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MANDALA I, HYMN 71.
Verse 9. Note 1. Literally, in one day. But sadyah has already in the Rig-veda the secondary meaning 'immediately, quickly.
Note 2. Comp. III, 55, 7. rágåna mitra-váruna supání. Note 3. See below, 72, 6.
Verse 10. Note 1. Comp. VII, 18, 2: there the words abhí vidúh kavih sán are identical with our text.
Note 2. Of the second hemistich Prof. Collitz has treated in Bezzenberger's Beiträge, X, 15, note. He paraphrases the meaning in the following way: 'Der Sinn des ganzen Verses ist : unsere Freundschaft mit dir, Agni, stammt aus alter Zeit. Nun sagt man zwar "im Alter ändert sich das Aussehn wie das der Wolke." Aber stehe du uns bei vor diesem Fluche. I do not believe that this interpretation, though very ingenious, gives the real meaning of the Vedic poet.—Comp. 1, 179, 1. minati sriyam garima tanůnâm.
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