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Aruna

Also called: Anuru

Charioteer of the Sun and elder brother of Garuda. Born half-formed when his mother Vinata broke his egg too soon, he curses her to slavery and rises to the sky. Brahma sets him before the Sun to take the fierceness of the rays when the Sun, angry at Rahu, means to burn the worlds.

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer · see Aruna's web

Relations 3

Aruna child of

Vinata (God) · Svarbhanu darkens the Sun; Rahu and the Sun's anger
Aruna is the elder son of Vinata and Kashyapa.

Aruna cursed

Vinata (God) · Svarbhanu darkens the Sun; Rahu and the Sun's anger
Aruna curses his mother to slavery for breaking his egg too soon.

Aruna devotee of

Surya (God) · Svarbhanu darkens the Sun; Rahu and the Sun's anger
Aruna stands before the Sun as his charioteer at Brahma's order.

Stories 1

Svarbhanu darkens the Sun; Rahu and the Sun's anger
Legend · as set before the Sun as charioteer · 5 tellings

Cited

The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § adi.16 Primary text (translation)
The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § adi.24 Primary text (translation)