History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.182

v7.c94.182

²³⁰⁷ The योगया I. 6-7 are तमेवंगुणसंपन्नं नारीणामुत्तमा वधूः। मैत्रेयी च महाभागा गार्गी च ब्रह्मविद्वरा॥ सभामध्येगता चेयदृषीणांसुग्रतेजसाम्। प्रणम्य दण्डवद्भूमौ गार्ग्येतद् वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥. The two चs may be noted; that would ordinarily show that मैत्रेयी and गार्गी were different. It might be argued that having already learnt from Yāj. (in Br. Up) Maitreyī was present but took no part in the discussion and Gārgī alone asked questions. Verse 6 of chap. I could be considered as using the words उत्तमा वधू for मैत्रेयी and the words महाभागा and ब्रह्मविद्वरा as applicable to गार्गी, but this is made impossible by the text which in I. 43 and IV. 5 refers to Gārgī as the wife (bhāryā) of Yāj. and she is addressed as 'priye' (IV. 7). 'varārohe' etc.