VASIṢṬHA AND VIŚVĀMITRA: THE GREAT VEDIC RIVALRY
The Rig Veda is a spiritual text. But it is also, woven into its hymns, a historical document. And one of the most striking episodes in that history — the rivalry between two of the greatest rishis of the Vedic tradition, Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra — runs as an undercurrent through several mandalas, culminating in what tradition calls the first war of which humanity has retained a precise memory:…















