[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) › c8.47 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c8.47 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c8.47 - **Language:** English ### [c8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.47) The Veda describes Varuna in the same spirit, at times in almost the same words. He is the supporter of beings; he has spread the atmosphere over the forests; has put fleetness into the steed, and milk into the cows. He has placed intelligence into the heart, fire into the waters, the sun upon the sky, the \*soma\*-plant upon the mountains. He has opened a path for the sun; the floods of the rivers hasten seaward like racers obeying the divine order.³ Even more pointed than Ahura's is the expression of Varuna's omniscience and undeceivableness: he sees all the past and all the future; he is present as a third wherever two men secretly scheme; his spies do not close their eyes. - [Previous: c8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.46) - [Next: c8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.48) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.47) · Pramāṇa