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A mysterious presence, a mysterious power, a mysterious knowledge amounting almost to omniscience, are ascribed to Varuna. The winkings of men's eyes are numbered by him. A MYSTERIOUS PRESENCE A MYSTERIOUS POWER A MYSTERIOUS KNOWLEDGE AMOUNTING ALMOST TO OMNY SCIENCE ARE ASCRIBED TO ORUNA THE WINKINGS OF MEN'S EYES ARE NUMBERED BY HIM
apable. [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. 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. 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 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
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