Here is the most recent wrestling with this difficult riddle hymn by Brereton and Jamieson (PDF attached).

The online commentary (http://rigvedacommentary.alc.ucla.edu/?page_id=11) does not cover 1.164, which looks as if it is waiting for material from Joel.

Best,
Dominik

--
Professor Dominik Wujastyk
,

Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
,

University of Alberta, Canada
.

South Asia at the U of A:
 
sas.ualberta.ca