106 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1909. 
** He, Pavamana, upon the summit of 7'rita has caused the 
sun along ‘with the sisters to shine’? —IX, 37- 
This leaves sirfafa: quite unconnected. Professor bene” 
donell thinks sfat¥: refers to ‘‘ the seven Tays of thes 
Ludwig thinks they are ‘‘ the dawns.’ Griffith is of the ane 
opinion. 
The rik itself is not at all a difficult one. The difficulty is 
the creation of Sayana who, first in shewing the connection of 
the words in it (in rendering the q=qaq:), connected faa@q with 
ufy arafa instead of with sfaf¥: as he ought to have done. 
The authorities mentioned above though they have not ac- 
cepted his explanation either of “@fy arafa” or of “‘satfafa”’ 
have evidently relied on him for the way: of the rik. The mis- 
take could have been avoided had attention been paid to two 
important facts, neriely 
1° “ fy arafa” occurs in a number of riks of the IX 
mandal in the sense of ‘‘ on the ridge of the filter’? and does not 
bear any special relation to the high place which 7'rita as 
god of the mid-region occupied. 
ra 2° “stay” here must, as other riks shew, be connected with 
rita 
1° Uae of the phrase wfy erafa( —~erat as fasuta = faut) 
in other riks. 
d aratafa staat eft ferarefatu: | 
wad afeuae ye | REY 
Him, the tawny-coloured one, beloved and many-eyed 
the 
(=all-seeing), the sisters are sending on to — ridge of t 
filter by means of the grinding stones—IX, 26- 
qfa qamaqatqeny efeaufas arafa;e 1) 2°15 
Soma with his shining tawny-coloured body is placed on 
the ridge of the filter made of s sheep’s wool—IX, 70-8. 
. Sayana thus explains the expression ‘aj “erate” in this 
“arafa arqta wate: aa afaataaa cut uta |” 
wat a feat af aaae afaqaia feat afearae | 
za ufaa ate art eae ata: ware sfeara wae | 
é | s¢@ 8) 
a horse going to the battle, go on, O Finder of ee 
ike 
(= = Soma), from heaven( = high place = filter) to the vat made 
wo 
