Part 32 - Vasistha and his descendants; Deities of Rigveda VII.1-32

158. Vasistha and the Vasisthas thus (became) Brahmans in the office of Brahman priest a, most worthy of fees in all rites at sacrifices. vasisthasca vasisthasca B, vasisthasca vasisthasca Am'. - brahmakarmani hm bfk, vai tato'bhavan - yajnesu hm'r, yajnesu b, jatesu fk - daksiniyatamastatha Am', daksiniyastato bhavat fk, daksaniyastato'bhavat b, diksaniyastato'bhavan r.a Cp. Rg-veda vii. 33. 11: uta asi maitravaruno vasisthayrvasya brahman manaso 'dhi jatah; Taittiriya Samhita iii. 5. 21: tasmad vasistho brahma karyah. 159. Therefore one should honour with fees all such descendants of Vasistha who may at any time even to-day be present at a sacrificial assembly, so (says) a sacred text of the Bhallavins. ye'dyapi Am 1, adyapi B. - -sadasyah syustu A, sadasyastviha B. - karhicit Ab, karmani fkr.- arhayed hdr, arhaye m', pujayed B. - bhallaveyi srutistviyam Am', vrddhyartham bhallavi srutih B. 160. Now the seer, the son of Mitra-Varuna (Vasistha), with the following sixteen a hymns (beginning) 'Agni' (agnim: vii. 1. 1) praised Agni; Enjoy our' (jusasva nah: vii. 2) here are Apri stanzas. tustavagnim hdm', tustaba cagnim , tustava vagnim bfk - tvagnim hdm', no tu in bfkr ( ityagnim ). - apyastatra hdm'r, apriyastu fk, apriyasya b. a That is, vii. 1-17, deducting vii. 2 as an Apri hymn; on this method of stating the figures, cp. above, iv. 16; v. 12, 105 &c. 161. Then 'Forth to Agni' (pragnaye: vii. 5), 'Forth of the sovereign lord' (pra samrajah: vii. 6), the second Forth to Agni' (pragnaye: vii. 13) which consists of three stanzas-these are addressed to Vaisvanara. Then those which follow, (beginning) 'In thee, indeed' (tve ha: vii. 18), are addressed to Indra, 162. being fifteen hymns (vii. 18-32): praise of the Maruts is incidental (in them). In the (stanza) 'No one Sudass' (nakih sudasah vii. 32. 10) the gift of Paijavana (Sudas) The end of the varga is here marked by 32 in m¹bfk, not in hd.