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WISDOM OF THE ANCIENT SEERS Mantras R ig Veda of the Other Passage Press Books by David Frawley BEYOND THE MIND AYURVEDIC HEALING A Comprehensive Guide THE ASTROLOGY OF THE SEERS À Guide to Hindu (Vedic) Astrology FROM THE RIVER OF HEAVEN Hindu and Vedic Knoweldge for the Modem Age GODS, SAGES AND KINGS Vedic Secrets of Ancient Civilization TANTRIC YOGA AND THE WISDOM GODDESSES Spiritual Secrets of Ayurveda THE UPANISHADIC VISION (Forthcoming) WISDOM OF THE ANCIENT SEERS Mantras Rig Veda of the by David Frawley Passage Press Salt Lake Gty Utah Passage Press is a division of Motson Publishing Morson Publishing P.O.Box 21713 Salt Lake City, Utah 84121-0713 ©1992 by David Frawley All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Published 1992 Printed in the United States of America AH translations from the Sanskrit by David Frawley. Cover design by Ted Nagata Graphic Design Printed on acid-free paper ISBN 1-878423-16-9 T o the modem Vedic teachers that have helped me in my research, without whom the ideas in this book would not have taken shape. M. R Pandit Kapali Shastri Sri Aurobindo Swami Rama Tirtha Swami Sri Yukteswar Lokamanya B, G, Tilak Vasishta Ganapati Muni Swami Dayananda Sarasvati OM! Reverence to both the ancient and the modem seers! CONTENTS Fm urar C by Subhash lak 11 Preface 17 1. Introduction 21 The Rig Vedm, The of Mantra 23 Book The Veda Reexamined The Rig Veda The Golden Age The Solar-Dawn Religion of Enlightenment The Aryan Seers The Gods Gods and Goddesses Mantric Language Method of Translation 2, Chants to Heaven and Earth and Chants to the Dawn 53 Heaven & Earth as the Divine Father & Mother 1159 Yielding Clarity & Honey-Bliss 1.160 Resplendent with Clarity VL70 Hymns to the Dawn, Ushas Goddess Human in Mortals VII. 7 5 The Birth of the Eye of the Gods VIL76 The Guiding Goddess of the Days VIL77 The Beneficent Daughter of Heaven VIL78 The Path-Goddess of Men VÜ.79 A New Eon of Life VU. 80 As Sons to the Mother VII.81 n. The Fourfold Godhead 65 3. Agni, Consciousness-Force, the Sacred Fire 71 The Flame of the Sacred An Ocean of Oneness X.5 This Immortal Light in Mortals VI.9 The Foremost Station of the Bird EH.5 The Knower of All Births m i The Cosmic Victory of our Ancient Fathers IVI, IV.2 The White Horse is Bom in the Forefront of the Days VI 8 — Wisdom of the Ancient Seers — The Magical Invoker VI. 1 I Am the Fire QL26 Question the Fire 1.145 May We Have the Power to Control the Stallion II.5 The Power of Sacrifice in the Supreme Ether V15 The Universal Ruler VII.6 4. Indra, Pure Being, the Spiritual Man 111 Cosmic Warriors in the Battle for Light The Divine Warrior IEL34 The Dragon-Slayer IV19 In the Ecstasy of Soma H.15 I Have Been Bom as the Sun Vili.6 How to Sing the Mystic Song 1.62 Who Slays His Own Parents V.34 The Wielder of the Vajra IIL46 According to His Own Will He Created Himself IH.48 Indra Speaks as the Hawk IV26 Generating at Once the Sun, Heaven & the Dawn VI. 30 Conscious with the Energy of Life in Every World-Age VI. 36 You Have Conquered All Births VIII. 88 You Have Transcended All Existence VTO.89 5. Surya, Intelligence, the Solar Self 151 The Sun of Creation The Solar Self 1.115 Savitar, the Sun of Transformation 1.35 The Ancient Solar Yoga V.81 Mitra & Varuna: The Divine Friend & Lord VII.65 Through All the Manifold Births of Men VTL62 Flying Like a Hawk VH.63 The Sunlight Rain of Bliss V.63 Sons of the Infinite Mother V.69 Varuna, the Unborn Who Upholds Heaven VIII.41 Sailing on the Cosmic Ocean VII.88 Mitra, the Divine Friend m.59 Vishnu, the Pervader V1Ï.99 The Fostering Sun, Pushan VT.58 The Sun-Bird X.177 May We Be Infinite VII. 52 6. Soma, the Immortal Nectar, the Bliss of Pure Perception 187 Vedic Alchemy: How to Extract the Soma Driving Away False Thinking TX.70 The Pillar of Heaven IX.89 The Being of Splendor IX.94 — Contents — 9 The Priest of the Gods IX, 96 The Single Eye IX.9 The Cosmic Atom IX, 10 The Poet-Seer IX .20 The Lord of the Mind IX.28 Yielding the Milk Sc Clarity of the Imperishable IX.31 Four Infinite Oceans of Splendor IX.33 The Spirit Effused for the Absorption IX.37 The Essence of the Perceptive Faculties IX.47 Soma as the Sun IX.54 Into the Belly of the Tfee IX.95 Secret Nature of the Father Sc Mother IX.75 The Seven-Mouthed Chants IX.I1Î HI. The Goddess 223 7. The Goddess, the Power of the Divine Word 225 The Muse The Goddess Intelligence X,ll The Forms of the Goddess 111.57 The Goddess of the Waters VTL47; VÜ.49 Sarasvati, the Goddess of the Flowing Stream of Inspiration VT.61 Sita, the Goddess of the Piowed-Up Earth IV 57 Rodasi, Goddess of Transformed Heaven & Earth 1.167 Like Women in Childbirth Y61 IV. Appendices 253 Glossary of Terms 255 Xey to Thmslation of Vedic Terms 260 Bibliography 270 Index 272