The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c9.s1.24

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c9.s1.24

Next, Faith becomes a person, a goddess. That would not be bad but for the mechanical character which she then assumes. Imagine—and in order to imagine this one must be pretty well steeped in Hinduism—the frame of mind of a poet who skilfully exalts the goddess Faith, but finally asks her to accept oblations:

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