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The cows were confined in a cave—the place of falsehood 
—by two doors on the lower and one on the upper side. 
Wishing light in darkness (7.e., to light up the dark place) 
Bribaspati broke open the three doors and brought out the 
milch cows—X, 67-4. 
It was not Trita who was lying in the dark cavern, and he 
did not pray to his supreme father to be rescued himself. It 
was the cows of the son of 7'vasta that were hidden in the 4% 
and like the cows of the Panis and Tita wanted light within it 
the ancestors of T'rita. 
The “2:" I take in the sense of avafu: aafg:—by the swift 
moving Maruts, as Sayana has explained it elsewhere. The ex- 
pression ‘sf FATT” L explain as ‘‘ speaking of his kinship,” 1.¢., 
of his (T'rita’s) descent from Vivasvan. By “arautfa”’ I-under- 
stand “sqrt” flames, as explained by Sdyana in a number of 
places. 
I now give my translation of the two riks: 
By the might of his supreme father, 7’rita wished light 
within the dark cavern. 
Adored by the swift moving Maruts, in the lap of the 
parents (7.e., of the heaven and the earth=in the mid-region), 
he spoke of his kinship (with Vivasvan =the sun) and obtained 
light—X, 8-7. 
Aptya Trita having obtained his paternal weapons (?.¢-, 
rays of the sun) and urged by Indra fought against (Tvastra). 
He slew the three-headed, seven-rayed. Tita drove away 
the cows even of the son of 7'vasta. 
The aa: of X, 8-7 has, therefore, nothing to do with the 
aq: of rik I, 105-17. Let us see if the seq: of rik X, 45-2 has 
anything to do with it. 
faqi a aa Sur aatfa faqr a uta faar Teal | 
fagt & aa axa Yel afeqi aga aa STAN | 2 e8ul® 
We know, O Agni, your three forms in three places; your 
abodes scattered over many places. 
We know your highest name which is hidden. We know 
the spring from which you have come—X, 45-2 
This s@ spring is the aerial sea from the waters of which 
Agni in the form of lightning is born and on account of 
