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the Ashtakatvarimsa (48), and (those performed) by repetition in the Trayastrimsa (33) up to the Agnishtoma-saman, the Uktha (stotras) in the Dvâtrimsa (32), the Shodasin in the Ekavimsa, the night (stotras) in the Pañkadasa, and the Sandhi (stotra) in the Trivrit:
11. Suchlike is Vishnu's striding !, -it was there with that Bharata Dauhshanti once performed sacrifice, and attained that wide sway which now belongs to the Bharatas: it is of this that the Gatha sings,-Seventy-eight steeds did Bharata Dauhshanti bind for the Vritra-slayer on the Yamuna, and fifty-five near the Ganga.'
12. And a second (Gåthâ),--Having bound a hundred and thirty-three horses, meet for sacrifice, king Saudyumni, more shifty, overcame the other shiftless ones.'
13. And a third,—' At Näda pit?, the Apsaras Sakuntalå conceived Bharata, who, after conquering the whole earth, brought to Indra more than a thousand horses, meet for sacrifice.'
14. And a fourth *, – The greatness of Bharata neither the men before nor those after him attained, nor did the five (tribes of) men, even as a mortal man (does not touch) the sky with his arms.'
15. With the Ekavimsa-stoma Rishabha Yågña
(cf. part iii, introd. p. xiv seqq.); whilst in the directions regarding the next day they are not included, as requiring a different Stoma.
Just as there are here wide intervals between the Stomas, so Vishnu, in his three strides, passes over wide distances, comm.
This, according to Harisvâmin, is the name of Kanva's hermitage. Cf. Leumann, Zeitsch. d. D. M.G., XLVIII, p. 81.
• Cf. Ait. Br. VIII, 23; Weber, Ind. Stud. I, p. 202. • That is, using the 21-versed form throughout the three days.
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