Companion to “Hymns to the Mystic Fire” (Vol.4) by Mukund Ainapure
Companion to Hymns to the Mystic Fire
Volume IV
Companion to Hymns to the Mystic Fire is meant as an aid to the systematic study of Hymns to the Mystic Fire (Volume 16 – The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo – CWSA -, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department, Pondicherry, 2013) for those interested in Sri Aurobindo’s mystical interpretation of the Veda.
It provides the original Sanskrit verses (Riks) from the Rig Veda in Devanagari (without accents), translated and cited by Sri Aurobindo in Hymns to the Mystic Fire. The compiler has provided the Padpātha (in Devanagari as well as Roman Transcription) under each verse in which all euphonic combinations (sandhi) are resolved into the original and separate words and even the components of compound words (samās) indicated; and matched each Sanskrit word in the Padpātha with the corresponding English word in the Translation using superscripts. Footnotes, Explanatory Notes, and Synopsis of every Hymn based on Sri Aurobindo’s writings are given wherever available. The Appendix lists all the ‘Epithets’ of Agni from the Volume.
In the Foreword to the first edition of Hymns to the Mystic Fire, (1946) Sri Aurobindo stated that “.…to establish on a scholastic basis the conclusions of the hypothesis (mystical interpretation) it would have been necessary to prepare an edition of the Rig-veda or of a large part of it with a word by word construing in Sanskrit and English, notes explanatory of important points in the text…..” This compilation series is a humble attempt in providing such ‘word by word construing in Sanskrit and English’ of selected verses of the Rig Veda with ‘explanatory notes’.
Sri Aurobindo has said that – Throughout the Veda it is in the hymns which celebrate this strong and brilliant deity [Agni] that we find those which are the most splendid in poetic colouring, profound in psychological suggestion and sublime in their mystic intoxication (The Secret of the Veda, Vol.15 p.390). Hope the following pages provide a glimpse of the splendid, the profound and the sublime in these mystic hymns to this brilliant deity.
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Author: Mukund Ainapure
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Contents
Mandala Seven
Vasishtha Maitravaruni
- Sukta 1
- Sukta 2
- Sukta 3
- Sukta 4
- Sukta 5
- Sukta 6
- Sukta 7
- Sukta 8
- Sukta 9
- Sukta 10
- Sukta 11
- Sukta 12
- Sukta 13
- Sukta 14
- Sukta 15
- Sukta 16
- Sukta 17
Mandala Eight
Vatsa Kanwa
- Sukta 11
Sobhari Kanwa
- Sukta 19
Vishwamanas Vaiyashwa
- Sukta 23
Shyavashwa Atreya
- Sukta 38
Nabhaka Kanwa
- Sukta 39
- Sukta 40
Virupa Angirasa
- Sukta 43
- Sukta 44
Bharga Pragatha
- Sukta 60
Suditi And Purumilha Angirasa
- Sukta 71
Haryata Pragatha
- Sukta 72
Gopavana Atreya
- Sukta 74
Virupa Angirasa
- Sukta 75
Ushanas Kavya
- Sukta 84
Prayoga Bhargava
- Sukta 102
Sobhari Kanwa
- Sukta 103
Mandala Ten
Trita Aptya
- Sukta 1
- Sukta 2
- Sukta 3
- Sukta 4
- Sukta 5
- Sukta 6
- Sukta 7
Trishiras Twashtra
- Sukta 8
Havirdhana Angi
- Sukta 11
- Sukta 12
Vimada Aindra or Prajapatya or Vasukrit Vasukra
- Sukta 20
- Sukta 21
Vatsapri Bhalandana
- Sukta 45
- Sukta 46
Devas and Agni Sauchika
- Sukta 51
Sumitra Vadhryashwa
- Sukta 69
- Sukta 70
Agni Sauchika or Vaishwanara or Sapti Vajambhara
- Sukta 79
- Sukta 80
Payu Bharadwaja
- Sukta 87
Aruna Vaitahavya
- Sukta 91
Jamadagni Bhargava or Rama Jamadagnya
- Sukta 110
Upastuta Varshtihavya
- Sukta 115
Chitramahas Vasishtha
- Sukta 122
Agni Pavaka
- Sukta 140
Mridika Vasishtha
- Sukta 150
Ketu Agneya
- Sukta 156
Vatsa Agneya
- Sukta 187
Samvanana Angirasa
- Sukta 191
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