Iron in Ancient India c4.29

c4.29

³ नमोऽस्तुते निर्ऋते तिग्मतेजोऽयश्मायाभिः कृता वन्धपाशान—VI, 63, 2 ‘‘homage be to thee, O Nirrti, thou of keen keenness; unfasten the bond-fetters of iron.’’ अयश्मये इपरे वंधिष इचाभिहितो यत्यधिषेसंदसम् (VI, 63, 3)—‘‘thou wast bound here to an iron post bridled with deaths that are a thousand.’’