Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s9.20

c19.s9.20

8b Pentad verse; 8d diaúḥ; 9a adyá; 10a, 10b bhajā; 11b vásū (plur.); 12a narāám; 12d dhattá. 46. For the metre see § 249 i: it suggests for this hymn an earlier date than its neighbours can lay claim to. The Pentad verses are 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 5a, 5b, 5c, 6a, 6c, 7a, whilst 5d, 6b, 6d, 7c, 7d are Virāṭsthānā verses. Hence the Pentad hymn seems to have consisted of 5 double stanzas, thus corresponding in length to the hymns in i 65–70: whilst 3, 4, 8–10 may be Triṣṭubh stanzas appended later. 6d Sandhi at the caesura; 7c the interpretation is doubtful: Jagatī cadence. 47. 2c carkṛtiam; 3c śrutárṣim; 5a áśvavantam, § 168 ii; 8a tuā.