The Secret of the Veda

with Selected Hymns

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

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

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

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

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Notes are paraphrased from the “Publisher's Note” and “Note on the Texts”.

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