50 ACCOUNT oF A DiscovERY OF A 
Tue Pseudo Védas are entirely written in the stanza called Slice 
Vrittam, each being divided into two lines of sixteen syllables, but fol- 
lowing exactly the rule I have given for the composition of this species of 
verses the following extract from the commencement of the first ** Bibeko”? 
of the * Rik Bedo Oupa Bedo,”) the French translation of which has been 
already given, in which the commencement of each verse is marked by 
a capital letter and the measure indicated by the usual prosodial marks,* 
will exemplify this. 
Tara riipé maha Dit rgi—Nityd brahmdé swanathini, 
Locanam dhyaniyig érthim—Miurti riipam pritish tai, 
Tasyah stream jégat srishtim—Palyam nasyancha nis chayam, 
Evam diésé siipratyécshém—Dés& riipam vibhartisa, 
Ajnyaya ciirilé nityam—Srishtad? palanadicam, 
Titré hamsd sitripascha—Sicla verks b haret bahit, 
Yet pacsha eshépanad vaya —Gémén agimainam chiréet, 
Sa hamsas stayatey dévim—Citratyé sé nyd samayet, 
Bhiviti brahmaridranam—Indradinam ché sérvdsih, 
Caranam twam miha devi—Mamémartham sdsarjithé. 
“a. 
(nore eee es ene erm ree 
Onenesorm: 
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* Tux rules for the quantity of syllables in Sanscrié are minutely the same as in Latin ; when there- 
fore, in the following extracts the leng mark is placed over a pure vowel, it is long by nature, and 
when over one preceding a double or compound consonant, ii is long by position. 
+. Tats is a mistake similar to the one already noticed, as Sizyaté is the passive form of stu, praise ; 
it ought to be Stauti or Sfufe. In the first verse of the last staaza of this quotation Panini’s head is 
again broken; -Brahmarudrdném in the plural is used instead of the dual Brakma-rudrau. ‘These 
errors are probably intentional, as the genuine Véda is oftew un grammatical; aever, however in such a 
degree as to use the passive for the active voice, though the plural is often substituted or the dual 
namber. 
