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Tengri-Varuna
The saga of Varuna is truly spectacular as the God of Blue Sky known as Tengri in the Mongolian Empire. The story of his pre-eminence had its roots in the pre-Vedic era; it flourished in the early Rig Veda inspiring awe and reverence; and as it flows into other Vedas, Brahmanas, and Upanishads, Varuna’s associations as Tengri with the sky, the water and the order in the universe as also in the ethical conduct of men, all these, acquire new dimensions with mystical connotations. Tengri was known to make plants grow and the lightning flash. Till then, he was the highest lord in the Vedic pantheon, the most virtuous and the most powerful all-pervading God. He was projected as the creator and sustainer of all existence; the Lord of Space, the maker of Heaven and Earth. His glory spread far and wide into the Gathas and into the Bhrigu lore. The treaties entered by the Mitanni kings of the distant Sumerian region (in about 1500 BCE) were sworn in the name of Varuna and his peer-Vedic –gods.

Rig Veda Hymns 01-017 -05 to 01-017 -09 are amongst the loftiest and most inspired poems. When decoded, these do reveal the epic story of  God of Blue Sky worshiped as Tengri by Mongolians and Varuna by the pre-Vedic period.

Indrah sahasradāvnā ṃ  varu ṇ a ḥ  śa ṃ syānām |Kraturbhavatyukthyah || Rig Veda 01-017 -05

Indra and Varuna, among givers of thousands, meet for praise, Are Powers who merit the highest laud!

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Tayoridavasā vaya <span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ṃ <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif""> sanema Ni ca dhīmahi |Syāduta prarecanam || Rig Veda 01-017 -06

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Through their protection may we gain great store of wealth, and heap it up enough and still to spare, be ours!

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">O Indrāvaruna vāmaha <span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ṃ <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif""> huve citrāya rādhase | Asmān su jighyu <span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ṣ <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">as k <span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ṛ <span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">tam || Rig Veda 01-017 -07

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Indra-Varuna, on you for wealth in many a form I call: Still, keep you us victorious!

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif""> Indrāvaruna nū nu vā <span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ṃ <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif""> si <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"">ṣ <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">āsantī <span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ṣ <span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">u dhī <span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ṣ <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">vā |Asmabhyam śarma yachatam || Rig Veda 01-017 -08

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">O Indra-Varuna, - through our songs that seek to win you to us; Give us at once your sheltering help!

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Pra vāmaśnotu su <span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ṣṭ <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">utirindrāvaru <span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ṇ <span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">a yā <span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ṃ <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif""> huve |Yām <span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ṛ <span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">dhāthe sadhastutim || Rig Veda 01-017 -09

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">O Indra-Varuna, to you, may fair praise which I offer come, joint eulogy which ye dignity!

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent:.4in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">However, with the parting of ways of the ancient sages Bhrigu and Angirasa, Varuna became exclusively the Great God of the Aryans to the west of the Sindhu River, while Indra took over as the King of the Devas.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent:.4in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">According to the Greek mythology, the Heaves desired Alexander the great to manifest as Tengri to optimize the natural resources in the Land of Blue Sky and protect its biodiversity. Mongolia is the home of the greatest empire the world has ever known and Asia’s last undiscovered wilderness. Awesome expanses of rolling steppe, home to Mongolia’s famous horses and herdsmen, meet high glacial mountains, impenetrable forests and deep, crystal lakes. To the south the great Gobi Desert stretches to the horizon; empty save for deep canyons and sweeping dunes. Tengri took the mortal form at the foot hill of the Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain as Temüjin, as the first son to Hoelun tribal queen and as the second son of Yesügei a Kiyad chief prominent in the Khamag Mongol confederation with a blood clot in the first, a traditional sign that destined to become a great leader as the Great Genghis Khan! <span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Tengri is the main god of the Turkic pantheon, controlling the celestial sphere. He was considered to be strikingly similar to the Indo-European sky god, Dyeus, and the structure of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European religion that was closer to the early Turks than to the religion of any people of Near Eastern or Mediterranean antiquity. Turks used the adjective Tengri which means "heavenly, divine", to label everything that seemed grandiose, such as a tree or a mountain, and they stooped to such entities...Read "Khan the Great' to know more ...Sivkishen Ji, Author