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(It is recommended to download the [[Collected Works tutorial|entire indexed set of Complete Works]].)
==Annotated contents==
''Hover your mouse over the underlined text to read the notes. Notes are paraphrased from the “Publisher's Note” and “Note on the Texts”.
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<div style="font-size:16pt; text-align:center;">{{#tip-text:The Secret of the Veda|Sri Aurobindo's writings on and translations of the Rig Veda that were first published in the monthly review 'Arya' between 1914 and 1920. (Other Vedic writings and translations are published in CWSA Vols. 14 and 16.)}}</div>
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==={{#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
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|II: A Retrospect of Vedic Theory||10
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|III: Modern Theories||24
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|IV: The Foundations of the Psychological Theory||34
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|V: The Philological Method of the Veda||48
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|VI: Agni and the Truth||58
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|VII: Varuna-Mitra and the Truth||70
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|VIII: The Ashwins – Indra – the Vishwadevas||80
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|IX: Saraswati and Her Consorts||91
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|X: The Image of the Oceans and the Rivers||100
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|XI: The Seven Rivers||109
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|XII: The Herds of the Dawn||123
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|XIII: Dawn and the Truth||131
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|XIV: The Cow and the Angiras Legend||138
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|XV: The Lost Sun and the Lost Cows||149
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|XVI: The Angiras Rishis||159
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|XVII: The Seven-Headed Thought, Swar and the Dashagwas||173
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|XVIII: The Human Fathers||187
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|XIX: The Victory of the Fathers||199
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|XX: The Hound of Heaven||211
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|XXI: The Sons of Darkness||223
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|XXII: The Conquest over the Dasyus||232
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|XXIII: Summary of Conclusions||241
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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).}}===
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|style="width:400px;"|I: The Colloquy of Indra and Agastya (I.170)||253
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|II: Indra, Giver of Light (I.4)||257
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|III: Indra and the Thought-Forces (I.171)||266
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|IV: Agni, the Illumined Will (I.77)||276
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|V: Surya Savitri, Creator and Increaser (V.81)||285
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|VI: The Divine Dawn (III.61)||293
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|VII: To Bhaga Savitri, the Enjoyer (V.82)||299
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|VIII: Vayu, the Master of the Life Energies (IV.48)||306
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|IX: Brihaspati, Power of the Soul (IV.50)||315
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|X: The Ashwins, Lords of Bliss (IV.45)||326
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|XI: The Ribhus, Artisans of Immortality (I.20)||336
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|XII: Vishnu, the All-Pervading Godhead (I.154)||343
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|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.”}}===
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|style="width:400px;"|Foreword||363
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|The Doctrine of the Mystics||370
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'''Hymns to Agni
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|style="width:400px;"|Agni, the Divine Will-Force||387
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|Hymns to Agni (V.1 – 28)||393
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'''Hymns to the Lords of Light
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|style="width:400px;"|The Guardians of the Light||473
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|Hymns to Mitra-Varuna (V.62 – 72)||518
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|Hymn to Varuna (V.85)||544
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|Hymns to the Dawn (V.79, 80)||549
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|A Hymn to Savitri (V.81)||555
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==={{#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
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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
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|{{#tip-text:The God of the Mystic Wine (IX.75, 42)|Two hymns to Soma “rendered as literally as possible”, in contrast to the method of interpretative translation usually employed in the 'Arya'.}}||565
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|{{#tip-text:The Vedic Fire (I.94, 97)|Two hymns to Agni.}}||568
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|A Vedic Hymn to the Fire (I.59)||574
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|Parashara's Hymns to the Lord of the Flame (I.65 – 73)||576
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===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
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Annotated contents

Hover your mouse over the underlined text to read the notes. Notes are paraphrased from the “Publisher's Note” and “Note on the Texts”.


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
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