[INDOLOGY] Vedic verse in Ortega y Gasset

Dipak Bhattacharya dipak.d2004 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 26 08:41:59 UTC 2015


I am sorry for a typo in my translation which should be 'We should meditate
upon etc'
DB

On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 11:37 PM, Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 25.1.15
>
> It is the Sāvitrī prayer, also called Gāyatrī, that should be recited in
> the three daily prayers of morning, midday and evening. Formerly its
> recitation was the prerogative of the three 'upper' castes. The barrier was
> broken by the Ārya Samajis and liberal Hindu leaders.
>
> Best
>
> DB
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Elizabeth De Michelis <
> e.demichelis at ymail.com> wrote:
>
>> Buongiorno Paolo,
>>
>> I thought exactly the same as Dipak, but was waiting for the opinion of
>> people more learned than myself to see what they said.
>> A very 'chinese whispers' and literary translation + anthropological
>> connection with morning prayer?
>>
>> best regards to all,
>>
>> Elizabeth De Michelis
>> Independent scholar,
>> Italy
>>
>>
>>   On Friday, 23 January 2015, 4:25, Dipak Bhattacharya <
>> dipak.d2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  23 1 15
>> A distant reflection of RV 3.62.10 : 'I meditate upon that adorable
>> brilliance of the Begetter who may inspire our thoughts' ?
>> Best
>> DB
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Paolo Magnone <paolo.magnone at unicatt.it
>> > wrote:
>>
>>  Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> in his “Meditaciones del Quixote”, Ortega y Gasset says: “… a la mañana,
>> cuando me levanto, recito una brevísima plegaria, vieja de miles de años,
>> un versillo del Rig-
>> Veda, que contiene estas pocas palabras aladas: « ¡Señor, despiértanos
>> alegres y danos conocimiento!». Preparado así me interno en las horas
>> luminosas o dolientes que trae el día”. [“…when I get up in the morning, I
>> recite a very brief prayer, thousands of years old, a verse from the Rig
>> Veda, which contains these few winged words: «Lord, awaken us in a happy
>> mood, and give us knowledge!». Thus prepared, I go through the bright or
>> gloomy hours that come with the day” (Transl. E. Rugg and D. Marín)].
>>
>> Can anyone guess what the verse in question might be?
>>
>> Paolo Magnone
>>
>> --
>> Paolo Magnone
>> Sanskrit Language and Literature
>> Catholic University of the Sacred Heart - Milan
>> History of Religions - Hinduism & Buddhism
>> Theological Faculty of Northern Italy - Milan
>>
>> Jambudvipa  - Indology and Sanskrit Studies (www.jambudvipa.net)
>> Academia.edu: http://unicatt.academia.edu/PaoloMagnone
>>
>>
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