And from that day Varuna exacted no more human sacrifices. But when the Brahman would have taken his son away with him, foreseeing that he could derive glory and profit from such an one, Sunah-sepa said to him, “What is there in common between you and me?”
And the Friend of all adopted him as his son and disciple. Under Visva-mitra Sunah-sepa grew in strength and wisdom: he become a great sage among the sages.
Mitra-Varuna. The name of Varuna, Indra-Agni, and Agni-Soma play the chief part in sacrificial invocations these divinities are nevertheless far from enjoying the exclusive adoration of which the Iranian and Roman Mithra was the object.