[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) › c7.17 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c7.17 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c7.17 - **Language:** English ### [c7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.17) What a comparison! The petty sacrificial post (\*svaru\*), destined to hold fast an animal victim, gaudily ornamented with paint—it is described technically as having a knob for a head, along with sundry other barbaric beauties—brings us down with a thud from heaven to the mockeries of the sacrifice. Our good friend the poet is after all a monger in technical rites who cannot, even in the moment of his inspiration, quite forget his trade. Lest we think that just this particular poet has nodded for a moment, another hymn repeats the, to us, offensive comparison: - [Previous: c7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.16) - [Next: c7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.18) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.17) · Pramāṇa