Vedic Mythology c5.s3.t3.8

c5.s3.t3.8

Being the companion and ally of Indra (2, 23¹⁸. 24²; 8, 85¹⁵), he is often invoked with that deity (4, 50¹⁰. ¹¹ &c.). With Indra he is a somadrinker (4, 49³. 50¹⁰) and, like him, is styled *maghavan*, 'bountiful' (2, 24¹²). Indra, too, is the only god with whom he forms a pair (2, 24¹²; 4, 49¹⁻⁶). Thus he comes to be styled *vajrin*, 'wielder of the bolt' (1, 40⁸) and to be described as hurling the bolt, the Asura-slaying missile (AV. 11, 10¹³). He is also invoked with the Maruts at the same time as Indra (1, 40¹) and is once besought to come accompanied by the Maruts, whether he be Mitra, Varuṇa or Pūṣan (10, 98¹). In one passage he is said to have heard the prayer of Trita buried in a well and to have delivered him (1, 105¹⁷).