15, from which Hillebrandt takes the fourth verse as conclusive evidence that by _soma_ only the moon is meant.

In that case, as will be seen from the 'pails,' it must be supposed that the poet leaps from Soma to _soma_ without warning.

Hillebrandt does not include the mention of the pails in his citation; but in this, as in other doubtful cases, it seems to us better to give a whole passage than to argue on one or two verses torn from their proper position: HYMN TO SOMA (IX.

15).
QUERY: Is the hymn addressed to the plant as it is pressed out into the pails, or to the moon?
1.

This one, by means of prayer (or intelligence), comes through the fine (sieve), the hero, with swift car, going to the meeting with Indra.
2.