Vedic Mythology c5.s3.t3.10

c5.s3.t3.10

He is *asurya*, 'divine' (2, 23²), belongs to all the gods (3, 62⁴; 4, 50⁶), and is the most god-like of the gods (2, 24³). As a god he widely extended to the gods and embraces all things (2, 24¹¹, cp. 8, 61¹⁸). Mightily he holds asunder the ends of the earth with his roar (4, 50¹). It is his inimitable deed that sun and moon rise alternately (10, 68¹⁰). He is also spoken of as stimulating the growth of plants (10, 97¹⁵. ¹⁹). Later Bṛhaspati is brought into connexion with certain stars. Thus in the TS. (4, 4, 10¹) he is stated to be the deity of the constellation Tiṣya⁹, and in post-Vedic literature he is regarded as the regent of the planet Jupiter.