Vedic Mythology c5.s3.t3.2

c5.s3.t3.2

Bṛhaspati was first born from great light in the highest heaven and with thunder (*raveṇa*) drove away darkness (4, 50⁴; cp. 10, 68¹²). He is the off-spring of the two worlds (7, 97⁸), but is also said to have been generated by Tvaṣṭṛ (2, 23¹⁷). On the other hand, he is called the father of the gods (2, 26³), being said to have blown forth the births of the gods like a blacksmith (10, 72²).