28. They call [him] Indra, Mitra, Varuṇa, Agni; likewise he [is] the heavenly winged eagle; what is one the sages (vípra) name (vad) variously; they call [him] Agni, Yāma, Mātariçvan.
Our pada-text differs from that of RV. ⌊vs. 46⌋ by dividing bahu॰dhā́.
⌊The fifth anuvāka, with 2 hymns and 50 verses, ends here.⌋
⌊One of our mss., P., sums up the book as of 8 artha-sūktas [their vss. number 214] and 7 paryāya-sūktas [hymns 6 and 7: their ¶'s number 62 + 26 = 88] or "15 sūktas of both kinds" reckoned together. Cf. the introduction, p. 517. The same ms., P., sums up the avasānarcas [of hymns 6 and 7] as 99 [73 + 26] and the "verses of both kinds" as 313 [that is 214 + 99]; but codex I. gives 302 [that is 214 + 88].⌋
⌊The twenty-first prapāṭhaka ends here.⌋
