Lexicon

of Rig Veda

śupti, on the shoulder

śuptau lit. into the shoulder. Sayana, Wilson, Dutt: to their own mouths; Griffit: who called on thee in jest; Kashyap: disrespectfully; Ganguly: who challenged you to battle; Sarasvati: hypocritical and selfish; Jamison, T. Elizarenkova: on the shoulder. Sri Aurobindo found the text defective and used suṣuptau, into sleep.