अपश्यं गोपाम् अनिपद्यमानम् आ च परा च पथिभिः चरन्तम् ।
स सध्रीच विषूचीः वसानः आ वरीवर्ति भुवनेषु अन्तः ॥
I saw the Protector, who never rests, who moves
forward and backward over the earth,
He, wearing splendour that gathers together and spreads out,
travels constantly within the worlds. (R. I. 164-31; X. 177-3, YV 37.17, AV 9.10.11)
वेनस् तत् पश्यन् निहितं गुहा सद् यत्र विश्वं भवत्य् एकनीडम् ।
तस्मिन्न् इदम्ँ सं च वि चैति सर्वम्ँ स ऽ ओतः प्रोतश् च विभूः प्रजासु ॥
The loving sage beholds That Being, hidden in mystery,
wherein the universe comes to have one home:
Therein unites and therefrom emanates the whole:
The Omnipresent One is warp and woof in created beings. (Y. V. 32.8 )
अग्निः ज्योतिः ज्योतिः अग्निः इन्द्रो ज्योतिः ज्योतिः इन्द्रः ।
सूर्यो ज्योतिः ज्योतिः सूर्यः ॥
Agni is light, the light is Agni
Indra is light, the light is Indra;
Surya is light , the light is Surya. (SV V. 1831, also YV.)
सविता पश्चात् सविता पुरस्तात् सविता उत्तरात्तात् सविता अधरात्तात् ।
सविता नः सुवतु सर्वतातिं सविता नो रासतां दीर्घमायुः ॥ (RV 10.36.14)
Savita that is established in the east, west etc.
Savitar from north and southward,
Savitar! send us perfect health and comfort,
Savitar let our days of life be lengthened
ध्रुवं ज्योतिः निहितं दृशये कं मनः जविष्ठं पतयत्सु अन्तः ।
विश्वे देवाः समनसः सकेता एकं क्रतुम् अभि वि यन्ति साधु ॥
A steady Light, swifter than thought, is stationed
among moving things to show the way;
All the Devas, being of one mind and having one purpose
move unimpeded towards the One Intelligence. (R. VI. 9-5)
य एतं देवम् एकवृतं वेद, न द्वितीयो न तृतीयः चतुर्थो नाप्युच्यते ॥१६॥
…सर्वे अस्मिन् देवा एकवृतो भवन्ति ॥२१॥ (AV XIII.4.15-21)
He who knows God as one, not as two (etc.)
He oversees all, that breathes and that does not breathe
To him goes the conquering power, He is the one , the one alone
To him all deities become one Alone.
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The Vedas are the fountainhead of Hinduism and its ultimate sacred scriptures. These sacred books are the most ancient preserved literature of the world. It is difficult to say when exactly these works were composed. According to educated guess, these are more than seven to 8,000 years old.
The contents of these books are the records of the spiritual realisation of the sages of that period. Some of the mantras of the Vedas, including the Gaytri mantra are quite popular and are recited regularly by millions.
Everything of Hinduism, the grand old religion of the world, flows out of these sacred books, organised in four -- Rik, Sama, Yajur and Atharva. Composed and preserved in an oral tradition since ancient times, these contain in full the four aspects of religion - philosophy, mythology, rituals, and ethics. Most importantly, these contain the Upanishads, popularly known as Vedanta, which is the greatest philosophical system in the world.
The Vedas contain more than 20, 000 verses of varied lengths. The language used is very old and the mantras have profound meaning. This series of talks tries to give a simple overview of these sacred books.
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