measure of indulgence, that the setting, as required, .of various accented and unaccented multi-graded types for this work was a pretty tough task. It is also my most cherished privilege to express on this occasion, on my own behalf and on behalf of our Management, our deepest gratitude to all our patrons and friends, notably, those whose names are recorded in the Commemorative Script in page iv of the title of this Volume, in appreciation of their valuable financial assistance towards this project. ix 1 Our hearty thanks are, likewise, due to the Adyar Library, Madras, the U Oriental Library, Mysore, the Kerala University Manuscript Libracy, Trivandrum and the Government Oriental Library, Madras for their valuable co-operation in lending us their manuscripts and transcripts or preparing for us some transcripts for use in our present edition of the Rg-Bhasyas or permitting us to collate, at their own premises, our press-copy with their old, unlendable manuscripts. And, in conclusion, I must not miss mentioning, with all respect, the names of Pandit Sambasiva Sastri, Dr. L. A. Ravi Varma, Dr. C. Kunhan Raja and Dr. Lakshman Sarup. All these great names are sacred to me as they are of those who were my personal friends and are no more in our midst. These worthy predecessors in their love for the Vedic lore and enthusiasm for reclaiming, practically, from oblivion the great pre-Sayana commentators of Rgreda, paved the way, as best as they could, on which it has since been my privilege to tread in their foot-steps towards producing, according to my humble lights, the present edition which it now gives me great satisfaction to bid a hearty farewell, full of hope that those whose hands it will reach will adjudge it, sympathetically, and, wherever need be, will not hesitate from improving upon it, ably, ever redounding to the glory of Mother Sarasvati. V. V. R. INSTITUTE, Sadhu Ashram, HOSHIARPUR, Sivaratri (March I, 1965) VISHVA BANDHU
