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1 Disclaimer:-
This thread is by a layman for similar laymen, who want to have some knowledge of what is in the Vedas. I am myself surprised at my audacity of having ventured to write on the Vedas with a very limited knowledge. Yes, I have studied, rather read, only two books on the topic and that too, only three times (and I feel that one should read it at least 10 times to get some sort of understanding.) – a translation of Sayana’s commentary by Wilson and a translation of the text by Griffith, (which is freely available on the internet), presumably based on MaxMuller’s monumental work. Of course I have the text by my side. On certain occasions I found Sayana’s (Wilson’s) interpretation better and on others, Griffith appealed to me better. There were occasions when both seemed wrong and I had to make out my own interpretation. Am I competent enough to do it, given my poor knowledge of Vedic language and literature? I was guided by simple common sense. I hope you will agree with me when I present, later, all the three interpretations together.
Vedic scholars, there are quite a few of them in this forum, may find fault with my version of the import of the Vedas. I welcome them. Please advise me when I am wrong. I am open to correction. After all, this is not a teaching effort, but a learning experience. Let it be an opportunity to learn from you, scholars. When you agree with me, a word of appreciation, or at least a click on the ‘like’ button will boost me up.
I thank Dr.Renuka, Sri MSK Moorthy and Sri Brahmanyan for their interest in this thread. Dr. Madam need not be alarmed. This megaaaa serial will be stopped the moment I sense that there is no feedback for a full month. So, keep interacting as long as you want it to go.
(Subject proper will start tomorrow.)
This thread is by a layman for similar laymen, who want to have some knowledge of what is in the Vedas. I am myself surprised at my audacity of having ventured to write on the Vedas with a very limited knowledge. Yes, I have studied, rather read, only two books on the topic and that too, only three times (and I feel that one should read it at least 10 times to get some sort of understanding.) – a translation of Sayana’s commentary by Wilson and a translation of the text by Griffith, (which is freely available on the internet), presumably based on MaxMuller’s monumental work. Of course I have the text by my side. On certain occasions I found Sayana’s (Wilson’s) interpretation better and on others, Griffith appealed to me better. There were occasions when both seemed wrong and I had to make out my own interpretation. Am I competent enough to do it, given my poor knowledge of Vedic language and literature? I was guided by simple common sense. I hope you will agree with me when I present, later, all the three interpretations together.
Vedic scholars, there are quite a few of them in this forum, may find fault with my version of the import of the Vedas. I welcome them. Please advise me when I am wrong. I am open to correction. After all, this is not a teaching effort, but a learning experience. Let it be an opportunity to learn from you, scholars. When you agree with me, a word of appreciation, or at least a click on the ‘like’ button will boost me up.
I thank Dr.Renuka, Sri MSK Moorthy and Sri Brahmanyan for their interest in this thread. Dr. Madam need not be alarmed. This megaaaa serial will be stopped the moment I sense that there is no feedback for a full month. So, keep interacting as long as you want it to go.
(Subject proper will start tomorrow.)