9) exactly as they are by the other gods, Indra, Varuna, etc.

In a passage that refers to the important triad of sun, wind and fire, X.158.I ff., the sun is invoked to 'save from the sky,' _i.e._ from all evils that may come from the upper regions; while in the same book the sun, like Indra, is represented as the slayer of demons _( asuras)_ and dragons; as the slayer, also, of the poet's rivals; as giving long life to the worshipper, and as himself drinking sweet _soma_.

This is one of the poems that seem to be at once late and of a forced and artificial character (X.170).
Although S[=u]rya is differentiated explicitly from Savitar (V.81.

4, "Savitar, thou joyest in S[=u]a's rays"), yet do many of the hymns make no distinction between them.

The Enlivener is naturally extolled in fitting phrase, to tally with his title: "The shining-god, the Enlivener, is ascended to enliven the world"; "He gives protection, wealth and children" (II.