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!tmHUS AND ~lLttAPI 145
quoted a passage from the Aitareya BrAhma11a wh~• nedlyas is
contrasted with uparilh(at. From these I infer that the verse, we
are now considering, describes the descent of the sun into the
southern or the lower hemisphere, and that Indra asks him to
come back again to the house of Gods, i. e., the northern
hemisphere. I have already given in full my reasons for under-
standing nedtyas in a different sense. But I may remark that even
accepting the common meaning of the word, the verse may still'
be interpreted in the way I have suggested.
VERSE 21- Vri~bakapi has gone down to the nether world.
This verse now describes what Indra will do when he returns. Says
Indra, " Oh V ri~hAkapi ! you, the destroyer of sleep, who are going
to the house, come back again, again by (your) way. We would
perform the sacrifices. Indra etc. •• The verse thus distinctly refers
to the recommencement of the sacrifices in the Devayana or the
Uttaraya'Qa as understood in old days. The word suvita is from the
same root as vaitanika and ka/payavahai is from krip, the root,
which gives us the word kalpa in ka/pas(Wa,, .(..avila ka/paydvahai
thus means ' we would perform the vaitanika ceremonies, ' wh.ich
as described in the firsr verse, were stopped when the sun went
down to the nether world. I may also here point out that.the house
in the nether world or as SAyal}a interprets it, the house of enemy
is called asta literally 'thrown', while Indra's house is called griha.
The sun goes down to the asta and returns up to thegrihaoflndra.
This verse, in so far as it speaks of the recommencement of sacri-
ficial ceremonies, confirms the interpretation I have proposed for
the preceding verse.
VERSE 22- This is the most important verse in the whole
hymn. It describes the circumstances ul\der which Vri~hakapi will
return to lndra's house. Literally rendered it means, " 0 mighty
Vritbakapi ! * when you rising upwards (or rather northwards)

• Pischel aod Geldnt=r suppose that che verse 1s addressed by a
third. person to Vri1hAkapi and lndra, probably because both these names
occur in the vocative case and the verb is in plural. In that case the
verse would mean, "When lndra and Vrl1hAkapi would both be in the
house where would the sinning Mriga be, etc. ? " This interpretation
does not, howe\'er; make any change in the part of the verse material
for our purpose. For whichsoever 'onstructiou we adopt the question
remains-why is the Mriga invisible "·hen both ln?ra and Vri,hfl.kapi are
together?
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