160 H. Oertcl; 



the context seems to favour ' he shall stumble," ^ ' miss his footing/ 

 ' er soil stolpern ' (The commentary explains draps3'ati l^}^ drptah 

 kutsitagatir lDhavis3'ati). If so interpreted. (^B. iii. 2. 1. 9 is parallel 

 to 2 QB. xiii. 1. 3. 4, 2. 1. 6: i9varo va esah paran pradaghor yah 

 paracir ahutir juhoti, and TB. i. 3. 7. 7. (p. 57, 8) : Ig-varo va esah 

 parail pradaghah, and the A^drp in CB. iii. 2. 1. 9 is identical in 

 meaning with the V^dagh + pra in CB. xiii. 1. 3. 4, 2. 1. 6, TB. i. 

 3. 7. 7 exactly as the V"dr|) + pra in JB. i. 357. 2 is identical in 

 meaning with the Vdagh -f- pra in JUB. iii. 15. 4. The meanings 

 ' toll sein,' ' ausgelassen sein,' ' iibermiitig sein ' which the Petersburg 

 dictionaries assign to the Vdrp are easily reconciled with ' stumble ' 

 (' skip '). Compare especially the combination of drpta with unmutta 

 in AB. ii. 7. 8 : yarii (scil. vacaiii) vai drpto vadati yrmi unmattah 

 sa vai raksasi vak, where the commentator (p. 290, 6) takes drpta 

 in the sense of ' overbearinaf.' 



JB. i. 358. The chapter falls into three parts : (a) Prajapati 

 turns the sacrifice over to the gods, 1—4 ; (b) The specific expiation 

 pertinent to mistakes in the several Vedas, 5—11; and (cj How does 

 the brahman-priest, though not ])ossessing a Veda of his own, parti- 

 cipate in the sacrifice ? 



On the whole, AB. v. 32. 4-33. 1 is the closest parallel to our 

 text: (a) = AB. v. 32. 4, (b) = AB. v. 32. 5-6, (c) = AB. v. 33. 1. 



hi QB. xi. 5. 8 the turning over of the sacrifice b}^ Prajapati to 

 the gods is implied ; (b) = ^B. xi. 5. 8. 5-6, (c i = ^B. xi. 5. 8. 7. 



SB. i. 5. 8 parallels (b). 



Chand. Up. iv. 17. 4—8, 10 parallels (b), with a special gatha, 

 not found elsewhere, added in 9. 



JUB. iii. 17. 1—3 parallels (b) but is widel}- divergent in the word- 

 ing and contents, and JUB. iii. 17. 4—10 parallels, but onl}^ re- 

 motely, (c). 



For (b), Laty. CS. iv. 11. 4 and a section from an Atharvaveda 

 Prayagcittasutra published by Caland in IVZKM., xviii, 1904, p. 202 

 furnish further parallels. 



1 Cf. the Vlivar, VS i. 2 (CB. i. 7. 1. 11, for other references see Bloom- 

 field's concordance) dniliasva mil livilh, ' stand steady', do not waver,' and 

 l/^hval, CB. V. 1. 3. 6 = 14 ^ 5. 4. 34, hvalati vil esa yo yajiiapatliad eti, 

 ' he verilj' stumbles who departs from the path of the sacrifice,' and 

 especially CB. v. 2. 4. 20. tarn eva tat pratyag dliurvati, ' him indeed lie 

 tluis causes to fall backward.' - See P^Y. under V dagh -(- pra. 



