Vedic Mythology c5.s3.t2.10

c5.s3.t2.10

Agni flames upwards (6, 15²). Driven by the wind his flames shoot into the sky (8, 43⁴). His smoke wavers and his flame cannot be seized (8, 23¹). His red smoke rises up to heaven (7, 3³. 16³). His smoke spreads in the sky (6, 2⁶). Like the erector of a post (*metṛ*), he supports the sky with his smoke (4, 6²). He touches the ridge of heaven with his crest and mingles with the rays of the sun (7, 2¹). He encompasses heaven with his tongue (8, 61¹⁸) and goes to the flood of heaven, to the waters in the bright space above and below the sun (3, 22³). The Agni of Divodāsa spread along mother earth towards the gods and stood on the ridge of the sky (8, 92²). 'Smoke-bannered' (*dhūmaketu*) is a frequent epithet exclusively connected with Agni.