Hymns to the Mystic Fire by Sri Aurobindo

The name given to these sages was Kavi, which afterwards came to mean any poet, but at the time had the sense of a seer of truth,-the Veda itself describes them as kavayaḥ satyaśrutaḥ, 'seers who are hearers of the Truth' and the Veda itself was called śruti, a word which came to mean 'revealed Scripture'. In ancient times the Veda was revered as a sacred book of wisdom, a great mass of inspired poetry, the work of Rishis, seers and sages, who received in their illumined minds rather than mentally constructed a great universal, eternal and impersonal Truth which they embodied in Mantras, revealed verses of power, not of an ordinary but of a divine inspiration and source. The translations and other texts in this book have been checked against the relevant manuscript and printed materials. His writings on the Veda that do not deal primarily with Agni and that were not published in the Arya are collected in Vedic and Philological Studies, volume 14 of THE COMPLETE WORKS. That volume consists of all Sri Aurobindo's essays on and translations of Vedic hymns that appeared first in the monthly review Arya between 19. Some translations of hymns addressed to Agni are included in The Secret of the Veda, volume 15 of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDO. An appendix to this part contains his complete translations of the first hymn of the Rig Veda, showing how his approach to translating the Veda changed over the years.Ĭommentaries and Annotated Translations: Pieces from Sri Aurobindo's manuscripts in which he commented on hymns to Agni or provided annotated translations of them. Other Hymns to Agni: Translations of hymns to Agni that Sri Aurobindo did not include in the edition of Hymns to the Mystic Fire published during his lifetime. Hymns to the Mystic Fire: The entire contents of a book of this name that was published by Sri Aurobindo in 1946, consisting of selected hymns to Agni with a Foreword and extracts from the essay 'The Doctrine of the Mystics'. The present volume comprises Sri Aurobindo's translations of and commentaries on hymns to Agni in the Rig Veda.

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Part III: Commentaries and Annotated Translations.

Translations of the First Hymn of the Rig Veda.

Jamadagni Bhargava or Rama Jamadagnya - Sukta 110.

Agni Sauchika or Vaishwanara or Sapti Vajambhara - Suktas 79-80.

Vimada Aindra or Prajapatya or Vasukrit Vasukra - Suktas 20-21.

Suditi and Purumilha Angirasa - Sukta 71.

Tryaruna Traivrishna, Trasadasyu Paurukutsya, Ashwamedha Bharata - Sukta 27.

Devashravas and Devavata Bharata - Sukta 23.

Hymns to the Mystic Fire by Sri Aurobindo