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==={{#tip-text:PART ONE: THE SECRET OF THE VEDA|Sri Aurobindo’s most important expository work on the Veda, | ==={{#tip-text:PART ONE: THE SECRET OF THE VEDA|Sri Aurobindo’s most important expository work on the Veda, appeared in the 'Arya' in twenty-four consecutive instalments between August 1914 and July 1916.}}=== | ||
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|style="width:400px;"|I: The Problem and Its Solution||3 | |style="width:400px;"|I: The Problem and Its Solution||style="width:40px;"|3 | ||
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|II: A Retrospect of Vedic Theory||10 | |II: A Retrospect of Vedic Theory||10 | ||
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|V: The Philological Method of the Veda||48 | |V: The Philological Method of the Veda||48 | ||
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|VI: Agni and the Truth||58 | |VI: Agni and the Truth||58||[[File:Paper icon.png|link=http://wiki.auroville.org.in/w/images/1/1a/The_Secret_of_the_Veda_-_Pt.1_Ch.6_Agni_and_the_Truth.pdf]] | ||
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|VII: Varuna-Mitra and the Truth||70 | |VII: Varuna-Mitra and the Truth||70 | ||
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|VIII: The Ashwins – Indra – the Vishwadevas||80 | |VIII: The Ashwins – Indra – the Vishwadevas||80 | ||
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|IX: Saraswati and Her Consorts||91 | |IX: Saraswati and Her Consorts||91||[[File:Paper icon.png|link=http://wiki.auroville.org.in/w/images/3/3a/The_Secret_of_the_Veda_-_Pt.1_Ch.9_Saraswati_and_Her_Consorts.pdf]] | ||
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|X: The Image of the Oceans and the Rivers||100 | |X: The Image of the Oceans and the Rivers||100||[[File:Paper icon.png|link=http://wiki.auroville.org.in/w/images/d/df/The_Secret_of_the_Veda_-_Pt.1_Ch.10_The_Image_of_the_Oceans_and_the_Rivers.pdf]] | ||
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|XI: The Seven Rivers||109 | |XI: The Seven Rivers||109 | ||
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|XII: The Herds of the Dawn||123 | |XII: The Herds of the Dawn||123 | ||
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|XIII: Dawn and the Truth||131 | |XIII: Dawn and the Truth||131||[[File:Paper icon.png|link=http://wiki.auroville.org.in/w/images/7/7d/The_Secret_of_the_Veda_-_Pt.1_Ch.13_Dawn_and_the_Truth.pdf]] | ||
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|XIV: The Cow and the Angiras Legend||138 | |XIV: The Cow and the Angiras Legend||138 | ||
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|XXII: The Conquest over the Dasyus||232 | |XXII: The Conquest over the Dasyus||232 | ||
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|XXIII: Summary of Conclusions||241 | |XXIII: Summary of Conclusions||241||[[File:Paper icon.png|link=http://wiki.auroville.org.in/w/images/0/04/The_Secret_of_the_Veda_-_Pt.1_Ch.23_Summary_of_Conclusions.pdf]] | ||
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==={{#tip-text:PART TWO: SELECTED HYMNS|Translations with commentaries, published in the first twelve issues of the 'Arya' (from August 1914 to July 1915).}}=== | ==={{#tip-text:PART TWO: SELECTED HYMNS|Translations with commentaries, published in the first twelve issues of the 'Arya' (from August 1914 to July 1915).}}=== | ||
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|style="width:400px;"|I: The Colloquy of Indra and Agastya (I.170)||253 | |style="width:400px;"|I: The Colloquy of Indra and Agastya (I.170)||style="width:40px;"|253 | ||
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|II: Indra, Giver of Light (I.4)||257 | |II: Indra, Giver of Light (I.4)||257 | ||
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|X: The Ashwins, Lords of Bliss (IV.45)||326 | |X: The Ashwins, Lords of Bliss (IV.45)||326 | ||
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|XI: The Ribhus, Artisans of Immortality (I.20)||336 | |XI: The Ribhus, Artisans of Immortality (I.20)||style="width:40px;"|336||[[File:Paper icon.png|link=http://wiki.auroville.org.in/w/images/e/ed/The_Secret_of_the_Veda_-_Pt.2_Ch.11_The_Ribhus%2C_Artisans_of_Immortality.pdf]] | ||
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|XII: Vishnu, the All-Pervading Godhead (I.154)||343 | |XII: Vishnu, the All-Pervading Godhead (I.154)||343||[[File:Paper icon.png|link=http://wiki.auroville.org.in/w/images/a/ae/The_Secret_of_the_Veda_-_Pt.2_Ch.12_Vishnu%2C_the_All-Pervading_Godhead.pdf]] | ||
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|XIII: Soma, Lord of Delight and Immortality (IX.83)||351 | |XIII: Soma, Lord of Delight and Immortality (IX.83)||351 | ||
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==={{#tip-text:PART THREE: HYMNS OF THE ATRIS|Published in the 'Arya' from August 1915 to December 1917. As written by Sri Aurobindo: “so conceived as to make the sense of the Vedic chants at once and easily intelligible without the aid of a commentary to the general reader.”}}=== | ==={{#tip-text:PART THREE: HYMNS OF THE ATRIS|Published in the 'Arya' from August 1915 to December 1917. As written by Sri Aurobindo: “so conceived as to make the sense of the Vedic chants at once and easily intelligible without the aid of a commentary to the general reader.”}}=== | ||
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|style="width:400px;"|Foreword||363 | |style="width:400px;"|Foreword||style="width:40px;"|363 | ||
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|The Doctrine of the Mystics||370 | |The Doctrine of the Mystics||370 | ||
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'''Hymns to Agni | '''Hymns to Agni | ||
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|style="width:400px;"|Agni, the Divine Will-Force||387 | |style="width:400px;"|Agni, the Divine Will-Force||style="width:40px;"|387 | ||
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|Hymns to Agni (V.1 – 28)||393 | |Hymns to Agni (V.1 – 28)||393|| | ||
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'''Hymns to the Lords of Light | '''Hymns to the Lords of Light | ||
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|style="width:400px;"|The Guardians of the Light||473 | |style="width:400px;"|The Guardians of the Light||style="width:40px;"|473 | ||
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|Hymns to Mitra-Varuna (V.62 – 72)||518 | |Hymns to Mitra-Varuna (V.62 – 72)||518 | ||
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==={{#tip-text:PART FOUR: OTHER HYMNS|Published in the 'Arya' at different times between 1915 and 1920.}}=== | ==={{#tip-text:PART FOUR: OTHER HYMNS|Published in the 'Arya' at different times between 1915 and 1920.}}=== | ||
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|style="width:400px;"|{{#tip-text:A Vedic Hymn (VII.60)|A hymn of Vasishtha to Surya and Mitra-Varuna.}}||559 | |style="width:400px;"|{{#tip-text:A Vedic Hymn (VII.60)|A hymn of Vasishtha to Surya and Mitra-Varuna.}}||style="width:40px;"|559 | ||
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|{{#tip-text:A Hymn of the Thought-Gods (based on V.52 – 61)|Not a translation but a paraphrase of the hymns to the Maruts by the Rishi Shyavashwa of the Atri clan.}}||562 | |{{#tip-text:A Hymn of the Thought-Gods (based on V.52 – 61)|Not a translation but a paraphrase of the hymns to the Maruts by the Rishi Shyavashwa of the Atri clan.}}||562 | ||
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===APPENDIX=== | ===APPENDIX=== | ||
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|style="width:400px;"|{{#tip-text:Interpretation of the Veda|Letter in response to a 'Hindu' article which remarked on Sri Aurobindo's theory of Vedic interpretation. The article appeared on 24 August 1914; Sri Aurobindo's reply was published on 27 August.}}||593 | |style="width:400px;"|{{#tip-text:Interpretation of the Veda|Letter in response to a 'Hindu' article which remarked on Sri Aurobindo's theory of Vedic interpretation. The article appeared on 24 August 1914; Sri Aurobindo's reply was published on 27 August.}}||style="width:40px;"|593 | ||
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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 The Fourth Hymn to Agni
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
Notes are paraphrased from the “Publisher's Note” and “Note on the Texts”.