102 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1909. 
region be the lurking place—or the well—what was the wide open 
place where J'rita was placed after having been rescued by 
has been spoken of as the dear home of /ndra—the greatest 
and the most beloved god of the Resis. He fact is, Professor 
Macdonell has misunderstood the words ‘‘ 43 amifceait far ss 
rik X, 8-7 and thereby been thrown into a great confusion. I 
take up therefore this vik and the one that immediately 
follows it. 
3. aw faa: agar at seafeeanifa faqed: ace | 
wawara: fataqa af sara araurfa afr goi si © 
4. @ foarrauifa faatfas faa Srey TT | 
fastiata anche sasiaareey fafa: aes feat at: ys 
Professor Macdonell translates the two riks thus 
‘* By his (Agni’s) might Trita, within his lurking ee seek- 
ing a prayer to (his) supreme father in his wonted way, being 
cherished in the lap of his parents calling the weapons akin, 
goes forth °—_X, 8-7. 
‘ He Apt ya knowing (his). paternal weapons, urged by 
Hee fought against (the demon). Having smitten the three- 
ed, seven en a! (Tvastr) Trita has released the cows of 
ce son of Tvastr’’ 
s to this tintielntian. it should be noted in the first place, 
that according to the rules of construction of sentences in 
the Rigveda we fag: We in the first line should be taken 
together. Even if it be allowed to take ye alone with mgat 
and faq: Wwe with wif this last sentence sig be rendered 
into ‘‘a prayer to his supreme father.” Had the Rist meant 
this he would have put the supreme father in the pti instead 
of in the genitive case as he has done. As regards the use of 
the dative the Risis were very particular. Then who is this 
‘supreme father”? If the great gt: is meant, what are his 
weapons? ‘‘ Calling the weapons akin,’’ again, hardly makes 
any sense 
Lastly, as stated before, Professor Macdonell has mis- 
understood the He iasien “ag arafceatfa.” To find out its 
rue meaning and why it has been used here, it will be neces- 
sary to remember some facts regarding an incident known 
‘« the winning of the cows by Indra.’’ There is no incident in 
the whole of the Rigveda which has been SS so often and 
with so much enthusiasm as this. ne cause of Professor . 
Macdonell failing to understand the ax parca * dade discus- 
sion here is his not paying proper attention to this incident, 
He is wrong in saying in his Vedic Mythology (p. 63), 
