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Vedic poets give various names to the sun according to the task it accomplished; and each name reproduced the salient feature of the task.
The sun when rising was Mitra= friend.
As it advances in its journey, giving new lie it i Savitar= bringing forth or leading the day; the vivifying sun;
When it collects the clouds and sends rain on the earth it is Indra; indu= drops.
The sun is Vishnu when it makes “three strides” in the vault of heaven, its position in the morning, at noon, and in the evening;
It is Varuna – the all-embracing, when it envelops in clouds as in a shroud, and the sky darkens.
Some phenomena descended on man from above, such as thunder bolts, winds, storms; the storms that came unexpectedly dealing destruction as they passed received the name of Maruts—from the root mar- and with the meaning of those who strike or beat to death; (My comments- Murder is derived from this Sanskrit root)
The thunder was called Rudra= he who roars.
The wind was Vayu= he who blows.
All these names indicated that which could be seen and that which could be heard; the invisible things remained unnamed.
This is Moncalm’s interpretation in his book THE ORIGIN OF THOUGHT AND SPEECH, 1905
He finishes his book with the following lines,
“We are men- but the type of the genus homo been realised ? is it impossible?
It has been undoubtedly proved that the man is free in certain directions, and not in others; happily, he is not free not to be a man.”
He begins his book with the following lines,
“When opening my eyes in the morning , and whilst still struggling with an inclination to sleep, I review the day and what it will have in store for me; but the pictures drawn are confused, and my will takes no part in it.
(When I read the beginning and the end, I browsed through the book and found Vedic Hymns in it.)
–subham—
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