Vedic Mythology c5.s3.t4.24

c5.s3.t4.24

When drunk by Indra Soma caused the sun to rise in heaven (9, 86²²). So this cosmic action comes to be attributed to Soma independently. He caused the sun to shine (9, 28⁵. 37⁴), caused the lights of the sky to shine (9, 85⁹), and produced the sun in the waters (9, 42¹)³⁸. He caused the sun to rise, impelled it, obtained and bestowed it, and caused the dawns to shine³⁹. He makes his worshippers participate in the sun (9, 4⁵) and finds light for them (9, 35¹). He found the light (9, 59⁴) and wins light and heaven (9, 3²). Just as even the sacrificial butter is spoken of as the 'navel of immortality', on which rests the whole world (4, 58¹·¹¹), the conception of Soma comes to be extended to that of a being of universal dominion (9, 86²⁸·²⁹), who is 'lord of the quarters' (9, 113²), who performs the great cosmic actions of generating the two worlds (9, 90¹), of creating or establishing heaven and earth, of supporting heaven, and of placing light in the sun (6, 44²³⁻⁴. 47³·⁴)⁴⁰.