A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s7.100

v1.c8.s7.100

¹ "Morals have found no place in this system: the sacrifice which regulates the relationship of man with the gods is a mechanical operation which acts by its innermost energy; hidden in the bosom of nature, it only emerges under the magic action of the priest." "It is indeed difficult to conceive of anything more brutal or more material than the theology of the Brāhmaṇas; the notions, which custom has slowly refined and clothed with a moral aspect, surprise us by their savage realism." Sylvain Lévi, La doctrine du sacrifice, p. 9; *cf.* 164 ff.