THE SECRET OF THE VEDA
CONTENTS
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PART ONE
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
Foreword
The Doctrine of the Mystics
Hymns to Agni
Agni, the Divine Will-Force
Hymns to Agni (V.1 28)
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VII
VIII
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XIII
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XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
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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)
I II
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