The gods and the Rishis and Brahman, in that sacrifice, worshipped the great God as one having the complexion of the Sun, as the foremost of Beings, situate beyond the reach of Ignorance, vast, pervading all things, the Supreme Lord of all, the giver of boons, and endued with power.
प्राहुरादित्यवर्णं तं पुरुषं तमसः परम्। बृहन्तं सर्वगं देवमीशानं वरदं प्रभुम्॥