The transition answers that the Veda itself is the secret of the Veda. The foundation stone that India contributed to civilization, the Veda, is said to embody the regulations, the laws of the universe as "seen" by gifted poets, prophets, or seers, the rishis. Set by them in a special language to be "joyfully proclaimed fpr future ages," it has come down to us through an elaborate oral tradition consciously designed to prevent any distortion.