With this final supremacy, that distinction between battle-gods and gods sovereign, which Bergaigne insists upon--the sovereign gods belonging to _une conception unitaire de l'ordre du monde_ (iii.p.

3; ii.

p.
167)--fades away.

As Varuna became gradually greatest, so did Indra in turn.

But Varuna was a philosopher's god, not a warrior's; and Varuna was not double and mystical.