Vedic Mythology c5.s1.t3.6

c5.s1.t3.6

Elsewhere Sūrya is occasionally spoken of as an inanimate object. He is a gem of the sky (7, 63⁴ cp. 6, 51¹) and is alluded to as the variegated stone placed in the midst of heaven (5, 47³ cp. ŚB. 6, 1, 2³). He is a brilliant weapon (*āyudha*) which Mitra-Varuṇa conceal with cloud and rain (5, 63⁴), he is the felly (*pavi*) of Mitra-Varuṇa (5, 62²), or a brilliant car placed in heaven by Mitra-Varuṇa (5, 63⁷). The sun is also called a wheel (1, 175⁴; 4, 30⁴) or the 'wheel of the sun' is spoken of (4, 28²; 5, 29¹⁰).