sun (Sûrya , our sun)

 
RV VIII , 25 (Mitra-VaruNa , the both “eyes”, feed our sun with soma , TOO)
 
19 Sūrya hath spread his light aloft up to the region of the sky,
Like [the agni-fire] a
ll aflame when gifts are offered him .
19 Sūrya hath spread his light aloft up to the region of the sky,
like a clear fire , when offered fuel [=’soma’] .
Dieser Surya hat im Schutze des Himmels sein Licht aufgerichtet, hell wie Agni,
wenn er entzündet und mit Schmalz begossen wird
=samidh ‘burning, igniting ; also ‘fuel’ RV ;
=âhuta ‘laid in the fire (f.e a corpse]’; offering as an oblation’ RV ;
[hence prophets “the sun will go dark at noontime” ; see “restoration of sun” chapter]

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