THE SECRET OF THE VEDA
SRI AUROBINDO
Contents
PRE CONTENT
PART ONE
I.
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION
XIII
DAWN AND THE TRUTH
II.
A RETROSPECT OF VEDIC THEORY (1)
XIV
THE COW AND THE ANGIRASA LEGEND
— THE SCHOLARS (2)
XV
THE LOST SUN AND THE LOST COWS
III.
MODERN THEORIES
XVI
THE ANGIRASA RISHIS
IV.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY
XVII
THE SEVEN-HEADED THOUGHT, SWAR ANDTHE DASHAGWAS
V
PHILOLOGICAL METHOD OF THE VEDA
XVIII
THE HUMAN FATHERS
VI
AGNI AND THE TRUTH
XIX
THE VICTORY OP THE FATHERS
VII
VARUNA-MITRA AND THE TRUTH
XX
THE HOUND OF HEAVEN
VIII
THE ASHWINS — INDRA — THE VISHWADEVAS
XXI
THE SONS OF DARKNESS
IX
SARASWATI AND HER CONSORTS
XXII
THE CONQUEST OVER THE DASYUS
X
THE IMAGE OF THE OCEANS AND THE RIVERS
XXIII
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS
XI
THE SEVEN RIVERS
XII
THE HERDS OF THE DAWN
PART TWO SELECTED HYMNS
I
THE COLLOQUY OF INDRA AND AGASTYA : I. 170
VAYU, THE MASTER OF THE LIFE ENERGIES : IV. 48
II
INDRA, GIVER OF LIGHT : I. 4
BRIHASPATI, POWER OF THE SOUL : IV. 50
III
INDRA AND THE THOUGHT-FORCES : L 171
THE ASHWINS, LORDS OF Buss: IV. 45 . . . 314
IV
AGNI, THE ILLUMINED WILL : I. 77
THE RIBHUS, ARTISANS OF IMMORTALITY : 1.20 . 324
SURYA SAVITRI, CREATOR AND INCREASER: V. 81
VISHNU, THE ALL-PERVADING GODHEAD : 1.154 . 331
THE DIVINE DAWN : III.
SOMA, LORD OF DELIGHT AND IMMORTALITY : IX. 83 339
To BHAGA SAVITRI, THE ENJOYER: V. 82
PART THREE HYMNS OF THE ATRIS
FOREWORD . .
HYMNS TO AGNI: V
Agni, the Divine Will-Force
The Fifteenth Hymn to Agni
The First Hymn to Agni
The Sixteenth Hymn to Agni
The Second Hymn to Agni
The Seventeenth Hymn to Agni
The Third Hymn to Agni
The Eighteenth Hymn to Agni
The Fourth Hymn to Agni
The Nineteenth Hymn to Agni
The Fifth Hymn to Agni
The Twentieth Hymn to Agni
The Sixth Hymn to Agni
The Twenty-First Hymn to Agni
The Seventh Hymn to Agni
The Twenty-Second Hymn to Agni
The Eighth Hymn to Agni
The Twenty-Third Hymn to Agni
The Ninth Hymn to Agni
The Twenty-Fourth Hymn to Agni
The Tenth Hymn to Agni
The Twenty-Fifth Hymn to Agni
The Eleventh Hymn to Agni
The Twenty-Sixth Hymn to Agni
The Twelfth Hymn to Agni
The Twenty-Seventh Hymn to Agni
The Thirteenth Hymn to Agni
The Twenty-Eighth Hymn to Agni
The Fourteenth Hymn to Agni
THE GUARDIANS OF THE LIGHT:
HYMNS TO THE LORDS OF LIGHT : V
Surya, Light and Seer
The First Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
The Divine Dawn
The Second Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
Pushan the Increaser
The Third Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
Savitri the Creator
The Fourth Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
The Four Kings
The Fifth Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
Varuna
The Sixth Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
Mitra
The Seventh Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
Aryaman
The Eighth Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
Bhaga
The Ninth Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
The Tenth Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
The Eleventh Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
PART FOUR
OTHER HYMNS
HYMN IN PRAISE OF INDRA : I. 5
A HYMN TO SAVITRI: V. 81
HYMN TO INDRA: 1.7-11
HYMN TO VARUNA (two versions): V. 85
HYMN TO INDRA: VIII. 54
A VEDIC HYMN: VII. 60
HYMN TO INDRA : X. 54
THE GOD OF THE MYSTIC WINE : IX. 42,75
A VEDIC HYMN: 1.3
A HYMN OF THE THOUGHT-GODS : V. 52-58
FROM A VEDIC HYMN: 1.15
INTERPRETATION OF THE VEDA
HYMN TO BRAHMANASPATI: 1.18
HYMNS TO THE DAWN : V. 79,80
THE ORIGINS OF ARYAN SPEECH
Bibliographic note
All references are to the Rig-veda unless otherwise stated.