Gods and Saints of the Girat Bn/liniaija. 63 



In 12. 6. 7-12, the stor}' of 8. 9. 1— o is repeated with a vari- 

 ation. To begin \\ith the latter : " Now comes the Harivarna 

 (^Saman). The demons were in these welds. The gods drove them 

 out from this (lower; world by saying harisriyaiu ; from the at- 

 mosphere, by saying vi-rajasi; from yonder (heavenly) world, by 

 saying dive-dive. So whoever has this wisdom mounts up to these 

 worlds after driving his rival out from them. Verily, Harivarna, 

 desirous of cattle, saw this Saman. B}' means of it he obtained for 

 himself (created) a thousand cattle, and so it is a Saman fitted for 

 the growth of cattle. As the iVilgirasas were going to heaven, ogres 

 pursued them. Harivarna I:)}' means of this (Harivarna Saman) drove 

 them off, and so it is a Srunan for the removal of ogres." ^ 



In 12. 6. 7—12, the same Saman introduces the story of Namuci 

 (above, p. 47). who, as an ogre-shape, is also driven off by the 

 final word of this vSaman, whereas the Angiras story, as told above, 

 appears here with the Tairascya vSaman as the means by which 

 another Angiras body drove off" the ogres. " Now comes the Tair- 

 ascya (vSaman I. As the Ailgirasas were going (rea.d yato) to heaven, 

 ogres pursued them. Tirasci-Angirasa by means of this (Tairasc3'a 

 Saman) led them down (to destruction) sideways \tiryak). Since 

 he led them down sideways, therefore it is called tairascya. Evil 

 verily followed them.'- They drove it off by means of the Tairascya 

 (Saman). One who praises with this Saman drives off evil.'' 3 



It is not surprising in the " cow-walk rite '' to find the animals 

 sharing the benefit of the rite with the Angirasas and Adi- 

 tyas, " By it cows increased and multiplied ; by it the Adityas 

 get a firm support in these worlds ; and by it the Ailgirasas went 

 to heaven," 25. 16. 2. In 16. 12. 1, the two bodies of saints and 

 Adityas are represented as co-initiates and as contending for pri- 

 ority in reaching heaven. The Angirasas proclaimed to the Adityas 

 the " morrow-pressing " [svahsutya) ceremony. The Adityas saw the 

 same sacrifice, but as an " immediate purchase." By purchasing 

 Soma at once and electing Ayasya as chaunter and lauding through 

 him they got to heaven (in one day) while the Angirasas got left. 

 Further (ib. 4 ) ; they brought to Ayasya as a sacrificial fee the sun 



1 The three words used above are taken from RV. 8. 15. 4-7. Each 

 word represents a completed verse. 



- Stereotyped, pdpma vfiva sa tan asacata (agrhnCii. 13. h. 23). S. seems 

 to read in'os. '• down." tan. etc. 



' Sayaiia t^'kes pa rym ait as -surrounded.'' but it was the overthrow 

 wliich caused the appearance of the evil. 



