The Vedic fathers of geology

40) Tar Veprco Fatners or Gro.oey.

refulgence of the Daw had first appeared to them on the horizon of the Vipash, viz. the modern river Beeas ; Where, the brillianey of the Dawn had subsequently vanished, and was absorbed in the dazzling light of the Sun ; where, the showers of rain were observed for the first time dropping from the clouds, represented as Vritra, lymg on the Indus, after these were rent asunder by Lightning represented by Indra’s += or thunderbolt, in the Land of the Seven Rivers : where, our ancestors had performed sacrifices and continued their sactificial sessions, which at times having been disturbed by outsiders, or even by our own kith and kin, such as the Zoroastrians, Indra was supplicated to give his aid to the Aryan progeny of the Land of the Seven Rivers, especially as he always defended his Arya worship= pers in all conflicts, Nay, even punished those who were non-sacrificers and beyond the pale of our faith ( इन्दःसमत्सछयजसानसायंप्रावत्‌ ,.. {. \, T. 130.8). Thus, the whole thing appears to have been most beautifull y depicted in very lively colours, in the metaphorieally terse language of the Rig-Veda.

All this, however, will certainly require an explanation and proof. J shall, therefore, hasten to furnish the same, as briefly as possible. There is evidence to show that Soma was horn