Sri Aurobindo breaks new ground in interpreting the ancient Vedas. His deeperinsight into this came from his own spiritual practices for which he found vivid allegorical descriptions in the Vedas. The hidden meaning of the rig Veda isrevealed with numerous translations and commentary. Many have been perplexed bythe reverence accorded to the Vedas when they read past commentaries ortranslations. Sri Aurobindo was able to uncover the mystery of the doublemeanings, the inner psychological and yogic significance and practices and theconsistent, clear sense brought by this psychological view of the Vedic hymns.Finally, the true inner meaning of the Veda and its relevance to the seekingafter self-realization and enlightenment is revealed.