Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s7.43

c19.s7.43

²⁵ 1a gopáā, § 142 i; 3b asuryáya; 4a perhaps mitra varuṇa; 4b déva, § 174 i a; 5c, 7c irregular rhythm; 10b náasatya; 12c perhaps sindhu, § 170 ii f; 13b gopayátiam (§ 136 i) or catalectic verse; 14a apáam; 14c mídhuáṁśaḥ; 17c long eleventh syllable, almost without parallel, § 220 iv; 18b pṛthiviáḥ; 18c catalectic verse: perhaps mahitvaná; 22a ukṣaṇíayane, § 136 i; 22b perhaps hárayāyane; 23a heptasyllabic verse; 23b hárīnaam; 23c utá nú: for the caesura see § 205 iv a; 24c irregular break, easily corrected by interchanging vājínā and árvantā: árvatā is also possible.