“Rishi Darsanaath?’-Yakasha in his Niruktam 2.11
One who has seen Mantras (Mantra Drishtaa)
Rishi is one who can see with superior vision what others cannot.
Mantras, the mystically locked sounds are those that express an aspect of Reality.
Some Mantras the Reality itself, Gayatri Mantra.
These Mantras were grasped from the Ether by some people, who follow spiritual discipline.
These were grasped intuitively, ‘Seen’
‘Rishati jnaanEna samsaarapaaram’ -Paninini in Vachaspatikosam.
‘one who crosses and reaches the other shore of the Sea of Samsara’
The purpose of Life, according to Hinduism , is to transcend the cycle of Births and Deaths, Samsara.