Vedic Mythology c6.s1.13

c6.s1.13

They are an ancient race. For sacrificers speak of them, together with the Aṅgirases and Atharvans, as their Soma-loving fathers (10, 14⁶) and invoke Agni as the Bhṛgus (*bhṛguvat*), the Aṅgirases, and Manu did (8, 43¹³). They implore Indra to hear their prayer like those of the Yatis and Bhṛgus (8, 6¹⁸), or to aid them as he did the Yatis, Bhṛgus, and Praskaṇva (8, 3⁹). The Bhṛgus are mentioned, along with the Druhyus and Turvaśa, as the foes of king Sudās (7, 18⁶). In the last three passages their name appears in the historical character of the designation of a tribe. The Bhṛgus are invoked to drink soma with all the thirty-three gods, the Maruts, the Waters, the Aśvins, Uṣas, and Sūrya (8, 35³). They are compared with suns and said to have gained all their desires (8, 3¹⁶). In one passage (9, 101¹³) they are connected with an unknown myth, when worshippers express a wish to drive away the niggardly, as the Bhṛgus the demon (*makham*).