Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c5.10

c5.10

8. Now it is admitted that the text must be corrected in some points, as for instance in giving syllabic value to *y* and *v*, because without such correction the Rigveda is merely prose: and it is not conceivable that the arbitrary correction of two letters only of the alphabet could convert prose into verse on so large a scale. On the other hand, it is admitted that we have deviation from the usual metrical rules in such a hymn as ii 11, because it is inconceivable that textual incorrectness could cause so large a proportion of verses in one hymn to be defective in precisely the same way.