The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c16.s3.13

v1.c16.s3.13

From Agni he borrows the epithet of son of the waters, and probably also that of domestic: from this connexion also perhaps comes his assignment by the Naighaṇṭuka to the aerial as well as to the celestial world. His power of stimulation leads to his identification with Prajāpati in the Brāhmaṇas. With Pūṣan he is equated or closely connected: the Sāvitrī verse,⁵ which is used in the daily ritual of the orthodox Hindu, occurs immediately after an invocation of the god Pūṣan. Bhaga again is identified with Savitṛ, or Savitṛ with Bhaga, in the single conception of Savitṛ Bhaga;¹ it is natural that elsewhere he should be distinguished.