The Vedic fathers of geology

ग THe Vepic Faturrs or Groroey..

to give it here in full. For, in (II. 11. 9 of the Rig-Veda ), the poet says. that, “ Indra ( 23 ) hurled down and killed ( segefat: ) deceitful Vritra ( araifat gz ), that was lying concealed (strgrart ) on the great Indus ( महासिधुभ्‌ ). Here, the words used in the verse are not only plain and simple, but unequivocal and distinct, and as such conveya very clear meaning ; since, 4ér means the great, and fq means the Indus, one of the Seven renowned Rivers of Arydvarta, which Indra had let flow, after having slain the Vritra-Serpent ( at aaneattoreanieze 7. ए. 112. 3)

Now, after this phenomenon, viz. the jirs¢ observation, by the Primitive ancestors of our Rig- Vedic fore-fathers, of the fall of rain in the Land of the Seven Rivers, or to speak in the usual Vedic metaphor, the observation of the destruction of Vritra-Serpent, which appears to have been the Jirst heroic deed, out of the several, achieved by Indra at the very commencement ( इच्छस्य लु वीयांणि भरवोचं यानि चकार प्रथमानि वज्री । अहन्नहिं... ॥ ऋक०वे० १-३२-१ ),{8 come next to Indra’s second and the third:deed of heroism, which, in‘short, consists of the creation of the Dawn and the Sun ( आश्रये जनयन्याखषासं ...1 1. ए. {, 32. 4 ). 11168& the Rig-Vedic Poets beautifully portray in very glowing colours, and while giving a graphic description of them, when then wonderful