Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s4.10

c19.s4.10

²⁶ 4a sú; 4b caesura after the third syllable; 5a yádī. The violent disturbance of the metre which extends from 6b to 7a must be due to some corruption of the text. The original may have run somewhat as follows: parávataḥ śakunó mádhumantam | sómam bharad devávān dāḍrhāṇó | divá ādáya úttarāmāt || ādáyā sómam abharac chienáḥ: for devávān see § 168 ii, for śienáḥ § 145 vi; 7d Pentad verse. 27. 3b yádī; 3c jyám with y consonant stands here alone in the Rigveda proper, § 140 iii; 4a índravataḥ, § 168 ii. 28. 3c krátuā is probable, but very rare, § 151 ii; 3d śáruā, § 139 v; 5d perhaps kṣáaḥ, § 142 i: tāṭrdāná, § 169 iii.