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Annotated contents
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The Secret of the Veda
with Selected Hymns
PART ONE: THE SECRET OF THE VEDA
I: The Problem and Its Solution 3 II: A Retrospect of Vedic Theory 10 III: Modern Theories 24 IV: The Foundations of the Psychological Theory 34 V: The Philological Method of the Veda 48 VI: Agni and the Truth 58 VII: Varuna-Mitra and the Truth 70 VIII: The Ashwins – Indra – the Vishwadevas 80 IX: Saraswati and Her Consorts 91 X: The Image of the Oceans and the Rivers 100 XI: The Seven Rivers 109 XII: The Herds of the Dawn 123 XIII: Dawn and the Truth 131 XIV: The Cow and the Angiras Legend 138 XV: The Lost Sun and the Lost Cows 149 XVI: The Angiras Rishis 159 XVII: The Seven-Headed Thought, Swar and the Dashagwas 173 XVIII: The Human Fathers 187 XIX: The Victory of the Fathers 199 XX: The Hound of Heaven 211 XXI: The Sons of Darkness 223 XXII: The Conquest over the Dasyus 232 XXIII: Summary of Conclusions 241
PART TWO: SELECTED HYMNS
I: The Colloquy of Indra and Agastya (I.170) 253 II: Indra, Giver of Light (I.4) 257 III: Indra and the Thought-Forces (I.171) 266 IV: Agni, the Illumined Will (I.77) 276 V: Surya Savitri, Creator and Increaser (V.81) 285 VI: The Divine Dawn (III.61) 293 VII: To Bhaga Savitri, the Enjoyer (V.82) 299 VIII: Vayu, the Master of the Life Energies (IV.48) 306 IX: Brihaspati, Power of the Soul (IV.50) 315 X: The Ashwins, Lords of Bliss (IV.45) 326 XI: The Ribhus, Artisans of Immortality (I.20) 336 XII: Vishnu, the All-Pervading Godhead (I.154) 343 XIII: Soma, Lord of Delight and Immortality (IX.83) 351
PART THREE: HYMNS OF THE ATRIS
Foreword 363 The Doctrine of the Mystics 370
Hymns to Agni
Agni, the Divine Will-Force 387 Hymns to Agni (V.1 – 28) 393
Hymns to the Lords of Light
The Guardians of the Light 473 Hymns to Mitra-Varuna (V.62 – 72) 518 Hymn to Varuna (V.85) 544 Hymns to the Dawn (V.79, 80) 549 A Hymn to Savitri (V.81) 555
PART FOUR: OTHER HYMNS
A Vedic Hymn (VII.60) 559 A Hymn of the Thought-Gods (based on V.52 – 61) 562 The God of the Mystic Wine (IX.75, 42) 565 The Vedic Fire (I.94, 97) 568 A Vedic Hymn to the Fire (I.59) 574 Parashara's Hymns to the Lord of the Flame (I.65 – 73) 576
APPENDIX
Interpretation of the Veda 593