This concept had an important place in the development of the sacrificial ritual, for, through analogical reasoning, each ritual performance was seen as a repetition of the primeval sacrifice. Each succeeding ritual act was understood to sustain the universe, just as did the first great sacrifice. Another very fascinating speculation concerning creation is given in the great Creation Hymn of the Rig Veda . This phrase is often quoted as evidence of the skeptical mind of the ancient poet, but more probably it indicates the willingness within the Indian tradition to push inquiry to an extreme in the search for some ultimate principle that can be accepted as final and unchanging. He is at present all these worlds.
Time hastens onward, the first god.
A full jar is contained in Time. We behold him existing in many forms. He is all these worlds in the future. They call him Time in the highest heaven. It is he who drew forth the worlds, and encompassed them.