History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.69

v5.c72.69

X. 17. The verses of this hymn, except 3-6, have hardly any bearing on funeral rites. Therefore only those four verses are translated here. The first two verses refer to the marriage of Vivasvat with the daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ and to the legend of the birth of Yama and Yamī from Vivasvat. Both are explained at length in Nir. XII. 10-11. Verses⁴⁶⁷ 7-9 which contain prayers to Sarasvatī are almost the same as A. V. 18. 1. 41-43 and are employed by the Kauśika-sūtra (81.39) in the cremation rite along with A. V. 7.68 1-2 and 18 3.25.