Table Of ContentWISDOM
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
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©1992 by David Frawley
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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
