The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c7.36

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c7.36

The very first hymn in the Rig-Veda that is addressed to Ushas presents in its opening strain the ritual, serving, economic goddess, in an inextricable tangle with the poetic divinity. Almost do we feel that economic advantage and æsthetic delight are much the same thing to the soul of such a poet:

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