Vol. V, No. 10.] Reference to Babylon in the Rigveda, 411 
[V.S.] 
that Vamdeva was the most spiritually enlightened among the 
Vedic Rists. He has himself related the relation that Indr 
bore to him in the following extremely pathetic verse which 
will also show that for the acer of shri te his friend and 
saviour he would not conceal anythi 
waat aa stata TB + ay fafae afeae | 
BUY AAAAS AAA! F Wal AT HUTT N18) AS! VR 
n great distress I eat ‘the intestines of a dog; among 
the gods I found no comfort 
I saw my wife insulted. “thei the Eagle (= Indra) brought 
to me the nectar, iv. 18. 13. 
I give below first the whole of hymn iv. 19, with the ex- 
ception of rik 9 
wat ee afaaa faa Sate: GeaTa Far: | 
aelga deal gem fatafaeud eared i a tet 
Thee verily here, O Indra, nis wielder of the thunder, the 
All-gods, the protectors easy to in 
And both the Heaven and the Barth elected the mighty one 
grown strong and beautiful—thee alone to slay Vritra, iv. 19-1. 
aed faagt a Zar qa: warfas aaattia: | 
avafe ufemarmam: 9 aatiecet faadar: | 
The gods sent thee forward as old (fathers send their young 
Lat Thou Indra born of truth (then) becamest the One Lord 
of all 
Thou slewest Ahi who lay over waters and set free the 
streams that gladden all, 2. 
aeumat farangungunt qantas | 
aH ufa yaa aiumaaate aaa fa fra ayaa |) 3 
The insatiate, long stretched, hard to waken, unwaking, 
slumbering Ahi who lay over the seven poo thou cuttest up 
with thine bolt, in the jointless part, O a, 3. 
Baca Wa FY aT jaweleRtatow 
SSet awauaa atstsarfirragqer Wart 1 8 
With might Indra ee the back of the earth as the 
wind with powers does the wa 
Indra wishing to exhibit his strength broke the hardest 
mountain and pierced the Midag of the clouds, 4. 
afta 9 eEsiqat a mH CUT ea OT Ta BIHAR | 
wauat fazer var Salad sat feat oH fea Y 
