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VEDIC HYMNS.
NOTES. Ascribed to Anila Vâtâyana, and addressed to Väyu, here called Vâta. The metre is Trishtubh. This hymn does not occur in the other Vedas. See Muir, Sanskrit Texts, V, p. 145; Geldner and Kaegi, p. 95.
Verse 1. Note 1. For this use of the accusative, see Pischel, Ved. Stud. p. 13.
Note 2. Arunani is explained by Geldner, Ved. Stud. p. 274, as the reddish colours of the lightning.
Verse 2. Note 1. Vishtha means kind or variety. Anu seems to refer to ratha, which I take as the subject of the whole of the first verse.
Note 2. 'Sie gehn mit einander zum Tanz,' Geldner and Kaegi.
Verse 3. Note 1. Geldner and Kaegi propose aha for ahah.
Verse 4. Note 1. Vâta seems to be called the garbha of the world, in the sense of being its source or life.
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