टिप्पणी: Rishi Dayananda has explained मित्र as friend and benefactor of all सर्वोपकारीसर्वसुहृत् as it is derived from जिमिदा-स्नेहने lover of all. But Sayanacharya as is his wont, always narrows down some comprehensive terms to give them a ritualistic interpretation. He admits that the word Mitra is derived from खिमिदा-स्नेहने which means to love, but then confines it to the institutor of my sacrifices who is my friend. स्नेहविषयस्य मम अनुष्ठातु: Prof. Wilson also follows him indiscriminately saying "for the benefit of our friend, the institutor of the rite." Griffith's rendering and footnote are still worse. He translates मित्रस्य प्रशस्तये as for the fame of Mitra and then puts the following strange foot-note displaying his own ignorance. "The meaning is not clear. Mitra appears to be regarded as the guardian of the world. Sayana takes Mitra in the sense of friend and refers it to the institutor of the sacrifice.” (Griffith's foot note P. 25. The hymns of the Rigveda ). As a matter of fact, it was wrong on the part of Sayanacharya and Wilson to confine a comprehensive term like Mitra (friend and lover of all) to the institutor of the sacrifice and Griffith's foot-note shows that to him the meaning is not at all clear, though he uses some guess work as usual, Rishi Dayananda's meaning is comprehensive and appropriate.