[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) › c8.55 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c8.55 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c8.55 - **Language:** English ### [c8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.55) Another hymn, Rig-Veda 7. 86, depicts Varuna as guardian of moral order, hence angry at the misdeeds of men. The contrite attitude of his suppliant, a singer of the family of the Vasishthas, the authors of the seventh book of the Rig-Veda, has a strong Hebraic flavor, and, like the preceding hymn, suggests many a passage of the Psalms: - [Previous: c8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.54) - [Next: c8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.56) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.7.86) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.55) · Pramāṇa