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|| 01 : Vagdhevatha Rg Veda : Preceptor: Vamadevah, Deity: Agnih: ||

Dr Prabhakar P Rao
Chathwaari Shringaa Thrayoo Asya Paadaa Dhwee Shiirshee Saptha Hasthaasoo
Asya | Thridhaa Badhdhoo Vrishabhoo Rooraviithi Mahoo Devoo Marthyaan
Aaviveesha || Vama Deva : Rig Veda : 4:58:3 ||
Meaning: Riding on a Four Horned and Three Footed Bull with Two Heads and
Seven Hands And Reined Thrice, that is Braying Aloud, the Almighty One Marches
on and on Leading Us all along with Him.
Interpretation: "Mahoo Devoo" The Concepts emanating from depths of human
Mind, "Vrishabhoo Rooraviithi" take the form of (ride on a bull) Speech and
"Marthyaan Aaviveesha", propagate (as compression and rarefaction waves) in
Atmospheric Air. This speech is composed of sentences with four stages of
development (chathwaari shringaa as explained above) that are expressed in
three tenses (past, present and future). These sentences are composed of words
that have two distinct forms of existence (vocal form, the word and perceptional
form, the meaning). These words are recognized mainly as nouns that take on
seven cases (depending on modes of their participation in objective world acts)
and verbs that take on three forms (depending on person they are attached to,
viz., first, second or third).

In his well known text, Vaakyapadhiiyam, Bharthr Hari termed these four stages
functionally as: Parawak, the concepts composed of condensed bits of thoughts,
memes, deep in the human mind, Pashynthii, the serialized verbal format in the
brain along with apt stresses and emotions, Madhyamawak, the propagational
form (compression - rarefaction waves) in air, physically joining a speaker and his
listener(s) and Vaikhari Nada, the perceptional (by the listener) forms.


It is commendable that with only forty two letters, the main structural features of
all languages as also their propagation method have been metaphorically
epitomized it appears, the precetptors banked more on vocal media to carry the
messages across Time.
The delineation of sentential evolution into four stages as described above
appears to be more generic: eg, modern Management Sciences consider the life
history of any project over four stages, viz, Conceptualization to start with, Design
and Validation, Organization and Implementation by all within and finally,
Marketing, the effects on and reactions by the General Populace and all without,
only amongst whom the project can sustain and flourish. The parallelism between
the two delineation criteria is evident.
Moreover, it is believed that all Vedic knowledge, Veda formed a single group in
the beginning and Sage Veda Vyaasa, author of Maha Bharath, divided it into four
divisions, viz, Rg, Yajur, Saama and Atharva Vedas based on the above criteria.
The Vedas, all together, are supposed to discuss the raison-d-etre, the
"purpose-to-be" for all human life in general. Incidentally, vyaasa, literally means,
diameter of a circle that divides it into two, a divisor or a devisor.

Ref 1: Rig-Veda Samhitha: Ed: H P Venkat Rao, Pub. Shri Jaya Chamarajendra Veda
Rathna Mala, Mysore, 1953.


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