History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.135

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²⁶¹⁸ The third pressing is connected with the Ṛbhus as the praiṣa of the adhvaryu shows: तृतीयस्य सवनस्यर्धुमतो विभुमतः प्रभुमतो वाजवतः सवितृवतो बृहस्पतिमतो विश्वदेव्यावतस्तीव्राँ आशीर्वत इन्द्राय सोमान्प्रस्थितान्प्रैष्य (Sat. IX. 3. p. 921, Āp. XIII. 12. 2). The Ṛbhus are three viz. Ṛbhu, Vibhvā and Vāja (Ṛg. I. 161. 6 and IV. 33. 3, IV. 34. 1) and their exploits are narrated in Ṛg. 1. 20, I. 110 and 111, I. 161, Ṛg. IV. 33–37 &c. The Ait. Br. (28. 4) narrates the myth that the Ṛbhus were mortals but were made immortal by Prajāpati and were given a share in the third pressing. It is therefore that the first stotra in the third pressing is called Ārbhava-pavamāna. This स्तोत्र is constituted by Ṛg. IX. 1. 1–3, IX. 108. 1–2, IX. 106. 1–3, IX. 101. 1–3, IX. 75. 1–3 = Sāmaveda II. I. 1. 15–19 (Benfey) or S. V. vol. III pp. 105–107, 115–116, 121–123, 131–133, 165–169.