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 | | Savitar's holy laws are absolute, and he has power both to bring the world to life and to set it at rest: â´paç cid asya vratá â´ nímrgrâ, ayám cid vâ´to ramate párijman 'at his command even the waters are still, even this wind comes to rest in its circling' (II, 38, 2). |
 | | The name Savitar is an agent noun (see grammar section 8.1) from the verb /sû, suváti 'generate, impel', and the poet plays on the name with other derivatives of the root: Savitar is the prasavîtr´, the bringer to life, in verse 5, rousing (prasuván) the world in verse 3 with his sávîman, his generative power. |
 | | The name Savitar is an agent noun, 'enlivener', from /sû 'generate', and the lesson text plays on the name with related words, as described in the Textual Analysis. |
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