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Vedas are the word of God, revealed in the beginning of creation
of the universe for the moral, spiritual-physical guidance
& uplift of humanity. This process is going on since
eternity & will go on forever. The Vedas can be seen
as the instruction manual for life. Just as we go through
the instruction book while using a new product, it is equally
important that we understand the do's & don'ts for life.
Today we are using the priceless gift of life given by God,
but have failed to go through its "instruction manual"
- The Vedas. They are quite full with eternal truths &
guiding on the various aspects of life to make a man perfect
& ideal. From his ( God's ) infinite knowledge, adequately
taught for the requirements of the soul, spiritual satisfaction,
make life successful& attain Salvation. Since God is
infinite & soul is finite, soul cannot have the infinite
knowledge of him.
The Vedas have been regarded as the gospel & self-evident
truth & complete harmony with the laws of nature for
all times, ages & for all segments of humanity. The Vedas
have no history in them nor any names of persons & places,
nor stories of any particular event or individual; they contain
only those words & truths by which knowledge is made
known. The source of true happiness & prosperity of the
human society lies in virtuous conduct (righteousness). Today
mankind id suffering from poverty, disease, misery, pain
& anxiety. Only by following the eternal laws & universal
truths & principles revealed in the Vedas, through the
God's grace, can we hope to overcome the curse of these miseries
& calamities.
The Vedas revealed by the God were Rig, Yajur, Sama &
Atharva to the Rishies Agni, Vaayu Aadtiya & Angiraa
respectively, these four rishies were most competent to receive
God's revealation.The names of the Rishis mentioned in the
mantras are annotators, those persons capable of foreseeing
things & scholars, who clearly explained the meanings
of the verses, these rishises are not the authors of the
verses. The names of the Devatas mentioned in the mantras
is the subject matter of the verse - the topic taught in
it.
For correct interpretation of the Vedas, the words should
be taken in their derivative, analytical sense i.e., root
meaning should be given to the vedic words & not the
traditional, customary, conventional & generally accepted
ones.
The teachings of the vedas are universal, all the learned
persons to preach the vedic truth to all - the Brahmanas,
the Kshatriyas, the Vaishyas, the Shudras & the Chandals
- the degraded & the wretched. Dwijas, the twice born
alone are not entitled to study the Vedas, even Shudras &
Women are equally entitled to study the Vedas, persons like
KavishAylush-Shudra by birth, Women like LopaMudra were the
seers of the meanings of the vedic texts & their names
are from times immemorial mentioned in the vedic verses.
God is not expected to be partial to one portion of mankind
& opposed to the other by depriving them of their birth
rights to study the Vedas. As per the God all soul are equally
entitled to God's gift & generosities like Air, Water,
Sun & his knowledge also. As per Vedas all are religiously
equal, all should cooperate& help to the prosperity &
improvement of mankind.
The knowledge which are available in the Vedas are as follows
: Theosophy (Brahmavidya), Dharma, Cosmogony (theory explaining
whence the universe originated), The revolution & rotation
of the earth & other planets, Gravitation-Attraction,
The illumines& the illumined, The Science of the Mathematics,
Praise-Prayer-Worship of God, Salvation, the Art of building
Ships & Aircraft, Science of Telegraphy, Medical Science,
Rebirth, Marriage, Politics (Duties of the ruler & the
ruled), Varnas & Ashrams like Brahmanas, Kshatriyas,
Vaishyas, Shudras & Brahmacharya, Grihasth, Vanaprasth,
Sanyas, the duties of the Students, Householder, Dweller
& Sanyasies, the five great duties, Truths of Science
which the present science has not yet been able to discover,
vitality, electricity, Energy, Astronomy, Geography, Geology,
Hydrostatics & etc.,
There are 20358 verses in all the Four Vedas ; Rig - 10552,
Yajur - 1975, Sama - 1875 & Atharva - 5977. In ancient
times learned persons memorized one or more Vedas, nowadays
be scholars do so.
Vedas Says : God is only one, formless, unborn, imperishable,
creator of the universe, sat (Existence), chit (Infinite
Intelligence), anand (Bliss), omniscient (All knowing), omnipresent
(Present everywhere), omnipotent (All powerful), Almighty
(Controller of the laws of Karmas & Dispenser of complete
justice). The most sacred & sublime name of the God is
AUM. The letters AUM denote his principal manifestations,
i.e., Creation, Preservation & Dissolution. There is
no pardon & forgiveness for any sins or evil deeds.
The Soul (Jeeva) is only sat & chit (Existence
& Very few Intelligence). It is being eternal, never
takes birth nor does it ever die. The entrance of soul into
the physical body is called Birth & departing from it
is Death. It does not die with physical body - it remains
Immortal. It receives a form of life/physical body in accordance
with its past good & bad deeds. It is free in its actions
but dependent on Almighty God in reaping the results of its
action.
God the Almighty created this universe, not just for material
enjoyment, but as a means of attainment of Moksha (Salvation).
The emancipation of the soul from the pain, misery &
cycle of birth & death & the subsequent freedom in
the All pervading Divinity is called Moksha (State of perfect
bliss).
Those persons who possess good qualities of humanity, impart
true knowledge, are charitable by nature, enlightened &
are of beneficence to others are called Dev purushaa (Divine
beings), The one who is able to impart true knowledge, &
is worthy of conduct is ACHARYA (Teacher). The one who is
noble, righteous, benevolent & conducts himself in accordance
with the principles of Vedas is called ARYA. The human beings,
basically noble, are the descendants of the Aryan Race.
The presence of myriad's of tiny particles of Atoms in the
atmosphere constitute the Nature. This material universe
is Nature's creation.
The characteristics of God, Soul & Matter are eternal,
creation has no beginning & no end i.e. Creation follows
Dissolution.
Western scholars like Griffith, Max Muller, Monier Willams,
Mac Donnel, Bloomfield & Eastern scholars like Sayana,
Mahidhar,Ubbat & Damodar Satavalekar had interpreted
the Vedas wrongly & hopelessly failed to understand the
eternal truth , teachings & belittles the Etymological
& Scientific method employed by the Rishies.
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