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THE tHIRTY DAWNS 95

wings of the sacrifice has become the four-fold Stoma ( Chatu-
, ~h~oma ). Using Gayatri, Tri~h~up, Jagatl, Anu~h!up the great
song, they brought this light.
5. The creator did it with the Five, that he created five-and-
five sisters to them ( each ). Their five courses ( kratava~ )
assuming various forms, move on in combination ( prayave7Ja ),
6. The thirty Sisters, bearing the same banner, move on the
the appointed place ( ni~h-kritam ). They, the wise, create the sea-
sons Refulgent, knowing ( their way ), they go round (pari yanti )
amidst-songs ( madhye-chchandasal.z ).

Actin.ii as Ffi!ht.<··.fowjold stoma: The group of four Dawns appears to
be here compared to the Chatu- ~htmna or the four-fold song. (For a des-
cription of the four-fold Stoma see Ait. Br. III, 42, Haug's Trans . P.
237.) Gayatrl etc. are the metres used. The light brought on by the
Dawns is the reward of this stoma. Sayal).a interprets suvas to mean
'reaven' but compare ~ig. III, 6r , -1, where the adjective, svar }anmzti,
'creating light ', is applied to the dawn.
s. Did it with the Five: after the number of Dawn was increased to
five, the creation proceeded by fives; compare verse II below.
Their five ,wascs: I construe ta~am pancha krataz;a~ pra:y·,zve'!a yanti.
:"ayarya understands ln·attlva/1 to mean sacrificial rites performed on the
appearance of the dawn; but compare ~ig. I, 123, 8 which say" The
blameless Dawns (pitt.) go round thirty Yo}mws each her own hatu (des-
tined course)," (supra, p. ro3) hat.n·a/1 in the present verse must be
similarly interpreted.
lil <"1J1nbi1111ii<!1l: \Ve have thirty Dawns divided into five groups of
six each; compare Taitt. Br. II, 5, 6, 5 quoted above (p. 88), which
says tadevya~ lmmue p •. ?i..J.-,7. nip;; "the Goddesses (Dawns) make five
forms." Five grovp; of t:1irty Dawns, each group having its own
destined course are here described; but as each group is made of six
Dawns, the five courses are again said to assume different forms,
meaning that the members of each group haYe again their own courses
within the larger course chalked out tor the group.
6. Thi1'!y Sisters : Sayat:~a in his commentary on the preceding verse
says q~l'fiT ~T i3'ffi: ffiBt ffiiTC lp'<!~~~'1l'fif ~~R+r'\ +rrffi
~~~~: ~q~;:~, meaning that the thirty Dawns mentioned
are the thirty dawl).S of a month. But Sayal).a does not explain why one
month out of twelYe, or only 30 out· of 360 dawns should be thus selec't-
ed. The explanation is again unsuited to the context. (See supra, p. 8g