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Vol. V, No. 4.] The Hero-Gods of the Rigveda. 129 
[NV.S.] 
Both the scriptures agree that Aptya Trita performed an 
important religious ceremony. Now comes a difference between 
them. The Rigveda says— 
foc g etd wet ata afaat | 
ay faat ataat os fauaHzag ie 1 USO 1k 
a Sera gated ufaequad faatate zag | 
aw faat staat carat faut aereaatauares 
Qo1ee ig 
I shall soon glorify the mighty drink (Soma) the holder of 
power. 
By whose energy Tita rent Vritra joint from joint—lI, 
187-1. 
He the lord of the house (=Agni) verily slew the loud- 
roaring, six-eyed, three-headed Dasa. 
By his (Agni’s) energy, indeed, Trita killed the boar (= 
Vritra) with his iron-tipped fingers—X, 99-6. 
These two riks shew that T'rita killed Vritra. The second 
rik also gives certain characteristics of Vritra. 
In Yasna LX there is an interesting conversation between 
Haoma (Soma) and Zarathustra. On being asked by the latter 
what man first prepared him for this world, how was he blessed, 
and what was his gain, Haoma replied that Vivanghant was the 
first of mortals who prepared him. He was blessed with a son 
named Yima the brilli 
to the son. A similar discrepancy I pointed out in case of 
Genders (Vedic Gandharva Vivasvan) and his son Yima (Vedic 
ama 
I may notice here in passing that a aa is mentioned 
