[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) › c10.7 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c10.7 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c10.7 - **Language:** English ### [c10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10.7) This verse states that the great gods of the Veda are but One Being; therefore it at once takes a high stand in the range of possible human thought. And yet it occurs in a hymn of the Rig-Veda, namely, the famous riddle-hymn of Dīrghatamas, in the first book of that collection.² Another statement in the tenth book³ is as follows: “That One breathed without breath, by inner power; than it, truly, nothing whatever else existed besides." - [Previous: c10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10.6) - [Next: c10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10.8) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.164.46) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10.7) · Pramāṇa