Vedic Mythology c5.s6.4.3

c5.s6.4.3

They come to the offering with their teams (4, 47²⁻⁴) or in their golden-seated car (4, 46⁴) and seat themselves on the sacrificial litter (7, 91⁴). They are thousand-eyed, lords of devotion (*dhiyas patī*: 1, 23³), and lords of might (*śavasas patī*: 4, 47³). They help in battle (7, 92⁴) and bestow wealth in steeds, cattle, and gold (7, 90⁶). Indra-Soma perform the warlike exploits characteristic of Indra or the great cosmic actions so often ascribed to him. They ınade the waters flow for man, released the seven rivers, slew the dragon, depressed the wheel of the sun (4, 28¹·²; 6, 72³). The true work of the two bountiful gods was that they destroyed their foes and broke open what was enclosed in the rock (4, 28⁴·⁵). They performed the first great deeds in finding the sun and light, dispelling the darkness, causing the sun to shine, supporting heaven, and spreading out the earth (6, 72¹·²). They too placed ripe milk in the raw bodies of cows (ib.⁴). They grant victorious might to men (ib.⁵). Indra-Viṣṇu, who are receptacles of Soma, lords of intoxication (*madapatī*), are invited to come with their steeds, to drink Soma, and to fill their belly with it. The two gods strode out widely in the intoxication of Soma, made the air broader, and spread out the spaces for existence. Ever victorious, they grant wealth, and conduct safely across dangers. As generators of all prayers, they are besought to hear the invocations of their worshippers (6, 69)¹².