Journey Through The Vedic Thought : An Exploration Of Purua Skta

Vdic lore is one of the magnificent wisdom branches amongst the ancient ones. The thought process of a Vdic seer is often nonlinear and hence creates hurdles for the present day truth seeking explorers. The goal of this book is to help such an explorer with the process of attuning to the way of the Vda. To this end, we will be taking the most famous hymn of Purua Skta of the Rig Vdic text and try to understand the perspective of the Vdic principles by decoding the depths of this hymn. Only after understanding the basic bricks of the Vda, can one enter into its specific contents. So, a solid introduction is given at the start, which helps the reader to attune their contemplative attitude to that of the Vdic seers. The introductory part covers the topics such as What is Vda? What is the difference between a Vda and a Vdic text? How many Vds are there and why? What do we mean by Chandas? How did Vdic hymns come into existence at all? What does it mean by the Vda is eternal? etc. After such a serious ride into the deep canals of the Vdic foundations, we enter into the topic of the hymn itself. It consists of 16 stanzas in total. A word to word meaning, an import and a thorough explanation is given for each of the hymns. Where necessary, some diagrams were also given to convey the key points of the stanzas to the reader.