Part 25 - Details regarding Rig-veda VIII.100; Visnu helps Indra

119. Indra, on hearing that, praised himself with two stanzas (4, 5) as he showed himself a. The seer on seeing him was greatly rejoiced, and in the couplet "All this of thee' (visvet ta te: viii. 100. 6, 7) b darsayan fkr, darsayat b.-119 ab are found in B and m' only. - rsistam drstva hdm', rsistu drstva tam drstvarsisca brr 7, tam drstvarsisca f. - suprito hdr, samprito fk, sampriti b. & ab * Though somewhat redundant 119' is probably original, as it appears to have been known to the author of the Sarvanukramani; cp. the statement there: ayam iti dvrcena indra atmanam astaut. This and the further details (119 cd-124 ab) as to Rg-veda viii. 100 are passed over in the Sarvanukramani. 120. lauds both the gift of Indra and his various deeds. But (the stanza) 'Swift as thought' (manojavah: viii. 100. 8) is addressed to the Bird (suparna), while 'In the ocean' (samudre: 9) is (in) praise of the Bolt. danam hm`rb, panam fk - sauparni hmir, sauvarno bfr' r', sauvarni k. 121. In the couplet 'When Vac' (yad vak: 10, 11) he (the seer) praises the divine all-pervading Vac. Having a tormented these three worlds Vrtra remained (unassailable) by reason of his fury. °tapyeman 4, °vrtyeman "rr', 'vrtyemam, ° vrttomam b, °vrttemam k, ॰vrtyaitan svaya hdm's, svayam 1, tvayam bf, tyayam . r, S.a The following three slokas (121 cd-124 ab) are quoted by Sayanda on Rg-veda viii. 100. 12: cp. Max Müller, Rg-veda2 vol. iii, p. 41. 122. Him Indra could not slay. Going to Visnu he said, 'I wish to slay Vrtra; stride forth to-day and stand at my side. - - tam nasakaintum hds, tam nasakam hantum , tannasadvamtum b, tannasakam tum fk - hanisye tisthasva vikramyadya Am's, hanava vikramya tisthasvadya B. 123. May Dyaus make room (antara) for my outstretched bolt.' Saying 'Yes,' Visnu did so, and Dyaus gave him an opening (vivara). udyatasyaiva m', udyatascaiva hdr r r", udyatasya tu bfrs, udyatasyu tu k. -12360 is omitted in fk. The end of the varga is here marked by 24 in bfk, not in hd. II. I i