Vol. V, No. 4.] The Hero-Gods of the Rigveda. 99 
[N.S.] 
Dadhyang, Angiras of old, Priyamedha, Kanva, Atri and 
Manu know my birth. They and Manu of old know my birth. 
Their destiny was to go sarah the gods. Our navels (=sources) 
are in them (i.e., they are our ancestors) —I, 139-9. 
Cf. Pali qrafa The statement—aut 2#5 wrafa:—in aa 
vik will be clearly understood on — what has bee 
said of Yama in the following verse : 
2a: qasMla wal usta Hawa aTeata | 
seats waaaas sale fort ward TTT ATA I ke [ARI 8 
o chose death to = idee the gods; who chose not 
thine to stay with m 
Rist Brihaspati ‘cnindad™ ‘the institute of sacrifice. Yama 
offered its dear body as an oblation—X, 13-4. 
should also remember that Yama was a member of the 
niet family. 
A little consideration will shew that ~ relationship 
spoken of in riks I, 105—9, 110—2, 139—9 is very different 
from that mentioned in riks x 7-3 and II, 1-9 ive below. 
4 gj Hay fuaeate atfua fe stat acfam@ers | ye! 918 
Agni, 1 deem my father, my kinsman, my brother, my 
friend, | fo ever. X, 7-3 
alag fuacfafefuaceat ATS WT ATES | 
@ wat wate aesfaued aur ata Tee Wei Qie 
The leaders, O Agni, worshipped you as father, 
sacrifices—worshipped you who has a shining body, for brother- 
hood, Da religious rites. 
u become a son to him who adores you. ae a benefi- 
cent friend vou protect him from his enemies—II, 1-9 
The connection between riks eight and nine of Hymn 
105 is this. After having in the eighth rik spoken of his 
miseries, in the ninth the Risi_ speaks of his birth. He is sur- 
prised that a man of his high birth—a descendant of the great 
Angiras family whose ancestors are in heaven and whom god 
Trita acknowledges as his esca should suffer in the way he 
has a suffering. 
word wtqj I shall explain later on. 
(b) Trita is a man in distress whom god Brihaspati helps. 
2. faa: qusafeat Zar-eat Fas | 
AHH SEMA: TAZ RMSE «-. WRI RU! LS 
