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49 highest throw, until one's own dice are cast i.e. until one's turn comes, for after that the fates might change. c: It is not olear how is to be connected with ab. evidently the prohibition in q shows that the general tendency is to use ungenerous words about another person under certain circumstances in gambling. 36. Passage Quoted: Rigveda 1.45.3; Nirukta III.17 (p.233). Translation According To Yaska: 0 you of great feats, 0 you who know the created beings, listen to the call of the son of Kanva like that of Priyamedha, Atri, Virupa and Angiras. Final Translation: As of Priyamedha, as of Atri, of Virupa O Jatavedas, as of Angiras, so hear the call of Praskanva O you of great laws. Notes: priyamedhah: Durga, whom Sarupa seems to have followed, understands the word to be medhah, masculine , meaning 'sacrifice', in the explanation of that word given by Yaska and thus the explanation is read by him as priyah asya medhah, visarga being dropped according to the rules of Sandhi. But it is also possible to read it as priya asya medha, 'one to whom wisdom is dear', cf. Nirukta III.19, p.238, where medhavi is explained as containing the word medha. vrata: is a synonym of karma according to the Nighantu II.1 (p.172). In Yaska's translation we have adopted