414 ON THE Ve'dAS, 



* The son of Atrj bestowed in gifts ten thou- 

 Band women adorned with necklaces, all daughters 

 of opulent persons, and brought from various coun- 

 tries. 



' While distributing ten thousand elephants in 

 Avachatruca, the holy son of Atrt grew tired and 

 dispatched messengers to finish the distribution. 



" A hundred [I give] to you;" "A hundred to 

 you ;" still the holy man grew tired ; and was at 

 last forced to draw breatl^ while bestowing them 

 by thousands*.' 



§ IX. * By this great inauguration, similar to 

 Indra's, Di'rg'hatamas, son of Mamata', con- 

 secrated Bharata, the son of DuHSHANTAf; 

 and, therefore, did Bharata, son of Duhshanta, 

 subdue the earth completely all around, and tra- 

 verse it every way, and perform repeated sacrifices 

 with horses as oiferings. 



* On that subject too, these verses are every 

 where chanted. " Bharata distributed in Mash" 

 nara'\., a hundred and seven thousand millions of 

 black elephants with white tusks, and decked 

 with gold. 



* It was through the solemn inauguration of Anga, thai his 

 priest was able to give such great alms. This remark is by the 

 Cotjimentator. 



t So the name should be written, as appears from this passage 

 of the Vtda ; and not, as iu copies of some of the Purdnas, 



DUSHM^^.NTA, OrDuSlIYANTA. 



X The "several manuscripts fliffer on this name of a country; 

 and, having no other information respecting it, 1 am not confident 

 that I have selected the best reading. This observation is appli- 

 cable also to some other uncommon names. 



