THE SECRET OF THE VEDA

CONTENTS

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PART ONE

THE SECRET OF THE VEDA

I The Problem and Its Solution

II A Retrospect of Vedic Theory

III Modern Theories

IV The Foundations of the Psychological Theory

V The Philological Method of the Veda

VI Agni and the Truth

VII Varuna-Mitra and the Truth

VIII The Ashwins — Indra —the Vishwa-devas

IX Saraswati and Her Consorts

X The Image of the Oceans and the Rivers

XI The Seven Rivers

XII The Herds of the Dawn

XIII Dawn and the Truth

XIV The Cow and the Angiras Legend

XV The Lost Sun and the Lost Cows

XVI The Angiras Rishis

XVII The Seven-Headed Thought, Swar and the Dashagwas

XVIII The Human Fathers

XIX The Victory of the Fathers

XX The Hound of Heaven

XXI The Sons of Darkness

XXII The Conquest over the Dasyus

XXIII Summary of Conclusions

PART TWO

SELECTED HYMNS

I The Colloquy of Indra and Agastya (I.170)

II Indra, Giver of Light (I.4)

III Indra and the Thought-Forces (I.171)

IV Agni, the Illumined Will (I.77)

V Surya Savitri, Creator and Increaser (V.81)

VI The Divine Dawn (III.61)

VII To Bhaga Savitri, the Enjoyer (V.82)

VIII Vayu, the Master of the Life Energies (IV.48)

IX Brihaspati, Power of the Soul (IV.50)

X The Ashwins, Lords of Bliss (IV.45)

XI The Ribhus, Artisans of Immortality (I.20)

XII Vishnu, the All-Pervading Godhead (I.154)

XIII Soma, Lord of Delight and Immortality (IX.83)

PART THREE

HYMNS OF THE ATRIS

The Doctrine of the Mystics

Hymns to Agni

Agni, the Divine Will-Force

Hymns to Agni (V.1 28)

I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
VIII	IX	X	XI	XII	XIII	XIV
XV	XVI	XVII	XVIII	XIX	XX	XXI
XXII	XXIII	XXIV	XXV	XXVI	XXVII	XXVIII

Hymns to the Lords of Light

The Guardians of the Light

Hymns to Mitra-Varuna (V.62 72)

I	II	III	IV	V	VI
VII	VIII	IX	X	XI

Hymn to Varuna (V.85)

Hymns to the Dawn (V.79, 80)

A Hymn to Savitri (V.81)

PART FOUR

OTHER HYMNS

A Vedic Hymn (VII.60)

A Hymn of the Thought-Gods (based on V.52 61)

The God of the Mystic Wine (IX.75, 42)

The Vedic Fire (I.94, 97)

A Vedic Hymn to the Fire (I.59)

Parashara's Hymns to the Lord of the Flame (I.65 73)

APPENDIX

Interpretation of the Veda

Note on the Texts

The Twenty-Fourth Hymn to Agni

A HYMN TO THE DELIVERER AND PROTECTOR

[The Rishi invokes the Divine Will for protection from evil and for the fullness of the divine light and substance.]

1-2. O Will, become our inmost inmate, become auspicious to us, become our deliverer and our armour of protection. Thou who art the lord of substance and who of that substance hast the divine knowledge, come towards us, give us its most luminous opulence.

3-4. Awake! hear our call! keep us far from all that seeks to turn us to evil. O shining One, O flame of purest Light, thee for our comrades we desire that even now they may have the bliss and peace.

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