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Synopsis ...not because they are the most ancient, not because they are held to be most sacred by Indians and not because they speak about all familiar things of the world and its inhabitants, Vedas are important because in spite of an incessant search and explorations, much more is still necessary to be known about them. It is mainly because Vedas, though talked and spoken about quite frequently in India and else where, are either not read or not understood in the right earnest. The voluminous contents and many missing contexts also render it difficult for a common reader to have a basic and appropriate idea about these texts. It is a ‘modest’ attempt of Shri P.D. Mishra made in this direction. The author has embarked on this mission ‘so that the natural poetry, the original quest of mankind and a common cause of eternal human values propounded in the Vedas’ is followed and appreciated. Famous Purush Sukta shakes us to ponder ‘one cannot imagine how much thought went before projection of human beings.’ Shiva Samkalpa Sukta wishes that the positive strength of human mind—‘intelligent, conscious and patient dwelling within in an everlasting bright form make us full of determination for the general well being.’ And there is in it the Prithvi Sukta talking about one common house, the earth where there may be a number of languages, faiths and geographical boundaries but it is one such innocent ‘cow’ who provides milk for every one through thousands of streams.