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Contents: Preface. First Discourse - Science of Agni-Soma: 1. Vedas: The Popular Belief 2. Vedic Books Are not the Veda 3. The Basic Essence 4. Self-explanatory Words 5. The Three Motions 6. The Solar Sphere 7. Gayatri-Vidya: A Meaningful Narrative 8. Eight Categories of Narratives 9. Apocryphal Narratives 10. Veda: The Scientific Meaning 11. Plants Have Life 12. End of the Material Sphere: Beginning of the Vital Sphere 13. The Basic Question: What Was There, When There Was Nothing? 14. Three Sectors of Samvatsara 15. In Our Conjugal Life Second Discourse - The Science of Five-Divisional Universe: 16. Universe and Its Divisions 17. Puranas: Elaboration of the Vedas 18. Basic Definitions of Puranas 19. Two Keywords: Rta and Satya 20. Change and Creation 21. Location of Centre 22. Universe and Reality 23. No Form: No Centre-Rta 24. Satya-Agni-Soma Pair 25. Three Branches of Science 26. Appearance, Existence and Creation 27. Bodily Yajna of Man: An Example 28. Physical Yajna: The Next Stage Third Discourse - Vedic Concept of Man – An Exposition: 29. Man and Other Beings 30. Man’s Supremacy over Other Beings 31. Man’s Violation of Natural Principles 32. Manu: The Absolute Central Truth 33. Manifestation of Manu in Man 34. Living and Lifeless Beings: The Differentiating Factor 35. Truth: Ostensible and Real 36. Non-violence: Illusion and Reality 37. Sphere of Sentient Beings 38. The Unmanifest Sector 39. Four Aspects of Man 40. Third Category of Love Attachment 41. Love of Inanimate Beings, Kama 42. Basic Quality of Womanhood 43. Two Classifications of Desire Fourth Discourse - Science of Asvattha – An Outline: 44. Vedic Terms for Inflow, Outflow and Rest 45. Relationship of Visnu and Indra 46. Terms in Indian Science 47. Contraction and Expansion 48. Interdependence of Motion and Rest 49. Interrelationship of Rest and Motion 50. Interrelationship of Word and Its Material Meaning 51. Process of the Formation of Earth 52. Time for Rest 53. Meaning of Vijnana 54. One Element, Three Forms 55. Creation and Dissolution 56. Perishable and Imperishable 57. Evil Influence of Sectarianism 58. Intellectual Defects and Emotionalism 59. Unit and Multiple 60. Relationship of Amrta and Mrtyu 61. Knowledge and Science 62. Foundation of the Universe 63. Constant Change: Constant Permanence Fifth Discourse - Integrated Relationship of Vedasastra and Puranasastra: 64. Rotation of Sun Around Paramesthi 65. Formation of Body, Mind and Intellect 66. Emergence of Varna 67. Emergence of Gotra 68. Real Aim: Expansion of Gotra 69. Sodasi Prajapati Conceived Creation 70. Vedasastra in Relation to Puranasastra through the Medium of Tattva-svarupa of Rasa 71. Mangalika Samsmarana. Appendix. Index.

This volume explains the mysteries of Creation from the Vedic standpoint by an eminent scholar Pandit Motilal Shastri, a devout disciple of the much acclaimed Vedic guru, Pandit Madhusudan Ojha. It consists of five scholarly discourses presented before an august audience of well-known scholars and acaryas of Vedasastra, at Rashtrapati Bhawan during 14-18 December 1956. These discourses – Science of Agni-soma; the Science of Five Divisional Universe; Vedic Concept of Man: An Exposition; Science of Asvattha: An Outline; and Integrated Relationship of Vedasastra and Puranasastra – illuminate new insights into the mysteries of Creation, offering new definitions to well-known Vedic terms. The volume in hand is an English translation of these five discourses by Rishi Kumar Mishra, a well-known author, writer and editor, and a disciple of Pandit Motilal Shastri. It enables the new generation of scholars and intellectuals to understand and grasp the mysteries of Creation. It is an inimitable storehouse of Vedic wisdom.