The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c11.99

c11.99

VERSE 21.—Vrishākapi has gone down to the nether world. This verse now describes what Indra will do when he returns. Says Indra, "O Vṛishâkapi! you, the destroyer of sleep, who are going to the house, come back again, again by (your) way. We would perform the sacrifices. Indra, &c." The verse thus distinctly refers to the recommencement of the sacrifices in the Devayana or the Uttarâyaṇa as understod in old days. The word *suvitâ* is from the same root as *vârtanika* and *kalpyâvahai* is from *kṛip*, the root which gives us the word *kalpa* in *kalpasûtras*. Savita *kalpyâvahai* thus means "we would perform the *vaitânika* ceremonies," which, as described in the first verse, were stopped when the sun went down to the neither world I may also here point out that the house in the nether world or, as Sayaṇa interprets it, the house of the enemy is called *asta* literally 'thrown,' while Indra's house is called *gṛiha*. The sun goes down to the *asta* and returns up to the *gṛiha* of Indra. This verse, in sofar as it speaks of the recommencement of sacrificial ceremonies, confirms the interpretation I have proposed for the preceding verse.