Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purānic . good to his worshippers, described as being obligedto feed upon gruel, because his teeth have been knockedout of his mouth. The earliest form of the legenddescribing this event is found in the Taittiriya Sanhita.Rudra, the name by which Siva was then known, notbeing invited to a great sacrifice that Daksha, his father-in-law, was celebrating, in his anger shot an arrow whichpierced the sacrificial victim. Pushan ate his share, andin doing so broke his teeth. In describing Daksha,| anaccount of this sacrifice will be given. In the VishnuPurana Pushan appears
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Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purānic . good to his worshippers, described as being obligedto feed upon gruel, because his teeth have been knockedout of his mouth. The earliest form of the legenddescribing this event is found in the Taittiriya Sanhita.Rudra, the name by which Siva was then known, notbeing invited to a great sacrifice that Daksha, his father-in-law, was celebrating, in his anger shot an arrow whichpierced the sacrificial victim. Pushan ate his share, andin doing so broke his teeth. In describing Daksha, | anaccount of this sacrifice will be given. In the VishnuPurana Pushan appears as one of the Adityas. * Mtiir, O. S. T., v. 175. f Ibid., v. 177. I Part Hi., chap. i. 38 THE VEDIC DEITIES. 3- MlTRA AND VARUNA. These deities are most frequently named togetherin the hymns ; Varuna is often addressed alone, butMitra very seldom. The idea of the older commen-tators was that Mitra represented and ruled over theday, whilst Varuna was ruler of the night. Varunais sometimes visible to the gaze of his worshippers ; XT. he dwells in a house having a thousand doors, so thathe is ever accessible to men. He is said to have goodeyesight, for he knows what goes on in the hearts ofmen. He is king of gods and men ; is mighty and ter- SUN OR LIGHT DEITIES—VA RUN A. 39 rible ; none can resist his authority. He is sovereignruler of the universe. It is he who makes the sunto shine in heaven ; the winds that blow are but hisbreath ; he has hollowed out the channels of the riverswhich flow at his command, and he has made the depthsof the sea. His ordinances are fixed and unassailable ;through their operation the moon walks in brightness, and the stars, which appear in the nightly sky, vanishin daylight. The birds flying in the air, the riversin their sleepless flow, cannot attain a knowledge ofhis power and wrath. But he knows the flight of thebirds in the sky, the course of the far travelling wind, the paths of ships on the ocean, and beholds all thesecret things that have b