The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c10.33

c10.33

It is interesting to note that these riddles show us again the Hindu mind preoccupied with the nature phenomena of the world, at a time when the old nature gods have become completely crystallised. Again, as regards the status of these riddles, the Kena Upanishad opens with a very similar pair of riddle-stanzas, showing that the state of mind at the bottom of nature-worship, *brahmodya*, and Upanishad marks advancing mental interests, but yet advance along the same line.