The Advaitist

Sense of art of the Rig Vedic people is seen in the following hymns: 1.62.13 सनायते गोतम इन्द्र नव्यमतक्षद्ब्रह्म हरियोजनाय । सुनीथाय नः शवसान नोधाः प्रातर्मक्षू धियावसुर्जगम्यात् ॥१३॥ 1.109.1 वि ह्यख्यं मनसा वस्य इच्छन्निन्द्राग्नी ज्ञास उत वा सजातान् । नान्या युवत्प्रमतिरस्ति मह्यं स वां धियं वाजयन्तीमतक्षम् ॥१॥   1.171.2 एष व स्तोमो मरुतो नमस्वान्हृदा तष्टो मनसा धायि देवाः । उपेमा यात मनसा जुषाणा यूयं हि ष्ठा नमस इद्वृधासः ॥२॥ 2.19.8 एवा ते गृत्समदाः शूर मन्मावस्यवो न वयुनानि तक्षुः । ब्रह्मण्यन्त इन्द्र ते नवीय इषमूर्जं सुक्षितिं सुम्नमश्युः ॥८॥ 7.7.6 एते द्युम्नेभिर्विश्वमातिरन्त मन्त्रं ये वारं नर्या अतक्षन् । प्र ये विशस्तिरन्त श्रोषमाणा आ ये मे अस्य दीधयन्नृतस्य ॥६॥  7.64.4 यो वां गर्तं मनसा तक्षदेतमूर्ध्वां धीतिं कृणवद्धारयच्च । उक्षेथां मित्रावरुणा घृतेन ता राजाना सुक्षितीस्तर्पयेथाम् ॥४॥ [WIP]

Mandala 1 / Suktam 1/ Shloka 1 अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम् । होतारं रत्नधातमम् ॥१॥ agnimIle purohitaM yaj~nasya devamR^itvijam | hotAraM ratnadhAtamam ||1|| agním īḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devám r̥tvíjam hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamam Meaning agnim Ile - Agni, I adore The ḷ in later days changed to D, thus ई ळे --> ईडे from root इड् पुरोहितं / purohitaM is derived from the two roots पुर् (pur) and हि (hi) पुर् = door, gate, entrance, front हि = throw down, place, stand पुरोहितं = one who stands at the front/ one who guards the entrance यज्ञस्य = of yajna from यज्ञ from the root यज् from य from य् य् -> strength/ tenderness applied to action/ motion य -> firm and steady expression and application यज् -> swiftness, decisiveness, brilliance, mastery यज्ञ -> One who has mastery/ Master or God in a certain sense Again यज् - Also means to worship, adore, honor, consecrate, hallow, offer यज्ञ - Might therefore also mean  one who is worthy of ad

Secular or non-religious hymns in the Rig Veda: 1. Wedding Hymns - 10.85 2. Funeral Hymns - 10.14 to 18 3. Gambler's Lament - 10.34 4. Didactic Hymn - 10.117 5. Riddles - 1.164, 7.29 6. Frog Hymns - 8.103 7. Dialogue Hymns - 10.10 / 10.95 8. Prophesy - 2.42, 2.43 9. Protection against poisonous creature - 1.191 10. Relief against trouble created by co-wife - 10.145

Root: RRi becomes Stem: ra RRi -> ra + tha = goer, car, vehicle a. Made of native timber khadira, siMShapA - 3.53.19 shalmali - 10.85.20 kiMShuka b. Drawn mostly by oxen, sometimes by horses, antelopes and birds (ashvins)

The Rig Vedic "ratha" translated often as "vehicle" or "chariot" is not the same as the European horse-drawn chariot. It is variously described as: pRRithu - "broad" (1.123.1) bRRihat - "tall, big" (6.61.13) variShTha...vandhura - "widest...box/seating space" (6.47.9) trivandhura - "three seated" (1.41.2; 7.71.4; etc) aShTavandhura - "eight seated" (10.53.7) The only real-life, not mythological, ratha in a race is mentioned in 10.102 and this is pulled by oxen. The Rig Veda does not make a single mention of a real-life battle with horse-drawn rathas. Source: Nicholas Kazanas