Vedic Mythology c5.s3.t3.4

c5.s3.t3.4

As the name Brahmaṇas pati shows, the god is a ‘lord of prayer’. He is also described as the supreme king of prayers, the most famous sage of sages (2, 23¹). Mounting the car of the rite he conquers the enemies of prayer and of the gods (2, 23³·⁸). He is the generator of all prayers (1, 190²). He utters prayer (1, 40⁵) and communicates prayers to the human priest (10, 98²⁷). Thus he comes later to be called a 'lord of speech', *vācaspati* (MS. 2, 6⁶, cp. ŚB. 14, 4, 1²³), a term specially applied to Bṛhaspati as god of eloquence and wisdom in post-Vedic literature.⁶