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the same thing. The first expression means the child of celes- 
tial waters when born, 7.e., lightning (see Rik III, 29. 11, and 
my paper on Matarigva). The other expression means Agni 
existing as foetus in the rain water or the cloud that sprinkles 
the earth. 
It was, I believe, Max Miiller who first rendered ‘a¥:” into 
germ in his translation of the fec@a# Hymn (X, 121). But 
here “av: does not mean even a child or foetus. fecqay: is 
feuu: fecura:—“ai:” aq a:—he bearing the golden womb. 
The womb was golden for it has produced this beautiful world. 
The word “a¥”’ here was taken by Max Miiller first for a child 
and then for a germ, on account, no doubt, of the word 
“sta” born following it. fecea¥: was born and therefore was 
a child. But ‘‘sra:” here does not mean ordinary birth. Here 
it means ‘‘ manifested’’ (II, 12-14; V,14; V, 15-2; X, 
129-3). The Supreme Being—the a?a@ of X, 129—became 
fecway:—the creator bearing the golden womb. He was not 
creator before because there was no creation. The creation 
and His becoming a creator were simultaneous events. Hence 
the force of Sayana’s rendering stat wraata wa yaw Ufata 
wratq as soon as born He became the one lord of all things. 
(e) Trita performs a Horse sacrifice—I, 163.—This is a 
hymn on the Horse sacrifice (yyy: aq:). The highly exagge- 
rated language of this hymn may be compared with the descrip- 
tion of the horse of the Horse-sacrifice at T.S.V. 7. 25 or at the 
beginning of the Brihadaranyaka Upanisad. We have clear 
proofs that the Horse-sacrifice originated during the Rigvedic 
period. There is a hymn giving a description of the Horse- 
sacrifice performed by King Sudas. The qeaerta: the sacrifice 
in which the Soma is brewed a thousand times of yiks ILI. 53. 7, 
and VIT. 103. 10 cannot be any thing else than the Horse-sacri- 
fice. A Risi has been called |4#%w:—he who performed the 
Horse-sacrifice. 
There are two riks in this hymn that has reference to Tita, 
namely, 2 and 3. 
15. ate <6 faa tanaafag ta Teat safe | 
TAA BY CHAAR MARL a Feat FaTaT 1 R 
16. gfe aat sarfeat agate fat gaa aaa | 
afte alta aaa fava aise alfa fefa saris 1 2 
He (the horse of the Horse-sacrifi : 
Trita harnessed him. Indra first na “tang given by Yama. 
