nger, of (thee) incensed."]

[Footnote 67: Or: "Being (himself) in the (heavenly) flood
he knows the ships." (Ludwig.)]

[Footnote 68: An intercalated month is meant (not the
primitive 'twelve days').]

[Footnote 69: Or 'very wise,' of mental strength.]

[Footnote 70: VIII. 41. 7; VII. 82. 6 (Bergaigne); X. 132.
4.]

[Footnote 71: Compare Bergaigne, _La Religion Vedique_, iii.
pp. 116-118.]

[Footnote 72: The insistence on the holy seven, the 'secret
names' of dawn, the confusion of Varuna with Trita. Compare,
also, the refrain, viii. 39-42. For X. 124, see below.]

[Footnote 73: Compare Hillebrandt's Varuna and Mitra, p. 5;
and see our essay on the Holy Numbers of the Rig Veda (in
the _Oriental Studies_).]

[Footnote 74: Varuna's forgiving of sins may be explained as
a washing out of sin, just as fire burns it out, and so
loosens therewith the imagined bond, V. 2. 7. Thus, quite
apart from Varuna in a hymn addressed to the 'Waters,' is
found the prayer, "O waters, carry off whatever sin is in me
... and untruth," I. 23. 22.]

[Footnote 75: But as in iv. 42, so in x. 124 he shares glory
with Indra.]

[Footnote 76: Later, Varuna's water-office is his only
physical side. Compare [=A]it. [=A]r. II. I. 7. 7, 'water
and Varuna, children of mind.' Compare with _v[=a]ri, oura_
= _v[=a]ra_, and _var[=i]_, an old word for rivers,
_var[s.]_ (= _var_ + _s_), 'rain.' The etymology is very
doubtful on account of the number of _var_-roots. Perhaps
dew _(ersa)_ and rain first as 'coverer.' Even _var = vas_
'shine,' has been suggested (ZDMG. XXII. 603).]

[Footnote 77: The old comparison of _Varena cathrugaosha_
turns out to be "the town of Varna with four gates"!]

[Footnote 78: In _India: What Can it Teach us_, pp. 197,
200, Mueller tacitly recognizes in the physical Varuna only
the 'starry' night-side.]

[Footnote 79: _Loc. cit._, III. 119. Bergaigne admits Varuna
as god of waters, but sees in him identity with Vritra a
'restrainer of waters.' He thinks the 'luminous side' of
Varuna to be antique also (III. 117-119). Varuna's cord,
according to Bergaigne, comes from 'tying up' the waters;
'night's fetters,' according to Hillebrandt.]

[Footnote 80: _Loc. cit._, p. 13.]

[Footnote 81: One of the