Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.7

c12.s3.7

On the other hand we always find the triplet *varuṇa mitra aryaman* with the singular vocative forms, and occasionally the pair *varuṇa mitra* in the same shape, as i 122 7a (7A, 9): cf. vii 66 9ab. *mitra* varuṇa should probably be restored in ii 41 4a, v 64 4a, 67 5ab, vii 66 19a, viii 25 4a, 72 17a, 101 3a: and see further § 174 ii.