180 H. Oertel, 



with a foal is the sacrificial fee, for such a jiTiare| produces both, 

 the horse and the mule.' 



4. g-ardabho dviretas : Cf. (^B. vi. 3. 1. 23, ta etam ekaiii pacuiii dva- 

 bhyaih pacubhyruh pratyapa^yan rasabhaiii goc ca 've^. ca. tad 3'ad 

 etam ekaiii pacuiii dvabhyam pagubhyarii pratyapagyaiis tasmad esa 

 ekah san dviretah, 'they (the grods) beheld one animal [which would 

 do] for two animals, [viz.] the he-ass for the cow and the sheep : be- 

 cause they beheld this one animal [which would do] for two animals, 

 therefore he (the he-ass) [though] being- one has two kinds of seed.' 



4. osadhayo 'nabh3'akta rebhanti : The transfer to the plants occurs, 

 admidst different surroundings, in MS. i. 8. 2 (p. 117, 8) and Kath. 

 vi. 2 (p. 51, 5) and was perhaps interpolated here and in TS. 



IV. The Contest of ludra ivitli Tvasfi/s son fJB. ii. 153—157). 



For a general s}nopsis of the different versions of this myth see 

 Hillebrandt, Vedische Mythologie, iii, p. 229-241. The closest par- 

 allels to the Jaiminlya version are found in MS. ii. 4. 1 (p. 38, 1), Kath. 

 xii. 10 (p. 172, 5), ge. i. 6. 3 and v. 5. 4 (beginning with 2), TS. ii. 

 5. 1 and 2. Other parallels are noted in their respective places. 



1. Text. 

 jB. ii. 153. 1. triclrsna' ha vai tvastra asa. tas3a ha trini mukhan}'^ 

 asus3 somapanam ekaih surapanam'* ekam annadanam ekam. 2. pra- 

 stauti ha smai 'kenai^ 'kena^ gayati pratiharat}'^ ekena 'cravayat}- " 

 ekena pratyacravayaty ekena camsaty ekena. sa ha smai 'kak}'^ 

 eva 'nuparisarpam yajiiarii samsthapayati. sa he 'yad vlryavan^ asa 

 sa u ha 'surlputra asa.^o 3. sa ha sma pratyaksam devebh^^o vadati 

 paroksam asurebhyo yasma u ha vai bhuyah kamayate tasmai paro- 

 ksarn vadati. tasmad u he 'ndro bibhayarii cakara yac ca 'surlputra 

 asa yad u ce 'yacP^ vlryavan'2 asa.i^ 4. sa^* he^^ 'ksaiii cakre 

 'suryo va ayam asurlputras ^6 ^-^ pratyak.sam^~ asmabhyaih^s vadati'-' 

 paroksam asurebhyo hantai 'nam hanani 'ti. 



1 A. (;Trs- "- D. rnakli- =• A.D. -sii 



* Both niss. with n, as in TS. ; cf. Wackeniai^el. A/fincf. Grainin., i. 

 p. 189, § 169, c. second paragraph. * D. -ne ^ 1). dakena 



^ A. gray- » A.D. katy 



* A. viryyaiiivan ; vhyavan with j1 as in TS., TB.. Kiith.; cf. Whitney, 

 Grammar, § 1233, d. »» A. aha '^ D. rvld 



'- AD. vTryyapan ''* A. aiiisa i* A. om. ^^ D. luli 



i« A. -rip- '" D. -ksa i» D. sma- '» D. vahatl 



