Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. When the liberal patronage of the Court of Direc tors Of the east-india Company enabled Dr. Max Muller to undertake his invaluable edition of the Big Veda, a wish was expressed, that its appearance should be accompanied, or followed, with all conve nient despatch, by an English translation. As I had long contemplated such a work, and had made some progress, in its execution, even before leaving India, I readily undertook to complete my labours and pub lish the translation.