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27. aXT at we qaanat@att 2azawTE faet | 
eatara wxaar aa fefa faa aay aaRAA raat 4 
cel eeiR 
I glorify by hymns Nardcamsa, Pisana, the unconcealable 
Agni kindled by the gods, the sun and the moon the measurers 
of time, Yama, Trita in heaven, Vata, Usa, Night and the 
Acvins—X, 64-3. 
Remarks :—For the meaning of atratq: see rik III, 29-11— 
auME vata afeenaa |; waa for ea) The Agni that cannot 
be ccncealed is, of course, the sun (cf. I, 161-13). The sun is 
also separately mentioned, but that is from another point of 
Ww. 
Ill. Two important conquests of Trita : 
2 isa hymn addressed to Indra. Only one out of the 
15 riks contained in it refers to Trita, namely the fifth. 
8. af ase at ag awat waifeq yaa ERAT: | 
Rat eat VARA Barer firaeaey ufast fea fea: 1 
PIwRry 
On the fighting one (=Indra) getting exhilarated his 
helpers (=the Maruts) ran against the withholder of rain 
(= Vritra) like streams rushing down a é 
_. When Indra the thunder-bearer, emboldened by the Soma- 
— ant him as Trita rent asunder the enclosure of Vala 
This rik says that Trita had broken the enclosure of 
Vala in which the Panis had hidden the cows. This must have 
been a well-known fact for with it has been compared the killing 
of Vritra by Indra (Prof. Macdonell 
_ Hymn V, 86 is on the gods Indra and Agni. It contains 
six riks of which the first refers to Tita. 
29. gaat aaay wut aay wai | 
ut faqa y Hefe ger arafifea faa: py cet 
_ . That mortal whom both of you, O Indra and Agni, protect 
in battles, shatters even the strongest treasure as Trita broke 
the enclosure—V, 81-1. 
Remarks :— As in the previous rik so in this also a compari- 
son has been made with the breaking of the enclosure of Vala 
by Trita. The appropriateness of the comparison here lies in 
