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This deity is Varuna, the most remarkable personality in the Veda. The name, which is etymologically connected with [Greek: Ouranos], signifies "the encompasser," and is applied to heaven  especially the all encompassing, extreme vault of heaven  not the nearer sky, which is the region of cloud and storm. It is in describing Varuna that the Veda rises to the greatest sublimity which it ever reaches. THIS DEITY IS VARUNA THE MOST REMARKABLE PERSONALITY IN THE WEDA THE NAME WHICH IS ETYMOLOGICALLY CONNECTED WITH OKAWA SIGNIFIES THE INCOMPASSER AND IS APPLIED TO HEAVEN ESPECIALLY THE ALL ENCOMPASSING EXTREME VAULT OF HEAVEN NOT THE NEARER SKY WHICH IS THE REGION OF CLOUD AND STORM IT IS IN DESCRIBING VARUNA THAT THE WEATHER RISES TO THE GREATEST SUBLIMITY WHICH IT EVER REACHES
 all creatures are in his hand. It is surely extraordinary that the Aryas could apply such hyperbolical laudations to the liquor which they had made to trickle into the vat, and which they knew to be the juice of a plant they had cut down on the mountains and pounded in a mortar; and that intoxication should be confounded with inspiration. Yet of such aberrations we know the human mind is perfectly capable. [Sidenote: Connection with Persian, Greek, and Roman systems. Varuna, the god of heaven. The sublimity of the Vedic description of him.] We have first referred to Agni and Soma, as being the only divinities of highest rank which still retain their physical character. The worship paid to them was of great antiquity; for it is also prescribed in the Persian Avesta, and must have been common to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Aryan race before the Hindus entered India. But we can inferentially go still further back and speak of a deity common to the Greeks, Romans, Persians, and Hindus. TRIDES VICTORIOUSLY TO BATTLE SO MY ITSELF BECOMES A GOD AND A VERY MIGHTY ONE HE IS EVEN THE CREATOR AND FATHER OF THE GODS THE KING OF GODS AND MEN ALL CREATURES ARE IN HIS HAND IT IS SURELY EXTRAORDINARY THAT THE ARDIERS COULD APPLY SUCH HYPOBOLICAL LAUDATIONS TO THE LIQUOR WHICH THEY HAD MADE TO TRICKLE INTO THE WAT AND WHICH THEY KNEW TO BE THE JUICE OF A PLANT THEY HAD CUT DOWN ON THE MOUNTAINS AND POUNDED IN IMMORTAR AND THAT INTOXICATION SHOULD BE CONFOUNDED WITH INSPIRATION YET OF SUCH ABERRATIONS WE KNOW THE HUMAN MIND IS PERFECTLY CAPABLE WE HAVE FIRST REFERRED TO AGNE AND SOMA AS BEING THE ONLY DIVINITIES OF HIGHEST RANK WHICH STILL RETAIN THEIR PHYSICAL CHARACTER THE WORD SHE PAID TO THEM WAS OF GREAT ANTIQUITY FOR IT IS ALSO PRESCRIBED IN THE PERSIAN AESTA AND MUST HAVE BEEN COMMON TO THE INDOUIGNANIAN BRANCH OF THE ARIAN RACE BEFORE THE HINDUS ENTERED INDIA BUT WE CAN INFRENCHIALLY GO STILL FURTHER BACK AND SPEAK OF A DEITY COMMON TO THE GREEKS ROMANS PERSIANS AND HINDUS
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