Vedic Symbology

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

Most Indians know the Vedas are their main books, but would fail to

explain why. They say the Vedas are just ritualistic books, with the

spiritual part only in the Upanishads. This impression wasnt helped by

Western academicic and missionaries, who had a very poor few of

Hinduism, indeed blamed Hindusim for Indias poverty. According to the

Academics, the so called Aryan race was a backward tribal race, and

hence couldnt produce any good literature.

 

This mistake was first corrected by Sri Aurobind, in his book The

secret of the Veda(which should be read by everyone. In recent times

David Frawley has also done research on this topic- his work is easier

to understand). Aurobindo saw subtle and hidden symbols in the Vedas.

The Vedic Rishis didnt like clear cut logical meanings og anything-

rather they chose to hide their message in deep poetry which could be

interpreted at many levels. " The Gods dislike the obvious, and love

that which is hidden " says the Veda.

 

As an example of this, take the word " Gau " or cow. Hindus worship cow,

is an obvious dumbing down of the Vedic message. Gau just doesnt mean

cow- it means cow like, made from cow etc. Since the cow gives

nourishment, and was the wealth of the Rishis, it also means anything

that gives nourishment and wealth. From this it also means rays of

light, since the rays are the wealth & nourishment of the sun. But

Light is conciousness, knowledge, wisdom. So the cow also means Pure

consciosness and wisdom.

 

The cow is also the receptive mind, & the Vedic Rishi is the herdsmans

(like Jesus said he was the good Shephard). The milk of this cow,

hence is the Mantra that are " heard " by a pure mind. The root " Ga "

also means to sing. So Gau is the soul that sings praise of the Divine.

 

All words can be explained this way. Hence to translate Gau as cow is,

in Frawleys words , violence to the deep meanings/subtlety of the words.

 

....to be continued