīṇi aindrāṇyasteva su pra ca .
aindrāṇāmuttamāyāstu stuto'rdharca bṛhaspatiḥ .. 40 ..

262 pra- x. 42-44), but in a hemistich (116) of the last stanza of the Indra hymns (42-44) a Brhaspati b is praised. trini aindra ° :, trinyaindra ° hdbfk - ttamayastu stuto'rdharce, ttamayastu stato rdharce, °ttamayasyu stato'rdharce fr° (yah 1'), 'ttamayamyu sato rdharce b, °ttamayastu ardharce tu Am1 (o hdm1).-40 cd and 41 in m1 come after 48 (at the end of the story of Ghosa).The end of the varga is here marked by in b fk, not in hdm1. a That is, in the last stanza of each of these three hymns, that stanza being a refrain. The Sarvanukramani does not mention Brhaspati in the refrain of Rg-veda x. 42-44-

x. 44 beginning) 'They are awake' (abudhram: x. 35, 36) are addressed to the All-gods. atracan hdm's,tatracan bfkr' r's. - 37" in Sayana reads : atra dvadasyatanstauti . - navamyadya ca hm`rss, °dyatha B. - canusasati hm'r, canusasti g. - 13704 (trayodasi &c.) is found in hdm3 rss only, not in bfkr2r3.-vaig du faf hdm3, sesannindantih, aksastu se0 ', aksostu sesanaidratya, aksamstut seksam nimdratya ° b. a The first four padas of 37 are quoted by Sadgurusisya, while the fifth is expanded by him as follows: sistabhir navabhis tv aksah kitavas caiva nindyante. Sayana also quotes these lines in his introduction to Rg-veda x. 34; cp. var. lect. in Max Müller, Rg-veda2 vol. iv, p. 11. b The Sarvanukramani gives no details as to the deities of Rg-veda x. 34, simply remarking: aksakrsiprasamsa caksakitavaninda ca. B 38. Some consider the praise at the end (para), 'Of the great Agni' (maho agneh: x. 36. 12-14), to be addressed to Savitr; the teachers Saunaka, Yaska, and Galava (consider) the last (14) stanza (to be such) a. This sloka is not found in A, but in B and m1 only. a There is no reference in the Sarvanukramani to the last three stanzas of Rg-veda x. 36; nor does the Nirukta mention them. 39. 'Obeisance' (namah: x. 37) is addressed to Surya, 'In this' (asmin x. 38) to Indra. But (the deities) who are praised in the sixth (stanza) of the hymn to Surya (x. 37. 6) are incidental; at the end of this (atra) hymn there is a couplet addressed to the All-gods (x. 37. II, 12) a. - sauryamaindram m'kr, sauryamindram bhd, sauryamandram f. - sasthya tu yah stutah m 'r, sasthya tu ya smrtah hd, sathyam tu samstuta b, sasthyam tu samstutah krrr", sasthyam tu samstuta f. - nipatinistah hdr, nipatini tah m', nipatinastah B. - suktante B, suktantyo Am'.-vaisvadevo B, vaisvadevyo Am'. The form vaisvadevya, though used in the Nirukta, is found in no other passage of the Brihaddevata, while is extremely common. It may be due here to the end of the preceding word in A: . a There is no reference in the Sarvanu kramani to the deities of Rg-veda x. 37. 6, 11, 12. 40. Now there are three hymns addressed to the Asvins (beginning) Which' (yah: x. 39-41), and there are (three) addressed to Indra (beginning) 'As the archer far' (asteva su