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The Religions of India

CHAPTER IX
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Indra and Wind have a dispute of possession; Praj[=a]pati, the Father, decides it.

The heavenly singers, called the Gandharvas, recited the Veda to entice (the divine female) Speech to come to them; while the gods, for the same purpose, created the lute, and sang and played to her.

She came to the gods; hence the weakness of women in regard to such things.
Indra is the god of sacrifice; the stake of the sacrifice is Vishnu's; V[=a]yu (Wind) is the leader of beasts; Bhaga is blind;[32] P[=u]shan (because he eats mush) is toothless.

The gods run a race to see who shall get first to the sacrifice, and Indra and Agni win; they are the warrior-caste among the gods, and the All-gods are the people (_vicve, vic._).

Yet, again, the Maruts are the people, and Varuna is the warrior-caste; and, again, Soma is the warrior-caste.


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