The Vedic fathers of geology

70 Taser Vepic Faruers of Grorocy.

the long’ nights (R. V. I. 32.10; IL. 97.14; X. 127.6; A. V. XIX. 47.2 )

Tt may not be out of place here to state, that in the A’retic regions. the continuous long nights without a break, lasted for so long a period as even six months, like six months’ lone days, thus making a year consist of one long night and one long day, each of six months’ duration, and thereby confirming the tradition found in the Taittiriya Brahmana which says, “ That which is a year is but a single day of the Gods”.

एकं वा एतदेवानामहः यत्संवत्सरः । ( (1६. Br. 17, 9.2%.1 ):

Moreover, in the T: 2111118 Aranyaka and in the Reg-Veda, we find the year personified, and in the text of the former, there appears a distinct expression that to the right and the left side of the Year-God, there are the bright and the dark days. The following verses refer to this, and the same being important for our purpose, I quote them here below:—

शङ्कककष्णे संवत्सरस्य । दक्षिणवामयोः पाश्व॑योः । तस्यैषा भवति (1. ^. 1-२2-4 ).

1 दीष तम आदायदिन्द्रचुः .. . . ( ऋ° व° ९-३२-२०.) मा नो दीघा असिनान्तमिश्लाः ॥ ( ऋ० वे० २-२७-९४ ). अथा नः सुतरा भव ...... ॥ ( ऋ० व° ९०-९२७-६ ).

न यस्याः पारं द्दृदी ..--- ( अथववेद ९९-४७-२ ).