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His worshipers supply him abundantly with the drink he loves; and he supports them against their foes, ninety and more of whose cities he has destroyed. We do not know that these foes, the Dasyus, were morally worse than the intrusive Aryas, but the feelings of the latter toward the former were of unexampled ferocity. Here is one passage out of multitudes similar: "Hurl thy hottest thunder bolt upon them! HIS WORSHIPPERS SUPPLIED HIM ABUNDANTLY WITH THE DRINK HE LOVES AND HE SUPPORTS THEM AGAINST THEIR FOES NINETY AND MORE OF WHOSE CITIES HE HAS DESTROYED WE DO NOT KNOW THAT THESE FOES THE THUS USED WERE MORALLY WORSE THAN THE INCRESIVE ALIAS BUT THE FEELINGS OF THE LATTER TOWARD THE FORMER WERE OF AN EXAMPLED FEROCITY HERE IS ONE PASSAGE OUT OF MULTITUDES SIMILAR HURL THY HOTTEST TO THUNDER BOLT UPON THEM
raditions. The importance which these attach to theology--doctrine--is very small; the externals of religion are all in all. The rites, in fact, now threw the very gods into the shade; every thing depended on their due performance. And thus the Hindu ritual gradually grew up into a stupendous system, the most elaborate, complex, and burdensome which the earth has seen. [Sidenote: Moral character of the Veda.] It is time, however, to give a brief estimate of the moral character of the Veda. The first thing that strikes us is its inconsistency. Some hymns--especially those addressed to Varuna--rise as high as Gentile conceptions regarding deity ever rose; others--even in the Rig Veda--sink miserably low; and in the Atharva we find, "even in the lowest depth, a lower still." [Sidenote: Indra supersedes Varuna.] The character of Indra--who has displaced or overshadowed Varuna[11]--has no high attributes. He is "voracious;" his "inebriety is most intense;" he "dances with delight in battle. ENTER WHO WAS NOT OF PRIESTLY DESCENT SCHOOLS WERE NOW FOUND NECESSARY FOR THE STUDY OF THE SACRED BOOKS RITES AND PREDICTIONS THE IMPORTANCE WHICH THESE ATTACHED TO THEOLOGY DOCTRINE IS VERY SMALL THE EXTERNALS OF RELIGION ARE ALL IN ALL THE RITES IN FACT NOW THREW THE WORTHIED GODS INTO THE SHADE EVERYTHING DEPENDED ON THEIR DUE PERFORMANCE AND THUS THE HINDURITUAL GRADUALLY GREW UP INTO A STUPENDOUS SYSTEM THE MOST ELABORATE COMPLEX AND BURDENSOME WHICH THE EARTH HAS SEEN IT IS TIME HOWEVER TO GIVE A BRIEF ESTIMATE OF THE MORAL CHARACTER OF THE WEATHER THE FIRST THING THAT STRIKES US IS ITS INCONSISTENCY SOMEHIMS ESPECIALLY THOSE ADDRESSED TO VARUNA RISE AS HIGH AS GENTLE CONCEPTIONS REGARDING DEITY EVER ROSE OTHERS EVEN IN THE RIGWETHER SINK MISERABLY LOW AND IN THE OTHERWI WE FIND EVEN IN THE LOWEST DEPTH A LOWER STILL THE CHARACTER OF INDRA WHO HAS DISPLACED OR OVERSHADOWED VARUNA HAS NO HIGH ATTRIBUTES HE IS VORACIOUS HIS INEBRITY IS MOST INTENSE HE DANCES WITH DELIGHT IN BATTLE
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