Guest guest Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 Rg Veda speaks of Vishnu as the one who took three steps and I've come across quite a few interpretations of this aspect. All of them agree that this represents the Sun's movement. The actual trajectory seems to be elusive -- Some say it is the diurnal movement of the sun, some annual and some others map it to three regions. Assuming the Rg Vedic people could differentiate between a recurring phenomenon (such as sun's movement) to some event that happened only once, shouldn't the hymn mention Vishnu's three steps in present continuous as opposed to past tense? Since this is not the case, could Vishnu's three steps mean something else apart from sun's movement? Or am I missing something? Regards, KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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