Étiquette : Rig Veda translation
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SOMA AND CONTEMPORARY PSYCHEDELIC MEDICINE
The soma of the Rig Veda and the psilocybin of Johns Hopkins describe the same states. Grof, Griffiths, Carhart-Harris: four thousand years of knowledge rediscovered.
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THE HYMNS OF MANDALA IX — A POETRY OF ECSTASY
The ninth mandala of the Rig Veda — 114 hymns entirely devoted to Soma — is the greatest poetry of ecstasy ever written. A close reading of hymns 9.1, 9.63, 9.85 and 9.113.
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SAT AND ASAT — BEING AND NON-BEING IN THE RIG VEDA
Sat and Asat — the existent and the non-existent — traverse the entire Rig Veda. A close reading of hymns 10.72, 10.129 and 10.5 in Hervé Le Bévillon’s
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THE BIRTH OF THE COSMOS IN THE NĀSADĪYA SŪKTA
The Nāsadīya Sūkta ends with a doubt: « And, if he did not know? » — the deepest hymn in the Rig Veda on the creation of the cosmos. A complete close reading.
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PṚTHIVĪ — THE MATERNAL EARTH AND THE STATE OF EVERYDAY CONSCIOUSNESS
Pṛthivī is the mother Earth of the Rig Veda — she who bears the mountains, covers the dead as a mother and represents the ordinary state of consciousness. A close reading of hymns 5.84, 1.160 and 10.18.
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SAVITṚ — THE FORCE OF IMPULSE AND THE GĀYATRĪ
Savitṛ is the incitator — the Sun who stimulates thought. The Gāyatrī mantra has been addressed to him for 4,000 years. A close reading of hymns 1.35, 4.53 and 5.81-82.
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THE MARUTS — THE STORM AND COLLECTIVE ENERGY DEIFIED
The Maruts are a troop, never a single god — sons of Rudra, companions of Indra, they shake mountains and milk rain from the Sky. A close reading of hymns 1.37, 1.64 and 5.54-58.
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SARASVATĪ — THE RIVER, THE SACRED WORD AND KNOWLEDGE
Sarasvatī is the only deified river of the Rig Veda — « best of mothers, best of rivers, best of goddesses. » A close reading of the lost river and the divine word.
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UṢAS — THE DAWN AND DAILY RENEWAL
Uṣas is the most celebrated Vedic goddess — the dawn that awakens all living beings and illuminates consciousness. A close reading of hymns 1.92, 1.113 and 7.75-80.
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MITRA — FRIENDSHIP DEIFIED
Mitra is friendship deified in the Rig Veda — the force that unites peoples, reconciles men, maintains alliances. A close reading of hymns 3.59 and 5.65-72.
