Sri Aurobindo Studies

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/10/12/immortality-in-this-body-is-not-the-transformation-sought-by-the-integral-yoga/

Sri Aurobindo describes Agni as "the most important, the most universal of the Vedic gods."  (The Secret of the Veda, pg. 265).  Agni is the divine will, the mystic fire, the flame of aspiration, and the "knower of all things born".   Sri Aurobindo focuses considerable attention on Agni in both The Secret of the Veda and in his translation of the hymns to Agni in the volume titled Hymns to the Mystic Fire.   The translation of this hymn appears in Hymns to the Mystic Fire, pages 40-42. The Rig Veda sets forth in symbolic language the spiritual aspirations and teachings of the Vedic sages.  The outer sense and symbolism often breaks down as the true, inner, psychological meaning breaks forth to reveal the profound meaning of the Veda.  The Secret of the Veda provides an expansive review of the psychological method of interpretation that Sri Aurobindo employed, along with numerous illustrations of the method.  Hymns to the Mystic Fire provides translation of the large number of hymns of the Rig Veda devoted to Agni. The recordings were made at Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1973.  Sanskrit recited by Sri Vinayak.  English translation and any excerpts from Sri Aurobindo's commentary recited by Santosh Krinsky

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/10/10/the-supramental-force-and-the-quest-for-the-conquest-of-disease-decay-and-death/

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In The Secret of the Veda, Sri Aurobindo showed that there is a deep, esoteric sense to the Vedic hymns that is the real sense of the hymns.  As part of his review, Sri Aurobindo translated and commented on a number of Hymns to Indra.  While there is a chapter devoted to Indra and the Ashwins (Chapter 8, pp. 75-85),  and 3 of the Selected Hymns deal wholly or in part with Indra, there is an entire section devoted to Hymns to Indra.  Sri Aurobindo also directly translates this hymn again later in the text, Hymn to Ashwins, Indra, Vishwadevas and Saraswati.   (The Secret of the Veda, US edition, pp. 517-519) The English translation was provided by Sri Aurobindo, and extracted from Chapter 8 of the Secret of the Veda. For an alternate translation by Sri Aurobindo refer to the latter reference pages.  The recordings were made at Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1973.  Sanskrit recited by Sri Vinayak.  English translation and excerpts from Sri Aurobindo's commentary recited by Santosh Krinsky

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/10/07/conditions-for-preparation-for-the-supramental-change-part-1/

In The Secret of the Veda, Sri Aurobindo showed that there is a deep, esoteric sense to the Vedic hymns that is the real sense of the hymns.  As part of his review, Sri Aurobindo translated and commented on a number of Hymns to Indra.  While there is a chapter devoted to Indra and the Ashwins,  and 3 of the Selected Hymns deal wholly or in part with Indra, there is an entire section devoted to Hymns to Indra.  The final one in this section is Mandala X, Sukta 54, Hymn to Indra.   (The Secret of the Veda, US edition, pp. 515-516) The English translation was provided by Sri Aurobindo.  The recordings were made at Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1973.  Sanskrit recited by Sri Vinayak.  English translation and excerpts from Sri Aurobindo's commentary recited by Santosh Krinsky