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Indra in particular quaffs it "like a thirsty stag;" and under its exhilarating effects he strides victoriously to battle. HINDRA IN PARTICULAR COUGHS IT LIKE A THIRSTY STAG AND UNDER ITS EXHILARATING EFFECTS HE STRIDES VICTORIOUSLY TO BATTLE
rth, bearing the offerings aloft; his kindness at night in repelling the darkness and the demons which it hides--all these things raised Agni to an exalted place. He is fed with pure clarified butter, and so rises heavenward in his brightness. The physical conception of fire, however, adheres to him, and he never quite ceases to be the earthly flame; yet mystical conceptions thickly gather round this root-idea; he is fire pervading all nature; and he often becomes supreme, a god of gods. [Sidenote: Soma highly exalted. Soma becomes a very mighty god.] All this seems natural enough; but one is hardly prepared for the high exaltation to which Soma is raised. Soma is properly the juice of a milky plant (_asclepias acida_, or _sarcostemma viminale_), which, when fermented, is intoxicating. The simple-minded Aryas were both astonished and delighted at its effects; they liked it themselves; and they knew nothing more precious to present to their gods. Accordingly, all of these rejoice in it. N THAT HE A MIGHTY GOD RESIDES IN THEIR DWELLINGS HIS IMPORTANCE AS A MESSENGER BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH BEARING THE OFFERINGS ALOFT HIS KINDNESS AT NIGHT IN REPELLING THE DARKNESS AND THE DEMONS WHICH IT HIDES ALL THESE THINGS RAISED AGNE TO AN EXALTED PLACE HE IS FED WITH PURE CLARIFIED BUTTLE AND SO RISES HEAVENWARD IN HIS BRIGHTNESS THE PHYSICAL CONCEPTION OF FIRE HOWEVER ADHERES TO HIM AND HE NEVER QUITE CEASES TO BE THE EARTHLY FLAME YET MYSTICAL CONCEPTIONS DEEPLY GATHER ROUND THIS RUDE IDEA HE IS FILED PERADING ALL NATURE AND HE OFTEN BECOMES SUPREME A GOD OF GODS ALL THE SAME NATURAL ENOUGH BUT ONE IS HARDLY PREPARED FOR THE HIGH EXALTATION TO WHICH SO MI IS RAISED SO MI IS PROPERLY THE JUICE OF A MILKY PLANT ASCLEPIUS ASIA OR SARCASTOMA WIMMINEL WHICH WHEN FOMENTED IS INTOXICATING THE SIMPLE MINDED ARIAS WERE BOTH ASTONISHED AND DELIGHTED AT ITS EFFECTS THEY LIKED IT THEMSELVES AND THEY KNEW NOTHING MORE PRECIOUS TO PRESENT TO THEIR GODS ACCORDINGLY ALL OF THESE REJOICE IN IT
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