Vedic Mythology c5.s3.16

c5.s3.16

Sarasvatī has a male correlative named Sarasvat, who after the praises of the river goddess have been sung in three verses of one hymn (7, 96), is invoked in the next three by worshippers desiring wives and offspring, protection and plenty. Here his fertilizing waters and even his exuberant breast are referred to. In another passage (1, 164^), Sarasvat, here apparently a name of the bird Agni¹⁵, is spoken of as refreshing with rain. Roth (PW.) regards him as a guardian of the celestial waters who bestows fertility. Hillebrandt¹⁶ identifies Sarasvat with Apāṃ napāt (= Soma, the moon) and Hardy¹⁷ expresses a similar view.