[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908) › c10.75 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c10.75 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c10.75 - **Language:** English ### [c10.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10.75) The poet describes as deftly as possible a primordial chaos. There was not non-being, for that is unconceivable¹; there was not being in the ordinary experience of the senses. What was there? The poet in the next stanza carries on his negation and then abruptly presses forward to a positive conclusion: - [Previous: c10.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10.74) - [Next: c10.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10.76) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10.75) · Pramāṇa