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अनुसंधान - १७ •93
na sásniḥ "victorius like a chariot" 10.176.3 rátho ná yór abhi'vṛtaḥ "covered like the chariot of a traveller."
17. It seems from the following stanza (8) that the seer is addressing the hymn to the evening fire. (cf., Ait, Br. 8.28, and RV. 10.88.6). Hence, the use of the word kṣapáḥ 'nights' is stanza 7. In the evening the sun is established in the fire. This is achieved by the evening rites. Since, this has now been achieved, the seer in stanza 8 says that the Hotṛ has become successful. Hotṛ does not refer to Agni as assumed by Geldner. Since the evening rite was performed to establish the sun in the fire, and since it has been accomplished, the seer concludes the stanza by saying that the Hotṛ has made true all the sacrificial acts (kṛṇván víśvāny apāṁsi satyā).
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