Brihaddevata 7.58

7.58

kīrtayansvāni karmāṇi yāni sma kṛtavānpurā .
yathākarocca vaidehaṃ vyaṃsaṃ somapatiṃ nṛpam .. 58 ..

266 57. Then he coming to (buddhva) himself (and) rejoiced at the praise of Saptagu, praised himself with the three a (hymns) 'I was' (aham bhuvam: x. 48-50); tatah sa hm'rb, tatastu fkr' r' 17. - buddha 1, vuddha fk, budhva hdm', vuta b. - tustavaham hm'bf, tustava caham 12 r' r', tustava vaham k. a Cp. Sarvanukramani on Rg-veda x. 47: sa saptagustutisamhrsta atmanam uttarais tribhis tustava. 58. proclaiming his deeds, which he performed in days of and how he made king Vyamsa of Videha lord of Soma ayore, yathakarocca Am', yathakarotsa br, yathakrtetsa fk.-- vyamsam hdm' fr, vyasam rrr°, vyasa k.-somapatim hm±r, somapatir ',, so upatim b, so upati (nrpa ) fk, saumapatim ".r 'r 4. The end of the varga is here marked by 92 in bfk, not in hdm2. a There seems to be no distinct reference to any such myth in these three hymns. 13. Story of Indra Vaikuntha (concluded). Story of Agni and his brothers: Rg-veda x. 51-53. 59. by the curse of Vasistha he in former days had become king of Videha, and by the favour of Indra he sacrificed with sessions (sattra) on the Sarasvati and others a - vaideho hm', vaideham r', videho bfkr. - ije ca Am', ije sa bfkr. - sarasvatadibhih hm1rfk, at fafa: b. a This stanza gives a parenthetical explanation about Vyamsa, the construction running on from 58 to 60. The curse of Vasistha, it appears, relegated Vyamsa to a remote Eastern region (Tirhut) beyond the pale of orthodox Brahmanism, but the favour of Indra afterwards enabled him to perform sacrifices on the Sarasvati and so to become a lord of Soma,' like himself (somapati being an epithet of Indra). B 60. and (praising) his great power and his injury to foes, and his sovereignty among all men and his lordship in the worlds; but in the (stanza) Forth to your great' (pra vo mahe: x. 50. 1) his own imperishable might. saktimattam, saktimatvam b, saktimatva m' fk - pyapakriyam b, pyapakriya, pyapa- kriya mi', 'parikriyam - nrsu sarvesu Am', visnulokesu fkr, visnuloke b. - atmano Am', atmanye (va °) B. - viryamaksayam hm' r', 'varpayaksayam f, 'varpayacksyayam b, 'varpayan svayam r. - 1.-