THE PERIOD OF VEDAS:-1. The vedas are the earliest source of information on Indian thought. They are supposed to have emerged out of "OM". They contain the most astonishing record of the march of the human mind from the worship of the forces of nature to the realization of the absolute spirit. This is indeed, a happy pilgrimage. In the the Rig Veda we find inspiration in the strength of action; in the Yajur Veda, the power will; in the Sama Veda, that knowledge; and in Atharva Veda, that of the mental functions of life. [to be con----d] BY SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA.