87/115 The last is the abode of the dead where Yama reigns. The bracketed verses are probably a late puzzle attached to the word 'lap' of the preceding verse.] [Footnote 24: Doubtful.] [Footnote 25: The Spirit, later of evil spirits, demons (as above, the _asurah[=a]_). Compare Ahura.] [Footnote 26: A numerical conception not paralleled in the Rig Veda, though mountains are called protuberances ('elevations') in other places.] [Footnote 27: The last stanza is in the metre of the first; two more follow without significant additions.] [Footnote 28: The texts are translated by Muir, OST, V.p. Compare Hillebrandt, _Soma_ p. |