The Vedas: The Samhitas of the Rig, Yajur, Sama, and Atharva [single volume, unabridged]

While the text is written much like what I call "Biblical Speak," ;-P it's very well translated and put together! The moment I opened the first page, the intense history started right in. Personally, I suspect a lot of ancient extraterrestrial activity is revealed in this. I have always felt a strong connection with Hinduism and I've studied much. I was always amazed to discover what would be considered modern day technology embedded in the Vedas. We're talking about nuclear bombs and UFOs here....yes, really! Until now, I was only able to get parts and pieces of the Vedas! Much appreciation to the authors of this book!Keep in mind you'll want to read slowly and carefully, possibly reading the lines over two or three times asking yourself what this could mean. When you first start reading, you might feel a little overwhelmed, but as you continue to read, it will get easier and will make more sense with a trusty source of Google and Wikipedia on your side. Example: the mention of "Soma" had to be looked up for me. You'll also find yourself googling Gods, locations and other terms. It's fun! Enjoy!

I don't find the font to small. I love the translation. I am not that far into the book, and have had to research the gods and goddesses, but I was able to understand the meaning. Then when I discovered something on Quora about these gods and goddesses and how they relate to electromagnetic energy, electiricity, protons, electrons, etc. my amazement was heightened 10 fold. Some Indians (science people) disagree with this correlation, but I find it fascinating and possible. And, as a student of Astrology I cant wait to get into that part. A big beautiful book for only $20!

This seller is excellent. No problems at all. I definitely recommend it.

It is what you expect, a collection of the Vedas, however, the print is extremely small. Might be difficult for some readers.

Yes, you will want the book, but you're going to want one of a few others also if you want to know what the Vedas are saying or you'll skip this altogether. No it's not because you need foot notes which this book does not have, as foot notes, which are available in other versions, will just compound the problem your being faced with in understanding what the book is really saying.This book is one of a few English Translations of an early 14th CE Translation by Sayana that either deliberately hid the meaning of the Vedas or honestly did not know what the Vedas were saying. It's generally recognized that the Vedas were first collected circa 1500 BC and first transcribed in an old lost version of Sanskrit circa 500 BC at about the time when the Upanishads and Purana's were claimed to be written. Already your dealing with 1000 year gulf from 1500 BC to 500BC and then jumping to early 14 CE puts the total gulf from original to almost 3000 years before you reach what is recognized as the oldest existing copy of the Vedas which don’t get translated into English until this work by Ralph Griffith is translated between 1889 and 1899.If you are a reader of the Upanishads and or the Purana's or either The Ramayana or Mahabharata you're not going to see a philosophical, spiritual or religious connection back to Veda's and certainly not a mythological connection as your working with mostly older gods in the Vedas than are presented in the Puranas whom exist to this day even though these books mentioned above all have little snippets referring you back what the secrets of the Rishi's/Sages of the Vedas had to say.Once the English had their copy of Vedas in the last year of the 19th Century, it was spread across world as the final word on the Vedas that tells a somewhat barbaric and broken story of tribal warfare over cows, horses, water rights, dams, floods and religious rituals which is pretty much what you'll get by reading this without help. To say it's not interesting would be a lie. It's very interesting and much can be gleaned from it. It's also what the rest of world, to include the vast number of Indians and academics believe to this day to be the story of India's ancient past.However in 1920, Sri Aurobindo printed his "The Secret of the Vedas" (also available on Amazon, 581pgs). In it he goes into minute detail untangling Sayana's translations in the Rig Veda, showing how they were flawed and shows how the entire the Rig Veda was written in an effort to keep its secrets veiled through the use of symbolism. Example the caves in the Veda where the cows were kept and have to be broken free from are the darkness with in your own mind, the Dasyu and Pani along with their evil leader Vrta are not some tribes the Aryans fought against to free the cows and allow the water to flow freely but are essentially demons of your mind that keep you from knowing the truth and connecting with the godhead. Angi is not some fire god, but the will power you can find in your own self that can help connect you to a series of powers/gods that will connect you to Indra from whence he'll take you on the rest of the spiritual journey that connects you to God and the heavens.Sayana's translation of the Vedas are filled with disconnects that seem strange and often don't make sense. They tell an interesting story, but the story is broken and hard to decipher even from reading it in English and the books don't start to make sense until you move past the Rig Veda where other matters more spiritual get discussed, but already Sayana's flawed or misdirected translation of the Rig Veda somewhat poisons the remaining three Vedas and Griffeth trying to add his own interpretations atop Sayana's further muddies the waters.I would suggest this book be a side by side with Sri Aurobindo's work. Sri Aurobindo's book is not going to give you all of the Rig Veda as Griffeth does, he picks important passages to explain what the Ancient Rishis were keeping hidden and his audience is primarily academics and Hindu-ologists that think they know what the Veda's are saying or know and wish to keep it a secret. Nor does he much go into the other three Vedas as Griffeth has here so yeah, you do want this book, but not as a definitive guide to the Vedas at least until you have the symbolism exposed that will show you the gods and demons with in us and those that are external to us. Over all Aurobindo does a fantastic job in demonstrating that the Ancient Vedas were a powerful, complex and complete system of worship and enlightenment that connects the mind, body and soul to the divine intelligence of a singular God that empowers lessor gods, the digits of God, all part of his creation. This all happening a 1000 years before the Puranic Period, whence the parts would be rearranged and relabeled for a new society."The Complete Rig Veda - 12 Volumes Sanskrit Text, English Translation And Explanation" by R.L.Kashyap, Hardcover, is perhaps an easier book to understand however it's 12 volumes for a total of 4691 pages (First Edition 2009, 2nd Reprint 2019). Each book is easy to read and written for the lay person, thus avoiding Aurobindo's deep phycological dive, steeped in Hindu terminology, written to sway the minds of academics.Lastly Sayana and Griffeth are for the tourists. Indeed there's something to be said for Hindu sages misdirecting those not ready for the truth. Meanwhile, like the Buddha, Sri Aurobindo plays no games and cuts straight for the truth. Thus far though the tourist version continues to reign supreme even among academia and in sadly in India, depriving India of their most ancient heritage.Summary.1500BC - The Vedas500BC -Upanishads, The Ramayana, The Mahabharata, and the 18 Puranas and sub Puranas.14 CE Sayana1899 Griffeth1920 Aburobindo2009 R.L. KashyapFortune dictates that I add this additional note. Sri Aurobindo puts much of the blame on Sayana for deciphering the Ancient Sanskrit wrong and shows you how. R.L. Kashyap keeps with that, but adds in that Sayana was a well-connected Brahman ritualist and had motive for keeping the Ancient Vedas a secret. As it just happened I literally just finished reading a chapter from Susan Wise Brauser's , "The History of the Renaissance World" entitled Monks & Brahmans, that covers the time period when Sayana wrote his commentaries on the Vedas. The King in South India at the time where the politically well-connected Sayana was writing, was in fierce conflict with the Brahmans where he ruled as he pushed for making Shiva worship open to all castes and sexes without interference from the Brahman class, to make it much more universal. While this was not a subject of Brauser's chapter it's easy to figure that Aurobindo caught the how of it, but R.L. Kashyap caught the why of it.

The hardcover looks nice and so are the pages. The book arrived in good quality contrary to what a person said in his review of this book. The fonts aren't too small and are definitely very readable. By the way if from looking at the pic as is you find the words unreadable I suggest zooming in because that's how clear that is to my naked eye at that distance

I’m yet to read this monster of a book, but I just wanted to comment on the sheer size of it! I was surprised to unveil a textbook when I opened the packaging! Here’s a picture of this book compared with an average sized book. Not complaining, just very surprised!

I was expecting a normal sized pocket book........but this is like a phone book. Very tiny print across a very large page. Have to use a sheet of paper under the line I'm reading so I don't loose my place when dropping down to the next line. Extremely detailed and a complete translation of the Vedas.