Étiquette : Rig Veda translation
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VIŚVAKARMAN — THE ARCHITECT OF THE COSMOS (HYMNS 10.81-82)
Viśvakarman is the creative intelligence that gives form to the cosmos. Hymns 10.81-82: the first germ, the tree from which Heaven and Earth are fashioned, the Father of the eye.
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THE HYMN OF HUMANITY — THE PURUṢASŪKTA (10.90)
The Puruṣasūkta is not the foundation of the unequal caste system. It is the description of a functional and complementary society. A close reading of hymn 10.90.
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VĀC — SPEECH AS CREATIVE FORCE
Vāc is the only goddess in the Rig Veda who speaks in the first person about her own power. The four forms of speech, from Parā to Vaikharī. A close reading of hymns 10.125 and 1.164
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WHO WERE THE RISHIS — POETS, SHAMANS OR SAGES?
The rishi of the Rig Veda was seer, sage and poet simultaneously. Hymn 10.136 of the Keśins: out-of-body experience, shamanic journey and direct vision of the real.
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INDRA — STRENGTH AND SPIRITUAL ENERGY DEIFIED
Indra is not a warrior god — he is deified spiritual energy, the Vedic kundalini. A close reading of hymn 2.12 « this powerful one is Indra » in Hervé Le Bévillon’s translation.
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AGNI — THE SACRED FIRE AND ENLIGHTENMENT
The Rig Veda opens with Agni — sacred fire, messenger of the gods and Enlightenment. A close reading of hymns 1.1 and 2.1: Agni is all gods in a single fire.
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MEDITATION IN THE VEDIC TRADITION
Meditation is at the heart of the Rig Veda: the Keśins of hymn 10.136, the silence of the intellect, the path to the Brahman. A decipherment of original Vedic
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THE SACRIFICE AND THE CULTURE OF GIVING
In the Rig Veda, the chief is the one who gives the most. Hymns 10.107 and 10.117 define an economy of giving and redistribution 4,000 years old.
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THE GANDHARVAS AND ALGORITHMIC MUSIC
The Gandharvas « measure the Intermediate World » — cosmic musicians who anticipate the principle of contemporary algorithmic music. A Vedic decipherment.
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THE RISHI FAMILIES AND THE TRANSMISSION OF THE HYMNS
Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, Bharadvāja, Atri, Kaṇva: the rishi families transmitted the Rig Veda for 4,000 years. A portrait of these lineages and their hymns.
