Books on Vedas

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Some people feel there are no good translations of the Vedas, except

ones by Wilson, Max Mueller. This is patently untrue.

 

1st- Wilson based his translations on commentary by Sayana, a 14th

century Brahmin. Sayana felt the Vedas were only books of rituals, not

knowledge. As such, several passages were wriiten off by him and

Wilson as "nonsensical", because they didnt agree with the ritualistic

view point. Sayana himself was a Brahmin supremacist- he translated

the Vedas in such a way that the Brahmins would become the door

keepers to heaven via complicated rituals. So in one passage, it says

"Agni does the Homa, Agni invites the Gods", Sayana tranlates it as

"Only Brahmins with correct rituals can invite Indra". Such

interpretation meant that most people were turned off by the Vedas,

and Spiritual people started reading the Upanishads instead.

 

There was also confusion with the Puranas. For example, Indra in the

Vedas is more like Krishna- a friend and Spiritual Guide. Indra in the

Puranas is a Demi God with fixed duties. As Dr R L Kashyap says, we

should use Vedas to understand Puranas, not vice versa.

 

Based on my research, the following books give the Esoteric knowledge

hidden in the Vedas:

 

 

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1. Secret of the Vedas- by Sri Aurobindo.

 

A classic. Sri Aurobindo, who had some mystical experiences, saw that

many of the things he saw and felt were described the Vedas. He then

showed that the Vedas were speaking about spiritual truths, not of

rituals. So Agni is the Divine spark in man, offerings to Agni are to

the inner Agni(sacrifice here is the sacrifice of Karma Yoga). This

Inner Agni becomes stronger in man, and invites other Godly forces

like Indra(Divine Mind), Vayu(Pran shakti), Aditi(the Divine Mother,

symbolising Universal Love).

 

2. Siddhajana - Vol 1-7 by Kapali Shatry- A disciple of both Aurobindo

and Raman Maharishi, Shri Shastry also looked at the Vedas. He showed

that the interpretations of Sayana and Wilson were based on faulty

grammar and misreading. For example, the word Vajra, meaning the

weapon of Indra(esoterically, the power of Mantra which burns down

negativity), was translated **42** different ways by both, as food,

weapon, gold, wealth etc. Similarly go is translated in **13**

different ways, from ray of light to cow.

 

Basically, Sayana and Wilson are picking and choosing the meaning of

the word, to force a ritualistic interpretation on the Vedas.

 

Shri Shastry found more shocking stuff- no where in the Vedas is there

any mention of a Brahmin doing the Yagya- it is always the Agni that

performs it. All the worshipper has to do is invoke Agni with a pure

heart and Bhakti, and Agni then takes over. Sayana obviously

translates Agni as Priest or Fire, as it suits him.

 

So one of the passages that Wilson calls "Non-sensical", is "Indra

calls the cows to crush the mountains". Sayana ignores it, as there is

no ritual in it.

 

But go, means both cow and Ray of Light. In Vedic symbology, Light

means knowledge, and darkness ignorance. So Indra, the Divine

Mind(mind made pure by meditation) uses knowledge to crush the

mountain of ignorance.

 

 

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