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VEDIC HYMNS.
NOTES.
The hymn is ascribed to Agastya, the metre is Gâyatrî. None of its verses occurs in SV., VS., TS., AV.
Verse 1. Prof. Oldenberg conjectures kitrá atlh, and possibly mahibhänavah for ahibhânavah. See for yāmah kitrah ati V, 52, 2. té yaman pânti; also VI, 48, 9.
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