Bharadvāja

Having received that honor, Bharadvāja then spoke these dharma-filled words to Rāma as he sat down together with his companions.

Being thus spoken to by Bharadvāja, the Rāghava Rāma, devoted to the welfare of all, replied with auspicious words.

Hearing these auspicious words of the Rāghava, the great sage Bharadvāja then spoke words that grasped his meaning.

Let the incantations of Bharadvāja have dominion over you — drift away like a boat cut loose from its mooring!

You who protect Bharadvāja and Vadhryaśva, Viśvāmitra, O Varuṇa and Mitra, and Kutsa;

Bharadvāja knows thee by that name;

When you two came bringing aid to Divodāsa and Bharadvāja, O swift-going Aśvins — your friendly chariot bore much wealth, with a bull and a dolphin yoked to it.

with those by which you aided the inspired Bharadvāja — O Aśvins, come with those aids.

O wide-famed, mighty Agni, grant shelter to Bharadvāja, and desirable wealth.

O Agni, O god, with your great flames and brilliant radiance, kindled for Bharadvāja, O youngest one, O purifier rich in gifts — shine forth.

Flow, roaring one, through the filter to Bharadvāja — the heaven-dwelling, ever-victorious one — with the Soma draught.

> What is given on Vaidhṛti and Vyatīpāta becomes imperishable.

Others, however, say that even if continuous performance is not from 'according to the performance,' yet, from the statement of Bhāradvāja, "In the northern transit, in the waxing fortnight, all of them," it is a performance of all of them together, in succession.

Because by the statement of Bhāradvāja, "In the northern transit, in the waxing fortnight, all of them, in the case of optional rites, when there are many times," it is not proper to imagine a supersession when it can be justified without superseding what is stated.

Bharadvaja, a man of great *tapas*, being hungry with his son in a lonely forest, accepted many cows from Vridhu, a carpenter.