Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c17.6

c17.6

It is obvious that the process of repeated correction is not only laborious for the investigator but also for the reader, who may further be inclined to dismiss as artificial arguments which involve a mass of detail which is constantly changing and presents no clear picture to the mind. These difficulties attend the first investigations of any intricate problem : but as soon as a beginning has been made, they diminish rapidly in seriousness. Thus as soon as the general difference between the Rigveda proper and the popular Rigveda is recognised, the student will be prepared for the further distinctions made at the opening of this book, whilst the further corrections made in this chapter, though not unimportant in themselves, scarcely affect in any important particulars the arguments of the preceding chapters.