Brihaddevata 7.41

7.41

pare divasparyāgneye prathamasyottamena tu .
dyāvāpṛthivyau viśve ca paccho'rdharccena saṃstutāḥ .. 41 ..

41. The two following (hymns), 'From heaven' (divas pari: x. 45, 46), are addressed to Agni, but with the last hemistich of the former (x. 45. 12 cd) Heaven and Earth (12) and the All- (gods: 12) are praised in the respective verses (pacchah) a. •ttamena tu B, °tama tu ya Am'. - pacho Bhm'13, panca ° r. a The Sarvanukramani makes no mention of this hemistich. B 42. a Ghosa, daughter of Kaksivat, was disfigured by an evil disease. In the days of old she remained in her father's house for sixty years. af fm', fg bkrn.-42-48 are not found in A, but in B and m1 only. a The following story (42-47) is quoted in the Nitimanjari on Rg-veda i. 117. 7.-The author here goes back to the Asvin hymns (39-41) mentioned in 40. B 43. She fell into great grief (thinking), 'Without son or husband I have reached old age in vain; I (will) therefore resort to the Lords of Light (subhaspati). mahatim cintam fm'bn, mahati cinta, mahi cimta . - prapadye ham mrn (g), prapadye ha b, prapado ham fk, prapadyaham n. B 44. Since my father, by propitiating them, obtained youth, long life, health, power, poison for slaying all beings, yathaitau m'rn(g), yathaito fk, yathantau b, tathaitau n. - bhamakastata m bfkrn(g), mamako tata . - aradhyavapah, aradhyamvaya b, aradhavapa fk, aradhyaivaya m', aradhyaivapta n, aradhya prapa n (g). - bhutahanane fk 1, bhutarute m' br. - visam m'fkr, dhiyam, dhipam b.-44°d (ayura ° &c.) omitted in n.