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is nothing in these lists which would correspond with a part of the Bh-portion. MānS'S IX. 2. 4. 3-4 refers the forest-animals recorded in Ms. MānS'S IX. 2. 4.4 mentions, among others, 7fsy (=71819194211 which approximates the ending part of the Bh portion. Even though the Bh-portion could not be deciphered completely, it is clear that the VārśS read some portion between the 21st and the 22nd sūtras. ĀpS'S. XX. 14. 5. ff. does not render any help in this respect.
_III. 4. 4. 1-पृच्छामि त्वा भुवनस्य नाभिम्. Bh (127 B1) reads पृच्छामि यत्र भुवनस्य 7114:. The cited portion is the part B of the verse beginning with yusifa ali 4*4+yea: which is traced to TS. VII. 4. 18. 2; VS XIII. 61. The variant reading'as found in Bh is from RV. I. 164. 34.
III. 4. 4. 26-तस्य पवमानो लोहितं श्रपयति. The word पवमानो, even though a correct grammatical form is obscure in the present context. Bh (128 B7) reads naat which is equally obscure.
