The Chowkhamba Sanskrit Studies. Vol. XXXV. The Hymns of the Rgveda

The latter half of the stanza is obscure : `(the ladles) placed to the east are plying the fire with ghl at sacrifices as the mother cows lick the calf or as rivers (water the fields).'—Wilson. [...] 1 Fort-destroyer : demolisher of the cloud-castles of the demons of drought or of the strongholds of the noAryan tribes. [...] The hymn glorifies Indra as the protector of Sodas the King of the Tritsus and praises the liberality of that prince. [...] 7 The Pakthas and the rest mentioned in the first line of the stanza appear to have been noAryan tribes opposed to the Tritsus. [...] 18 To Tritat : to Studio the King of the Tritium 14 The Anavas : men of the Anu tribe.