History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.123

v6.c82.123

⁷²⁶ सूर्याया वहतु प्रागात्सविता यमवासृजत् । अघासु हन्यन्ते गावोऽर्जुन्योः पर्युह्यते ॥ ऋ. X. 85. 13 = अथर्व XIV. 1 13 (सूर्याया .. सृजत् । मघासु हन्यन्ते गावः फल्गुनीषु व्युह्यते ।). Rg. X. 85 is a marriage hymn, referring to the myth of the marriage of Sūryā, daughter of Savitṛ, to Soma. In this verse reference is made to the sending of presents (chiefly of cows, it seems) on A hā i e Maghā naksatra and the taking away of the bride after marriage on Arjunī (i. e. Pūrvā or Uttarā Phalguni) the next day or after one day more. The शतपथ (II 1 2. 10-11) asserts that Phalgunyah is the recondite name of Arjunyah हन्यन्ते in Ṛg X. 85. 13 does not mean 'are killed' but 'are beaten' or ' *driven*' (from the house of Sūryā's father to the house of the bridegroom). The Marathi equivalent 'हाण' means 'to beat or drive' Vide आप गृ. I, 3. 1-2 'मघाभिर्गावो गृह्यन्ते । फल्गुनीभ्यां व्यूह्यते ।; रोहिणी मृगशीर्षमुत्तरे फल्गुनी स्वातीति विवाहस्य नक्षत्राणि । बो. गृ I. 1. 20.