The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c9.s12.6

c9.s12.6

It is possible to think of morality in Vedic India in other terms than those of "savages". "The laws of the gods are expressed", says Hopkins,⁴⁴ "in the regular rotation of seasons and their corresponding sacrifices, for the sacrifice is ordered according to days and seasons. Each day illustrates the ‘laws divine’ incorporate in the sacrifice, and pious men are like gods in ‘not diminishing the laws’, which give security and peace. Very likely, there was the feeling that the sacrifice even helped preserve the order of the universe, as later it was seriously believed that the sun would not rise unless the morning rite was performed. But what is more important is the recognition that the laws of the gods effect peace and security on earth as in heaven.”