That collection of lyrical Mantras came to be known as Sama Veda Samhita and was regarded as the fourth Veda.ġ.2. The group of priests who sang (Samaga or Chandoga) the Mantras, initially, compiled a text for their use by putting together selected Mantras from Rig-Veda (the oldest known text) that could be sung during the performance of a Yajna or a Soma Yaga. During the Yajna-s, it was customary to invoke and invite devas (gods) by singing hymns dear to them or dedicated to them and to recite the mantras while submitting to them offerings ( havish) through Agni, the carrier ( havya-vahana). The Yajna-s, were at the very heart of the Vedic way of living. Sama Veda is linked to music through Yajna. The earliest form of organized Music that we know about is the Music of Sama Veda or the Saman. In the light of this, all previous works stand outdated.1.1. They bring out the psychological and spiritual import of the Veda. These volumes have been published by Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture, Bangalore. Following these efforts, Dr.R.L Kashyap has provided an English translation of the entire Vedas, with Sanskrit text Each mantra is divided into three or four padas naturally and the meaning given, with critical notes and cross references, all in accordance with the method shown by Sri Aurobindo. Sri T.V.Kapali Sastry made a study and brought out his translations and commentary of a few more Vedic mantras. In these, he has repudiated the philological and other modern absurdities concerning the Veda and given a consistent explanation of the true teaching of the Veda which is to make man realise his divine and immortal nature. He brought out the true significance and meaning of the Veda in two books: The Secret of The Veda, and Hymns To The Mystic Fire. In modern times, this higher sense was recovered by Sri Aurobindo who saw the Veda as much more than a mere ritualistic manual. He ignored the earlier, ancient traditions of Yaska and others that the Vedas had a deeper, higher, hidden meaning meant for the initiates. In his attempts to fix meanings to fit the ritualistic frame, he wrote many absurd things. He was himself not a Vedic scholar and he proceeded in his commentary on the basis that the Vedas were entirely about ritualistic yajnas. Basic to both is the interpretation and commentary of Sayanacharya, who lived just bout 600 years ago. Neither the Westerners nor the orthodox people have understood the meaning of Veda properly. India has lost the tradition of True Vedic learning long ago.

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