Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.187

v2.c4.187

² vii. 18, 13. Cf. Turvaśa. Apparently, as Hopkins, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 15, 263, n., and Geldner, Vedische Studien, 2, 135, think, in this verse the words jeṣma Pūrum vidathe mṛdhravācam refer to the Pūru king and to the priest Viśvāmitra, who prayed for the defeat of Sudās, though in vain. Hopkins seems to take the words vidathe mṛdhravācam generally as ‘the false speaker in the assembly’; but, according to Geldner, the meaning intended is that, while the king fought, the Purohita prayed in the Sabhā, or meeting-house of the people.