Passage 6

In English

There is an alternative name of Aditya to one who is well versed in the Vedas. The Rithwicks who have the strength of the Brahmanas have been making an attempt to understand this aspect of the Aditya. When we say that the Rithwicks have the strength of the Brahmanas, the word Brahmanas means the manthras of the Veda; and the Rithwicks, with the help of the manthras, have understood the aspect of Aditya. The statement Bharatha Adithya tasyabha Aditya explains how the word Bharatha is associated with the word Aditya. This Aditya has undertaken to give us the meaning of the word of the Veda. The essence of the words of the Veda has been given to us in the aspect of Bharatha by Aditya. The same Vedavani has been described by the name Vasu in the early years of its existence and later on when it grew a little older it got the name Rudra and when it became older, the same Vedavani was called Aditya. This Vedavani, in its later aspect of Aditya, has been giving out the rays of divine effulgence to the world. Just as the rays of the sun emerge from the sun spontaneously so also the rays of the Vedavani emerge spontaneously in the form of divine effulgence.