Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s9.26

c19.s9.26

61. [This extraordinary hymn has a metrical unity which stands in striking contrast to its discontinuity of subject: it has all the marks of the archaic period, and yet a parallel hymn can hardly be found amongst the archaic collections. Alone in this part of the Rigveda it is dissociated in structure from its companion hymn. An Iranian origin has been suggested by the proper name Nábhānédiṣṭha in 18b.] 1a raúdaram, § 149 iii, but more probably Virāṭsthānā verse; 1b śáciām; 1c hybrid verse; 2a dábhia; 2c Virāṭsthānā verse, with irregular cadence; 3b śáciā; 3d áśriṇīta: Virāṭsthānā verse; 4d náyiṣam, § 142 iii b; 7c for the caesura see § 205 i c; 8b párā ait; 9c sánitā with hiatus the first time, or Rest at the fifth place; 11c Virāṭsthānā verse, but see § 149 iv; 13a tán nú asya is perhaps most probable; 14d perhaps read śrudhí hótar ‖ ṛtásya hótar adhrúk; 15a as 1a; 16a Virāṭsthānā verse; 16c sá; 17a as 2c; 17d jyáyisṭha; 20c ūrdhuá, śráyiṇiḥ; 21a ádha; 22a ádhā tuám: Virāṭsthānā verse (índra type) 23a a series of defective verses are found towards the end of the hymn, the others being 24c, 26a, 27a, 27d: these require emendation; 25a yádī: Rest at the fifth place; 26b su-uktaíḥ; 27b bhūtá; 27c Rest at the fourth place. 62. 8c śatásuam, § 145 ii b; 9b divó 'va, § 129 ii.