The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c12.s2.10

c12.s2.10

In the system of the Vedic Brāhmaṇas it is on account of the efficacy of the sacrifice that the gods are compelled to capitulate (*les dieux se voient obligés de capituler*) and the sacrificer rises to the celestial world and is assured a definite place for the future.⁸ Man is made super-human. It is man and his energy that are really adored through the sacrifices. The *milieu* is humanistic and secular.