116 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1909. 
Firmly establishing himself in houses, Tita (=Agnz) sat 
down in the altar surrounded by flames. Thence the lord of 
the house holding the offerings of the people, took them to the 
leaders (= gods), without any contrivance, by the mere opera- 
tion of the Law—X, 46-6. 
Remarks :—See under the two preceding riks. 
22. sa feat wafaefeeqrauael quaAae | 
a Rzeut Aa BT eau aifuaat uaa daazw | 
xo | Be, R 
Wishing to discover the mighty Agni, Tita, a descendant of 
Vibhuvasu, found him on the head of the not-to-be-slaughtered 
(=cow=cloud). Agni, the increaser of happiness, was born 
in every house, and the young god became the centre of the 
sacrifice—X, 46-3. 
Remarks :—The Vibhuvasu of this rik is the same as the 
Gandharva Vic¢vavasu, i.e., king Vivasvan or the sun. Cf. riks X. 
85. 22; X. 139. 4. In my papers on Vivasvan and Yama, it 
has been shewn that it was Mataricva, who, as messenger of 
Vivasvan, first gathered fire from lightning. Yama has also been 
said to have found Agni in the waters of the aerial sea. In 
this rik the same thing has been said of Trita. The signifi- 
cance of these statements will be pointed out when I shall deal 
with the general career of Trita’s character. 
Il. Trita as god :-— 
23. ga a: taafastfag wmuteqyna THUS | 
faa ya afaat wat casui auieiaRar fuat 
wfa R21 ari 
_ Remarks :—Ahirbudhna is the Ahi of the atmosphere. A 
Das Ahi has been repeatedly mentioned in the Rigveda as well 
- in the Avesta. He seems to have blocked a river and killed 
was now called Ahirbudhna, i.e., Ahi of the antariksam; later 
on conceived as Ahi living on the other side of the earth. 
