History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.251

v7.c91.251

¹⁶¹⁵ व्यचस्वीद्वयुना मर्त्येभ्योऽग्निर्विद्वाँ ऋतचिद्धि सत्यः ॥ ऋ I. 145 5. It will be noticed that here ऋतचित् and सत्य are both epithets of Agni. They must be given some separate meanings, स सुक्रतुर्ऋतचिदस्तु होता य आदित्य शवसा वां नमस्वान् । ऋ VII. 85. 4 (O sons of Aditi! May that Hotṛ priest, who makes obeisance to you with strength (in a loud voice), be a man of good deeds (or *will*) and knowing ṛta, moral conduct (or cosmic law). सत्यः in I. 145 5 would have to be rendered as truthful or pure The word चित् may be derived from root चि to gather or from चित् to know