Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s1.48

c19.s1.48

120. Both the text and the metre of stanzas 1-9 require emendation on a large scale: see § 244 ii. *10-12. The most modern passage in the Rigveda, recording the poet's gratitude for the gift of a motor-car (*rátha anaśvá*): the extreme regularity of the metre is in striking contrast to the preceding stanzas: see also § 88.