126 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1909. 
Mal aay Cais aug ceag7 fafa faaafaai | 
aifed wa HRaTAMiafe aeaataal Bat zMAzP | 
: | Ye 1 Re 18 
May the pressing stones singing (the praises of the gods) 
turn far away the Raksasas, evil dreams, Nérriti and all our 
voracious enemies. oF 
We will obtain the shelter that the Adityas and the Maruts 
give. That protection of the gods we beg to-day—X, 36-4. 
etal Aq wqazataquatad wai aAaT S | 
ay Wate fasaanasead Sat GrETEt BY i Lol Eyl Re 
May your beloved husband fall down to-day or may he 
start for the farthest place never to return. 
Then may he sleep in the lap of Nirriti or may the howling 
wolf devour him—X, 95-14. : 
This place of Nirriti as conceived by the Risis was some- 
where below the horizon—on the other side of the earth—the 
dark place where, according to the later views of the Risis, the 
sun dwells during the night. 
USAT HVAT maT at Fae waa faWe | 
Sa aieta Heat afear vat wai fated 1 
Siar it 
You, in unison, sing the praise of the rain-pouring Ganas 
(=the Maruts) who are the most mighty of the denizens of the 
heavenly places ; 
And who by their greatness make the Rodasi tremble. 
Who pervade (all space) from the baseless place of Nirriti to the 
highest heaven.—VII, 58.1. 
Remarks ‘—Here the place of Niryiti appears to be the 
lowest in opposition to the ara the highest heaven. It will be 
n that it cannot be anywhere on earth, in the mid-region or 
heaven. It is therefore below the earth, 7.e., on the other side 
the ot that the place of Trita and Dvita are identical 
— erg: is no other than Yama who, towards the end of the 
igvedic period, became the god of Death in place of Nirriti. 
