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Gross Happiness Entrepreneurship in Veda

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Author – Subodh Kumar 

RV1.3 Gross Happiness Entrepreneurship

ऋषि:-  मधुच्छन्दा वैश्वामित्र:, देवता:- 1-3 अश्विनौ, 4-3 इन्द्र:ू; 7-9 विश्वेदेवा:; 10-12 सरस्वती छंद-  गायत्री 

शिल्प ज्ञान उन्नति का आधार

Life sustainability by technology

अश्विना यज्वरीरिषो द्रवत्पाणी शुभस्पती  पुरुभुजा चनस्यतम् ।। RV 1.3.1 (Dayanand Bhashyaadharit)

On universal scale – (द्रवत्पाणी) seek fast material growth of (पुरुभुजा) food and means that provide health (शुभस्पती) for welfare of all by (अश्विना) employing the twins of Solar energy resources and Water resources (यज्वरी:)with application technological skills (इषा:) providing objects of desire such as food & facilities (चनस्यपतम्‌) for getting selectedand liked by all.

समष्टि रूप में– (द्रवत्पाणी) शीघ्रता से समृद्धि  पाने के लिए (पुरुभुजा) सब के बल और स्वास्थ्य के लिए(इषा:) अन्नादि ऐच्छिक पदार्थों  (चनस्यपतम्‌) की  सात्विक प्राप्ति के लिए (अश्विना) प्राकृतिक  उपलब्द्ध अग्नि सौर ऊर्जा और जल तत्व के प्रयोग से  (यज्वरी:) भौतिक यज्ञादि कुशल कर्मों में प्रवृत्त होवें .

व्यष्टि रूप में – On another level प्राणापान को अश्विना शब्द से स्मरण किया जाता है. कि ये ‘ न श्व:’ यह निश्चित नहीं कि ये कल  भी रहेंगे ,और यह सदैव क्रिया करते रहते हैं .  इन्हीं के कारण यह मानव शरीर चल रहा है, भूख लग रही है और सब इच्छाएं प्रकट हो रही हैं . (यज्वरी:) यज्ञशील बनने के लिए (इषा:) अन्नदि इच्छित पदार्थ  (चनस्यपतम्‌) सात्विकता का जीवन में चयन आवश्यक है. प्राणायाम द्वारा तामसिक वृत्तियों आलस्य काम क्रोध इत्यादि के परित्याग से सात्विक वृत्तियों अहिंसा कर्मठता आत्मविश्वास यज्ञशील जीवन से ही प्रगति और सुख समृद्धि प्राप्त होती है.

प्रोद्योगकि शिक्षा

Technical Education  

1.    अश्विना पुरुदंससा नरा शवीरया धिया । धिष्ण्या वनतं गिर: ।। RV 1.3.2

(अश्विना)To employ energy and material resources   (पुरुदंससा) for technologies that provides many solutions (नरा शवीरया) for speedy  implementation  (धिया) bring to knowledge । (धिष्ण्या) by fast communication methods (वनतं) to users ( गिर: ) by lecturing education.

(सौर) ऊर्जा और पदार्थ (जलादि) संसाधनों के वैज्ञानिक प्रयोग से शीघ्र  उत्तम उपब्धियों के लिए उत्तमगुरु जन उपदेश द्वारा शिक्षा प्राप्त कराएं

विषमता नाशक ज्ञान

Knowledge to remove hardship

3.दस्रा युवाकव: सुता नासत्या वृक्तबर्हिष: । आ यातं रुद्रवर्तनी ।। RV1.3.3

(दस्रा: ) that which  removes hardship  (युवाकव: ) multidiscipline ( सुता) born out of ( नासत्या ) that which is flawless (वृक्तबर्हिष: ) expert consultants- can also be pathogen destroying herbal covers   । (आ यातं) bring in common use (रुद्रवर्तनी) That does not allow any harm to come.

कठिनाइयों विषमता का नाश ही औद्योगिक शिल्प  ज्ञान की उपब्धि है.

शिल्प ज्ञान  की उपलब्धियां

Gifts of Entrepreneurship

4.इन्द्रा याहि चित्रभानो सुता इमे त्वायव: । अण्वीभिस्तना पूतास: ।। RV1.3.4

(इन्द्रा याहि)The entrepreneurs by (अण्वीभिस्तना पूतास 🙂 utilizing their knowledge and paying attention to the minutest inputs (सुता) create

(इमे त्वायव :)by their efforts (चित्रभानो) amazingly useful results.

सूक्ष्म से सूक्ष्म विषय पर ध्यान दे कर अपने ज्ञान के सदुपयोग से शिल्प द्वारा आश्चर्यजनक  उपलब्धियां सम्भव होती हैं.

चमत्कारी आविष्कार 

Creation of innovative products

5. इन्द्रा याहि धियेषितो विप्रजूत: सुतावत: । उप ब्रह्माणि वाघत: ।। RV1.3.5

(इन्द्रा याहि) The entrepreneurs (धियेषितो विप्रजूत: उप ब्रह्माणि) by intelligent knowledge application (सुतावत: वाघत) create very useful products.

सफल शिल्पी अत्यंत सफल आविष्कारक  होते हैं

नवीन आविष्कार

New Technological products  

6. इन्द्रा याहि तूतुजान उपब्रह्माणि हरिव: । सुते दधिष्व नश्चन: ।। RV1.3.6

(इन्द्रा याहि) The entrepreneurs (सुते दधिष्व नश्चन:) create useful food etc. every day use products ( तूतुजान उपब्रह्माणि हरिव: ) by excellent knowledge base highly productive methods.

प्रोद्योगिकि शिक्षा का लक्ष्य

Objects of Technical  Education  

7. ओमासश्चर्षणीधृतो विश्वे देवास  गत  दाश्वांसो दाशुष: सुतम् ।। RV1.3.7

Our education should inculcate in our progeny the fearless temperament respecting laws of Nature to provide full protection on physical and mental level to us by good health and virtuous thoughts  for the sustainability of individual and society.  

हमारी संतान की बुद्धि  में सत्य शिक्षा के उपदेशों द्वारा वे सब देवताओं के गुण स्थापित होने चाहिएं  जिस से शरीर और मन की मलिनता  दूर हो कर निर्भय, विद्वत और दानवान आचरण स्थापित हो.

शिक्षकों का दायित्व Role of Teachers

8.विश्वे देवासो अप्तुर: सुतमा गन्त तूर्णय:  उस्रा इव स्वसराणि ।। RV1.3.8

(सुतम्‌) To provide enlightenment (विश्वे देवास🙂 all the world’s teachers (आगंत)should visit daily (अप्तुर: तूर्णय:) for speedy teaching  (उस्रा इव) like sun’s rays (स्वसराणि) that  bring day light.

जिस प्रकार सूर्य प्रकाश से अंधकार को दूर करता है , उसी प्रकार सब गुरुजनों को शीघ्र ज्ञान के प्रकाश का दान को देने के लिए  आना चाहिए |

शिक्षा का  परिणाम Results of Education

9.विश्वे देवासो अस्रिध एहिमायासो अद्रुह:  मेधं जुषन्त वह्नय: ।। RV1.3.9

(अस्रिध:) Confident of their knowledge (एहिमायास:) knowledge based action oriented community (विश्वे देवास🙂 all knowledgeable persons (मेधम्‌) by implementing your knowledge based skills  (अद्रुह:) without causing destruction (to environment and society) (वह्नय:) bring welfare to all.

अपनी कर्म प्रधान शिल्प शिक्षा में दृढ़ आत्मविश्वास द्वारा सब ज्ञानवान वीर जनों बिना पर्यावरण और समाज  को क्षति पहुंचाए ,अपने शिल्प के ज्ञान से  संसार में सुख साधन उत्पन्न करो.

 उत्तम ज्ञानाधारित वाणि का महत्व  

Good articulate communication

10.पावका न: सरस्वती वाजेभिर्वाजिनिवती । यज्ञं वष्टु धियावसु: ।।RV 1.3.10

(सरस्वती)Knowledge enabled articulation is (Here importance of keeping one’s knowledge up to date should also be seen.)   (न:) for us ( पावका वाजेभिर्वाजिनिवती) provider of unsullied meritorious virtuous means of habitat  and strength.(धियावसु: )Provide the society thus with excellent (ecologically sustainable) habitat (यज्ञं वष्टु) by implementation of smart projects.

उत्तम ज्ञान आधारित वाणि, पवित्र योजनाओं को कार्यान्वित करने की क्षमता प्रदान करती है. ( यहां अपने ज्ञान को इस स्वाध्याय द्वारा उन्नत करने का भी महत्व देखा जाता है )  इस प्रकार समाज के कल्याण के  सुख साधन पर्यावरण को दूषित किए बिना उपलब्ध करो.

मिथ्याचरण का त्याग Take Ethical Stand

11.चोदयित्री सूनृतानां चेतन्ती सुमतीनाम् | यज्ञं दधे सरस्वती ।। RV1.3.11

(चोदयित्री चेतन्ती सरस्वती) Have the ability to perceive, stand up and speak the truth (सूनृतानां सुमतीनाम्) by rejecting wrong ideas and following wise path (यज्ञं दधे)in implementation of the projects.

मिथ्याचरण का त्याग और सुमति को व्यक्त करने की अपनी  वाणि मे क्षमता द्वारा पथ भ्रष्ट योजनाओं के स्थान पर कल्याण कारी  योजनाएं कार्यान्वित करो .

उत्तम वाणि शासन का मूलमंत्र

Secret of success- Excellent Articulation

12.महो अर्ण: सरस्वती प्र चेतयति केतुना  यो विश्वा वि राजति ।। RV1.3.12

(महो अर्ण: सरस्वती प्र चेतयति केतुना ) One who has at his command the ocean of knowledge reflected in his speech, ( यो विश्वा वि राजति) he rules the world.

जिस की (सरस्वती) वाणि (केतुना) शुभ कर्म , श्रेष्ठ बुद्धि से (मह:) अगाध (अर्ण:)  शब्दरूपी समुद्र को (प्रचेतसी) जानने वाली है, ( यो विश्वा वि राजति) वही शासनाध्यक्ष होता है. 

GOD – His Nature and Attributes- Karam Narain Kapur

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GOD – His Nature and Attributes- Karam Narain Kapur

From – Sublimity of the Vedas

  1. He (God) is all pervading, all powerful, bodiless faultless without sinews, holy and untouched by sin. He is omniscient, wise poet, self-existent and al encompassing. (Y 40:2)
  2. Whatever, animate and in animate, there is in this world, is pervaded by God (Yajur Veda 40-1)
  3. God, whose name and glory is great, has no image (Yaju 32;3)
  4. He (God) is our father and brother. He is the Controller of the Universe. He know all the worlds and objects, in Him the emancipated soul’s moves freely in the region free from wordily pleasures and pains. (Y 32:30)
  5. God is the cause of all the movements in this world, but He Himself remains unmoved. He is far away from the ignorant; but near at hand for the enlightened. He is within and without all the beings of this world ( Yaju 40:50)
  6. O Lord, Thou are to us as a father is to his son. May we attain thee. May you shower happiness on us. ( R 1:19)
  7. Thous are God of gods, a wonderful friend, life of all lives and glorious in this cosmic sacrifice. O Lord! May we live peacefully under thine extensive protection and may we never come to grief under thine friendship ( R 1:19:13)
  8. O Refuge of all, you are our Father and you are our Mother. Your are Lord of innumerable activities, we pray to you for your good wishes. (R 8:98:11)
  9. O Men! Know him as God (Indra) who stabilized the moving earth, who checks the eruption of volcanic mountains, who creates the vast space and who supports the heavens (A20:34:2).
  10. Singers sing your praise, worshippers and persons versed in Vedas worship you. O Lord of numerous activities! The learned accept you as the Most Exalted. (Rig, 1:10:1)
  11. All the deities find refuge in the All Powerful God. (A 13:3, 13:4)
  12. God is neither second, nor third, nor fourth nor fifth nor sixth nor seventh nor eight nor ninth nor tenth. That is, He is the First most exalted and unmatched. (A 13:4(2),16,17,18)
  13. God awards fruits of actions to the good and the evil doers alike (R,6:15;9)
  14. He (GOD) is dispenser of justice. He is most exalted; He is punisher of evil acts and is God of gods. ( A 13:4(1)4)

Long Life in Vedas

veda and yog

Long Life in Vedas

RV10.59

Integrating Ashtang Yog in life.

अष्टांग योग द्वारा दीर्घायु

ऋषि: –  बन्धु: श्रुतबन्धुविप्रबन्धुर्गौपायना:;  बन्धु ‘बध्नातिइति बंधु:’ जो बांधता है वह बंधु है . जिस को बांधना सब से कठिन है उस को जो बांधताहै वह सच में बंधु है. किस का बांधना सब से कठिन है ? मन का. जो मन को  बांधता है, इधर उधर नहीं भटकने नहीं देता वह ‘बंधु’ है . श्रुतबंधु वह बंधु जिस ने श्रुतियों- वेदों  वेदों के  ज्ञान से  विप्र बन्धु अपने को विद्वान बंधु बनाया.गोप कहते हैं इंद्रियों को ,इंद्रियों का पालन करनेवाला गोपायन कहलाया. इस प्रकार मन को बांध लेने से इंद्रियों के व्यर्थ इधर उधर भटकने से

रोकने वाला –  बन्धु: श्रुतबन्धुविप्रबन्धुर्गौपायना: ऋषि कहलाया. । आधुनिक भाषा में ‘पातञ्जलअष्टांग योग’  का उपदेश करने वाला ही हमारा सब से प्रिय बंधु के रूप में इस ऋग्वेदीय सूक्त का ऋषि है.

Rishi= Seer  of this Sookt is

bandhuh shrut bandhuviprabandhugopaayanah ,bandhu is one who ties up in love and affection- Mind is the most difficult to tie up or control,Thus one who helps in tying up mind and prevents it from straying from its chosen straight path is Bandhu. This Bandhu is also Shrut bandhuvipraBandhu  – has made himself learned by imbibing guided by Vedicwisdom, He is also Gopayanah; Gopas are physical senses, by tying up and controlling the mind by the genius of  Vedic wisdom physical sensuality is brought under control.  To sum up This Seer propounds the wisdom of what is named as Patanjali’s Ashtang Yog for welfare of humanity.

देवता: -1-3 निर्ऋति:, 4 निर्ऋति:सोमश्च, 5-6 असुनीति:, 7 पृथिवी-द्वयन्तरिक्ष-सोम-

पूष-पथ्या-स्वस्तय:, द्यावापृथिवी, 10 (पूर्वार्धस्य) इन्द्र द्यावापृथिव्य:, ।

छंद: -त्रिष्टुप्, 8 पंक्ति, 9 महापंक्ति, 10 पंक्त्युत्तरा ।

प्रथम  4 मंत्रों की ध्रुव पंक्ति है ‘परातरं  सु निर्ऋति र्जिहाताम्‌’- दुर्गति हम से दूर हो जाए,पूर्णतया चली जाए.

First 4 mantras have a refrain line ‘परातरं  सु  निर्ऋति र्जिहाताम्‌निर्ऋति  is described as lady of misfortune that entices people to lives devoted to sensual pleasures and forget about higher ideals in life. ‘May this lady of misfortune go away far from us’

1.प्र तार्यायु: प्रतरं नवीय: स्थातारेव क्रतुमता रथस्य ।

अध च्यवान उत्तवीत्यर्थं परातरं सु निर्ऋतिर्जिहीताम् ।।RV 10.59.1

जैसे एक कुशल सारथी  के रथ का यात्री सुदूर प्रदेश की लम्बी यात्रा कर के नए नए स्थानों का आनंद लेना चाहता है उसी तरह  सद्बुद्धि से दीर्घायु प्राप्त करके नित्य ज्ञान वर्द्धन की साधना करें (धियो यो न: प्रचोदयात्‌) जिस से दुर्गति दूर चली जाए

Life of a devotee is to be blessed with enhanced life span for manifestationand realization of newer powers and wisdom, just like the passenger of car being driven by a skilful driver, wants to prolong his ride to visit and see newer places. Thus a person may desire to live longer as he has more powers and wisdom to acquire, that drives all the miseries and misfortunes far away.

2.सामन्नु राये निधिमन्न्वन्नं करामहे सु पुरुष श्रवांसि ।

ता नो विश्वानि जरिता ममत्तु परातरं सु निर्ऋतिर्जिहीताम् ।।RV 10.59.2

श्रद्धा से सामगायन, मंत्रोच्चार द्वारा यज्ञादि में हवि दे कर, उत्तम ज्ञान को श्रद्धा से धारण कर के अन्नादि समृद्धि के साधनों को प्राप्त कर के विश्व को आनन्दित करो जिस से दुर्गति दूर चली जाए

With great devotion Yajnas are performed by reciting mantras and singing hymn of Sam Ved. Great attention with faith is paid to wise counsel. Hard work is put in to obtain the material bounties and food. Thus life is sweetened and such a life drives away all the miseries and misfortunes

3.अभी ष्वर्य: पौंस्यैर्भवेम द्यौर्न भूमिं गिरयो नाज्रान् ।

ता नो विश्वानि जरिता चिकेत परातरं सु निर्ऋतिर्जिहीताम् ।।RV10.59.3

By our learning to live according to laws of the nature, just as Solar radiations enrich the entire earth, rains from clouds enrich the entire earth, by living a natural life style , all the opposing elements are overpowered by the blessings of the Almighty, and that drives all the miseries and misfortunes far away.

4.मो षु णोसोम मृत्यवे परा दा: पश्येम नु सूर्यमुच्चरन्तम् ।

द्युभिर्हितो जरिमा सू नो अस्तु परातरं सु निर्ऋतिर्जिहीताम् ।।RV 10.59.4

We pray for the wisdom to follow a life style that ensures for us to  behold the rising sun to bless us with long  life by providing good health ( Vitamin D) . With every passing day, our physical body may be aging but we continue to grow in strength of our wisdom that drives all the miseries and misfortunes far away.

Yoga in life योग साधना

5.असुनीते मनो अस्मासु धारय जीवातवे सु प्र तिरा न आयु: ।

रारन्धि नो सूर्यस्य संदृशि घृतेन त्वं तन्वं वर्धयस्व ।।RV 10.59.5

By wisdom of Dhyaan control the mind concentrate on desired goals in life. Make best utilisation of visible bounties of sun. Make best judicious use of fats to enhance your physical health.

{ On the subject of making judicious use of dietary fats following two Rig Ved directives provide health guidance that completely endorsed by  modern science.;

  1. 1.  तयोरिद्‌ घृतवत्‌ पयो विप्रा रिहन्ति धीतिभि:” RV 1.22.14a

Wise people consume fat bearing milk products cautiously.

  1. 2.   a.एता अर्षन्ति हृद्यात्‌ समुद्राच्छतव्रजा रिपुणा नावचक्षे।घृतस्या धारा अभिचाकशीमि हिरण्ययोवेतसो मध्य आसाम्‌ ||  RV 4.58.5

From (human) heart emanates the ocean of  thousands of  warm streams (of blood) which carry in them golden colored particles  shaped like bamboo plants (cholesterols), to fight the forces of diseases and self-degeneration   in  the  human body.

(Cholesterol as seen under laboratory microscope are said to look like golden colored small elongated particles)

 cholestrol

 

    2.b .सम्यक स्रवन्ति सरितो न धेना अन्तहृदा पूयमानाः।

           एते अर्षन्त्पूर्मयो घृतस्य मृगाइव क्षिपणोरीष माणाः॥6|| RV 4.58.6

 

Flowing Streams (of blood) in the (human) heart system uniformly in natural manner  are like streams of light fluid, not thick-viscous and heavy, but like water, having the agility of a deer, which with its agile active operation  provides  for  cleansing and purifying action in human body for its physical & mental well being of humanity.

 

 artery

   2c. सिन्धोरिव प्राध्वने शूघनासो वातप्रमियः पतयन्ति यह्वाः।

          घृतस्य धारा अरुषो न वाजी काष्ठी भिन्दन्नूर्मिभिः पिन्वमानः॥7|| R.V. 4.58.7

 

There are components of lipids which in red blood stream perform scavenging speedy action on the edges of their paths (the linings)  of blood arteries to speed up the flow and  maintain the blood pressure measure to desirable levels.

 (This is a very clear reference to HDL-High Density Lipids, which

keeps the arteries clean and unclogged)

 

 atery 1

 

       2d. अभिप्रवन्तु समनेव योषाः कल्याण्यः स्मयमानासो अग्रिम्‌।

          घृतस्य धाराः समिधो न सन्तु ता जुषाणो हर्यति जातवेदाः॥ RV4.58.8

 

These lipid particles act like fuel in the physical activities which bring forth healthy cheerful states of temperament. Intelligent persons live life of good physical activity – exercise that burns this fat as fuel to provide total mental & Physical fitness.

 

     2e. कन्याइव वहतुमेतवा उ अङ्‌ज्यङ्‌जाना अभिचाकशीमि।

       यत्रा सोमः सूयते यत्रा यज्ञो घृतस्य धारा अभि तत्पवन्ते॥ RV 4.58.9

 

These lipids in conjunction with suitable foods with proper intellectual life styles of people engaged in their daily householder duties of performing various Yagnas. That leads to provide praiseworthy results, like maidens decorating to maintain their good looks thus engaging themselves in actions for achieving good   lives in desirable households.

 

  2f.अभ्यर्षत सुष्टुति गव्यमाजिमस्मासु भद्रा द्रविजानि धत्त।

    इमं यज्ञं नयत देवता नो घृतस्य धारा मधुमत्पवन्ते॥ RV. 4.58.10

 

These lipids obtained from blessings of cows provide all the riches, bounties of health & wealth to wise people.}

6.असुनीते पुनरस्मासु चक्षु: पुन: प्राणमिह नो धेहि भोगम्।

ज्योक् पश्येम सूर्यमुच्चरन्तमनुमते मृळया न: स्वस्ति।।RV 10.59.6

By wisdom of Yoga strengthen your physical faculties such as eyes etc, and develop energy to enjoy life. By achieving long life gain the blessings to see many sun rises and achieve sustainable prosperity by affirmative positive actions.

चक्षु: पुन: प्राणं इह नो धेहि भोगम्।

ज्योक् पश्येम सूर्यं उच्चरन्तं अनुमते मृळया न: स्वस्ति।।RV 10.59.6

With wisdom of Yoga strengthen your Pran प्राण   to enjoy long physical health of eyes and body. By achieving long life gain the blessing to see many sun rises and achieve sustainable prosperity by affirmative positive actions

Organic Food. जैविक अन्न

7. पुनर्नो असुं पृथिवी ददातु पुनद्र्यौदेवी पुनरन्तरिक्षम् ।

पुनर्न: सोमस्तन्वं ददातु पुन:  पूषा पथ्यां3 या स्वस्ति ।।RV 10.59.7

पृथ्वी,सूर्य, अंतरिक्ष पुन: पुन: स्वादिष्ट रस से युक्त अन्नादि हमारे पोषण दीर्घायु और कल्याण के लिए सदैव प्रदान करें.

The soil, the solar bounties, the atmospheric bounties nature’s elements may bless us every day, with life enhancing food for our welfare and prosperity.

8. शं रोदसी सुबन्धवे यह्वी ऋतस्य मातरा ।

भरतामप यद्रपो द्यौ: पृथिवी क्षमा रपो मो षु ते किं चनाममत् ।।RV10.59.8

By following the directives Ashtang yog the twin Bounties of nature  indeed establish the true wisdom in us.  By exercising control on our sense organs an individual attains the wisdom of life style that prevents any harm to come to him physically or mentally.

महान द्युलोक और पृथ्वी लोक की अनुकूलता से उत्तम धातुओं का निर्माण होता है, शरीर और मन स्वस्थ रहता है. मन  पर उत्तम नियंत्रण द्वारा वीर्य की सुरक्षा से मस्तिष्क दीप्त बनता है.यही ऋत का निर्माण करते हैं.  बाह्यलोकों और और आध्यात्मलोकों के  अनुकूल आचरण  से  कोइ भी दोष हमारे शरीर, हृदय, और मन को क्षति नहीं पहुंचा सकता है.

9. अयं द्वके अव त्रिका दिवश्चरन्ति भेषजा ।

क्षमा चरिष्ण्वेककं भरतामप यद्रपो

द्यौ: पृथिवी क्षमा रपो मो षु ते किं चनाममत् ।।RV 10.59.9

For leading a life pure in body and mind, three medicinal roles of Earth and Sun duo are important.

Sun through its photobiology  produces Vitamin D in living beings , Carotenoids and other body building life supporting elements in plant kingdom, and by its rain making clouds provides water that is a great medicine.

Earth by its microphages acts as ultimate sterilizer, and producer of all plant as nutritional and medicinal products.

An individual by wisdom of life style thus prevents any harm to come to him physically or mentally.

पृथ्वी और अंतरिक्ष में सूर्य यह दोनो जीवन में  तीन प्रकार की ओषधियां प्रदान करते हैं.

पृथ्वी सब प्रदूषण को स्वच्छ करने की  क्षमता द्वारा,जिसे आधुनिक विज्ञान मे माइक्रोफाजिज़ का नाम दिया जाता है. जिस का उदाहरण मट्टी से हाथ साफ करने, झूठे बर्तन इत्यादि साफ करने कि प्रथा में देखा जाता था, प्राकृतिक चिकित्सा में पेट पर मट्टी के लेप में देखा जाता है, जैविक वनस्पति द्वारा अन्न और ओषधियों के पृथ्वी मे उत्पादन में पाया जाता है.

इसी प्रकार सूर्य के प्रभाव से मेघों द्वारा वर्षा का ओषधि तुल्य जल, उदय होते समय के सूर्य द्वारा विटामिन डी तत्व और दिन में सूर्य के प्रकाश द्वारा वनस्पतियों में पौष्टिक ओषधि तत्व का निर्माण , इस प्रकार से तीन तीन प्रकार के ओषधि तत्व का प्रकृति मे पृथ्वी और अंतरिक्ष में सूर्य उपहार प्रदान करते  है. इस प्रकार  बाह्यलोकों और आध्यात्मलोकों के  अनुकूल आचरण  से  कोइ भी दोष हमारे शरीर, हृदय, और मन को क्षति नहीं पहुंचा सकता है.

{ Sun’s importance in health by photobiology forms a part of Vedic wisdom quoted below; Cardiac Health Photobiology in Veda

Photobiology Cardiac HEALTH in Vedas
RV 1-125-1, RV1.50, RV1.43, AV1.22
प्राता रत्नं प्रातरित्वा दधाति तं चिकित्वान् प्रतिगृह्या नि धत्ते ।
तेन प्रजां वर्धयमान आयू रायस्पोषेण सचते सुवीरः ।। ऋ 1-125-1
प्रातःकाल का सूर्य उदय हो कर बहुमूल्य रत्न प्रदान करता है। बुद्धिमान उन रत्नों के महत्व को जान कर उन्हें अपने में धारण करते हैं।
तब उस से मनुष्यों की आयु और संतान वृद्धि के साथ सम्पन्नता और पौरुष बढ़ता है।
(
वैज्ञानिकों के अनुसार केवल UVB किरणें , जो तिरछी पृथ्वी पर पड़ती हैं
(
संधि वेला प्रातः सायं की सूर्य की किरणें ही विटामि¬न डी उत्पन्न करती हैं।)

RV1-50-11
RV 1-50-1
उदु त्यं जातवेदसं देवं वहन्ति केतव:  दृषे विश्वाय सूर्यम् | || RV1/50/1
उदय होते सूर्य की किरणें जातवेदसंबुद्धिमान के लिए  ईश्वर की कृपा से उत्पन्न कल्याणकारी पदार्थों के वाहक के रूप मे प्राप्त होती हैं, जब कि सामान्य विश्व के लिए सूर्य दृष्टीगोचर होता है.

उद्यन्नद्य मित्रमह आरोहन्नुत्तरां दिवम् ।
हृद्रोगं मम सूर्य हरिमाणं च नाशय ।। ऋ 1-50-11
दिवस के उदय को प्राप्त होते हुए, मित्रों में महासत्कार के योग्य उदय होते हुए सूर्य और प्रकाश संश्लेषण से उत्पन्न हरियाली (greenery by photosynthesis) से हमारे हृदय और दूसरे हरणशील (पीलिया) आदि रोगों का ¬नाश होता है ।
(
नवजात शिशु सामान्य रूप से आज कल पीलिया jaundice रोग से ग्रसित होते हैं। आधुनिक अस्पतालों में बच्चों की नर्सरी में जन्मोपरान्त पीलिया –Jaundice- से पीड़ित बच्चों के उपचार के लिए कृत्रिम सूर्य के प्रकाश का प्रबंध होता है । कोई कोई चिकित्सक नवजात बच्चे को सूर्यस्नान कराते हैं  .

शुकेषु मे हरिमाणं रोपणाकासु दध्मसि ।
अथो हारिद्रवेषु मे हरिमाणं निदध्मसि ॥ ऋ 1-50-12 , अथर्व 1-22-4

रोपित हरे वनस्पतियों कुशा घास हरे चारे इत्यादि पर पोषित दुग्ध में रोग हरण क्षमता है। इस लिए ऐसे हरे चारे पर पोषित गौओं के दुग्ध का सेवन करो।

आज विश्व के विज्ञान शास्त्र के अनुसार केवल मात्र हरे चारे पर पोषित गौ के दुग्ध में ही CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid) और Omega 3 वांछित मात्रा मे आवश्यक वसा तत्व मिलते हैं। केवल यही दुग्ध मा¬नव शरीर के सब स्वज¬न्य रोग निरोधक और औषधीय गुण रखता है। इस स्थान पर वेदों में एक और आधुनिक वैज्ञानिक विषय photosynthesis प्रकाश संश्लेषण का उपदेश भी प्राप्त होता है। सब व¬नस्पति के बीजों में जो तैलीय तत्व होता है उसे वैज्ञानिक ओमेगा6, Omega 6 नाम देते हैं। आज कल के सब प्रचलित रिफाइन्ड खाद्य तेलों में मुख्यत: केवल ओमेगा6, Omegta 6 ही होता है। विज्ञान बताता है की अंकुरित होने पर सूर्य के प्रभाव से photosynthesis प्रकाश संश्लेषण प्रक्रिया से ओमेगा 6 हरे रंग को धारण करता है जिसे आहार में ग्रहण कर¬ने पर ओमेगा 3 पोषक तत्व उपलब्ध होता है । यही गौ के पोषण मे हरे चारे का महत्व है।
(Omega 3 is found to be anti obesity, anti cancer, anti artheschelorosis – heart and brain strokes due to clogging of arteries and High blood pressure, anti Diabetes in short preventive as well as a medicine against all Self degenerating Human diseases)
उदगादयमादित्यो विश्वे¬न सहसा सह।
द्विषतम्मह्यं रधयमो अहं द्विषते रधम्‌ ॥ ऋ 1-50-13
उदय होते सूर्य के द्वारा विश्व को साहस सामर्थ्य प्रदान कर के , धर्माचरण पर न चलने वालों के शत्रु रूपी रोगों को नष्ट करके,आनन्द के साधन प्राप्त होते हैं ।
इसी विषय पर अथर्व वेद में निम्न मन्त्र मिलते हैं।
अनु सूर्यमुदयतां हृदद्योतो हरिमा च ते।
गो रोहितस्य वर्णेन तेन स्वा परि दध्मसि ॥ अ 1-22-1
हृदय में उत्पन्न हरणशील व्याधि का उदय होते सूर्य से तथा हिरण्य वर्ण ( Golden colored ) गौ दुग्ध के सेवन से उपचार करो।
गौएं दो प्रकार की मानी जाती हैं अधिक दूध देने वाली तथा दूध और खेती में दोनो मे उपयोगी पाइ जाने वाली.
( Milk breeds and Dual purpose breeds.)
सनहरे रंग की हिरण्य वर्णा गौ लाल सिंधी,साहीवाल, गीर इत्यादि अधिक दूध देनो वाली पाइ जाती हैं। इन्ही के दूध का हृदय रोग में महत्व बताया गया है ।

परि त्वा रोहितैर्वणै दीर्घायुत्वाय दध्मसि ।
यथाऽयरपा असदधो अहरितो भुवत्‌ ॥ अ 1-22-2

लाल रंग से तुझे दीर्घायु प्राप्त हो। जो रोगों के हरण से प्राप्त होती है॥

या रोहिणीदेवत्याय गावो या उत रोहिणीः।
रूपं रूपं वयोवयस्ताभिष्ट्‌वा परि दध्मसि॥ अ1-22-3

उदय होते हुए सूर्य और गौ की लालिमा रूप और आयु की वृद्धि के लिए देवता प्रदान करते हैं ।


हृदय स्वास्थ्य यज्ञ ऋग्विधान के अनुसार
ऋग्वेद सूक्त 1-43
ऋषि कण्वो घोरः, देवता रुद्र:   , मित्रावरुणौ, सोमः च
के 9 मन्त्रों सें
अपने स्वास्थ्य लाभ के हेतु आहार, व्यवहार, उपचार के साथ परमेश्वर स्तुति व्यक्तिगत ,सामाजिक मानसिकता और पर्यावरण अनुकूल बनाने के लिए इस यज्ञ को भी सम्पन्न करना हित कर होगा।

(इस यज्ञ का विधान रोग निवृत्ति हेतु मनुष्यों, गौओं अश्वों इत्यादि के लिये किया जाता है। गोशाला में किये गए इस यज्ञ को शूलगवां यज्ञ कहते हैं)
कद रुद्गाय प्रचेतसे मीळ्हुष्टमाय तव्यसे ।
वोचेम शंतमं हृदे ॥ ऋ 1-43-1
विद्वान पुरुष कब महान रोग नाशक रुद्र की हृदय के लिए सुखदायी शांति की प्रशंसा के स्तोत्र सुनाएंगे ?

यथा नो अदितिः करत्‌ पश्वे नृभ्यो यथा गवे
यथा तोकाय रुद्गियम्‌ ॥ ऋ 1-43-2
(
अदिति से यहां तात्पर्य सन्धिवेला के आदित्य से है.) संधि वेला का सूर्य राजा, रंक, पशुओं ,गौवों सब के अपनी संतान की तरह रुद्र रूप से रोग हरता है.
यथा नो मित्रा वरुणो यथा रुद्रश्चिकेतति ।
यथा विश्वे सजोषसः ॥ ऋ 1-43-3
प्राण व उदान सूर्योदय के समय उसी प्रकार स्वास्थ्य प्रदान करते हैं जैसे विद्वान पुरुषों के उपदेश के अनुसार सूर्य की किरणों से उत्तम जल, प्रकाश संश्लेषण – Photosynthesis- औषधीय रस से हरी शाक इत्यादि.

गाथपतिं मेधपतिं रुद्रं जलाषभेषजम्‌ ।
तच्छंयोः सुम्नीमहे ॥ ऋ 1-43-4
अनिष्ट को दूर करा के सुख शांति के लिए ,विद्वान लोग स्वास्थ और उत्तम जल के औषध तत्वों के ज्ञान का उपदेश करें.
यः शुक्र इव सूर्यो हिरण्यमिव रोचते
श्रेष्ठो देवानां वसुः ॥ ऋ 1-43-5
जो सुवर्ण जैसा दीखता सूर्य है, वही देवताओं मे श्रेष्ठ और महान वीर्यादि तत्व प्रदान करता है.
शं नः करत्यर्वर्ते सुगं मेषाय मेष्ये ।
नृभ्यो नारिभ्यो गवे ॥ ऋ 1-43-6
वही हमारे समस्त पशु, पक्षियों, राजा, रंक, नारी, गौ सब का रोग नष्ट कर के स्वास्थ्य प्रदान करता है.
अस्मे सोम श्रिय मधि नि धेहि श्तस्य नृणाम्‌ ।
महि श्रवस्तुविनृम्णम्‌ ॥ 1 -43-7
हमें यह ज्ञान होना चाहिये हमारी सेंकडों की संख्या के लिए वह एक अकेला तेजस्वी अन्न, औषधी, बल प्रदान करने में समर्थ है.
मा नः सोमपरिबाधो मारातयो जुहुरन्त ।
आ न इन्दोवाजे भज ॥ ऋ 1-43-8
हमारे ज्ञान मे विघ्न डालने वाले, और धन के लोभी हमें न सतावें.
हमारा ज्ञान हमारा बल बढावे.

यास्ते प्रजा अमृतस्य परस्मिन्‌ धामन्नृतस्य ।
मूर्धा नाभा सोम वेन आभूपन्तीः सोम वेदः ॥ ऋ 1-43-9
अमृत और सत्य श्रेष्ठ ज्ञान सदैव हमारा मार्ग दर्शन कर के हमें उत्तम स्थान पर प्रतिष्ठित करें

अथर्व वेद 1/12 देवता यक्ष्मानाशन्‌
जरायज: प्रथम उस्रिया वृषा वात्व्रजा स्तनयन्नेति वृष्टया !
स नो मृडाति तनव ऋजगो रुजन् य एकमोजस्त्रेधा विचक्रमे !! अथर्व 1/12/1
This Ved Mantra is very interestingly describing a very modern topic regarding the medicinal efficacy of colostrums of a new born cow. It is equally applicable as directive in Vedas about importance of breast feeding.
Colostrums is the pre-milk fluid produced from the mother’s mammary glands during the first 72 hours after birth. It provides life-supporting immune and growth factors that insure the health and vitality of the newborn.
Commercial Exploitation of Colostrums of Cows for Human beings is a big modern pharmaceutical industry.
Breastfeeding in humans as also for new born calves provides natural “seeding” — the initial boost to immune and digestive systems –.
Loss of youth & Vigor
In western medicine which gives no importance to
ब्रह्मचर्य ,it is observed that after puberty, the amount of immune and growth factors present in human bodies begin to decline. Human body become more vulnerable to disease, its energy level and enthusiasm lessens, skin loses its elasticity, and there is gain of unwanted weight and body looses muscle tone. The modern humans also live in a toxic environment, with pollutants and allergens all around us.
Research has shown that Colostrums have powerful natural immune and growth factors that bring the body to a state of homeostasis — its powerful, vital natural state of health and well being. Colostrums help support healthy immune function; & also enable us to resist the harmful effects of pollutants, contaminants and allergens where they attack us.
Plus, the growth factors in Colostrums create many of the positive “side-effects” of a healthy organism — an enhanced ability to metabolize or “burn” fat, greater ease in building lean muscle mass, and enhanced rejuvenation of skin and muscle.
It is a very common modern medicine practice to collect colostrums from freshly calved cows to produce medicinal products for boosting disease resistance, and health promotion tonics for sick and elderly humans, specifically in debilitating diseases such as tuberculosis. New born calves particularly males are immediately taken away for slaughter. Cow’s Colostrums are collected for making medicines for the Pharma industries. Calves in general are fed on an artificial feed called Milk Replacer.
References to in the above ved mantra Atharv 1.12.1-
जरायुजः, उस्रिया, वृषा, स्तन्यन्नेति, वृष्टया, त्रेधा, are clear references to Colostrums – first few days milk of a cow just after calving. Literal meaning of these vedic words are – produce of a just calved cow which is in the process of releasing the placenta, milk giving cow, shower of milk from the udder and three rumens of a cow having played the important role in giving rise to the extraordinary medicinal value of this early milk of a cow. In this Sookt this is being promoted for curing Tuberculosis, as
the very Dewata of this sookt-
यक्षमानाशन्‌
suggests.-

अङ्गे अङ्गे शोचिषा शिश्रियाणं नमस्यन्तस्त्वा हविषा विधेम !
अङ्कान्त्समङ्कान् हविषा विधेम यो अग्रभीत् पर्वास्या ग्रभीता !! अथर्व 1/12/2
हे सूर्य आप की और समीपवर्ती देवताओं चंद्रमा, नक्षत्रादि तारादि की दीप्ति इस जगत और प्रत्येक प्राणी के अंग अंग में प्राण रूप से स्थित है. तुझ को नमस्कार करते हुवे हम हवि द्वारा तुम सब को परिचर्या द्वारा तृप्त करते हैं.

मुञ्च शीर्षक्त्या उत कास एनं परुष्परुराविवेशा यो अस्य !
यो अभ्रजा वातजा यश्च शुष्मो वनस्पतीन्त्सचतां पर्वतांश्च !! अथर्व 1/12/3
हे सूर्य इस पुरुष को शिरोवेदना से मुक्त करो.वह खांसी जो इस के अंग अंग ( संधिस्थलों) में घुस कर बैठा है, उस से भी मुक्त कर, जो शरीर को सुखा देने वाला पित्त विकार है उस से भी मुक्त कर, जो वर्षा काल मे श्लेष रोग वात विकार से होता है उस से भी मुक्त कर . सब त्रिविध रोगों की निवृत्ति के लिए वन वृक्षों, वनस्पतियों द्वारा यह सब रोग दूर हों.
शं मे परस्मै गत्राय शमस्त्ववराय मे!
शं मे चतुभ्यो अङ्गेभ्य: शमस्तु तन्वे3 मम !! अथर्व 1/12/4
मेरे ऊपर के शिरोभूत अङ्ग के लिए, मेरे नीचे के शरीर के लिए, मेरे हाथ पैर , तन सब अङ्गों के लिए सुख हो.}

10. समिन्द्रेरय गामनड्वाहं य आवहदुशीनराण्या अन:  ।

भरतामप यद्रपो द्यौ: पृथिवी क्षमा रपो मो षु ते किं चनाममत् ।।RV 10.59.10

इस प्रकार जोअपने शरीर को निर्दोष स्वस्थ बना कर, और इन्द्रियों का अधिष्ठाता बन कर  सम्यक बुद्धि से इस शरीर रूपि जीवन रथ को निर्बाध आगे ले चलता है, उस के  बाह्यलोकों और आध्यात्मलोकों के  अनुकूल आचरण  से  कोइ भी दोष शरीर, हृदय, और मन को क्षति नहीं पहुंचा सकते |

Thus those who live a life by making their physical body free from all ailments and keep all their sensual cravings under complete control by exercising Vedic wisdom, attain the life that suffers from  any harm to come to them physically or mentally

वेदों में सौर ऊर्जा विषय

solar energy

सौर ऊर्जा विषय

RV 5.48 Strategy for Progress in this world

1.कदु प्रियाय धाम्ने मनामहे स्वक्षत्राय स्वयशसे महे वयम्‌ | 
आमेन्यस्य रजसो यदभ्र आँ अपो वृणाना वितनोति मायिनी || ऋ5.48.1

किस प्रकार अपने राष्ट्र अपने जन्म स्थान – क्षेत्र के यश और प्रगति के लिए चारों ओर प्रकृति की मेघादि जलों की उदार वृत्तियों को स्वीकार करती हुयी अनुकूल बुद्धि ग्रहण करें ?

What are the strategies for adopting one’s place of birth, his life and nation to attain fame and prosperity by making use of nature’s benevolent bounties like rains and sun shine?  

 
2.ता अत्नत वयुनं वीरवक्षणं समान्या वृतया विश्वमा रजः | 
अपो अपाचीरपरा अपेजते प्र पूर्वाभिस्तिरते देवयुर्जनः || ऋ5.48.2

देवताओं की विद्वत्ता की कामना करते हुए साधारण जन और वीर जनों के कर्म और प्रज्ञान के आवरण को लोक लोकांतर में उसी प्रकार सब को नीचे की ओर बढ़ाते हैं , जिस प्रकार जल अपनी पूर्ववत्‌ वृत्ति से नीचे को बह कर निरन्तर उदाहरण प्रस्तुत करता है 

It is by intelligent use nature’s bounties to employ them in the form of negative entropy like working against water’s  tendency to flow from higher levels to lower levels that scientists devise means of progress by using negative entropy.
3.आ ग्रावभिरहन्येभिरक्तुभिर्वरिष्ठं वज्रमा जिघर्ति मायिनि | 
शतं वा यस्य प्रचरन्त्स्वे दमे संवर्त्तयन्तो वि च वर्त्तयन्नहा ||ऋ5.48.3

यद्यपि सूर्य की सैंकड़ो किरणें दिन रात के चक्र को चलाती हुइ पाषानों को वज्र के समाकरती और न विदीर्ण  मानव की आयु /जीवनको क्षीण करती लगती हैं. परंतु बुद्धिमत्ता से जीवन शैलि सूर्य के इस व्यवहार का उत्तम रूप देख पाती हैं. जैसा यजुर्वेद में विस्तार  से कहा है;

It appears that Solar energy that destroys rocks with strong force and works on aging of human body , but there is a hidden positive aspect to this. By intelligent life style the solar bounties are a boon.   “ अश्मन्नूर्जं पर्वते शिश्रियाणामद्भय ओषधीभ्यो वनस्पतिभ्यो अधि सम्भ्रतं पय: |

तां न इष्मूर्जं धत्त मरुत: संरराणा अश्मँस्तेक्षुनमयि त ऊर्ग्यं द्विष्मस्तं ते शुगृच्छतु || यजु 17.1”

यह सूर्य की किरणो  पर्वतों पर चट्टानों को विदीर्ण कर के उर्वरक भूमि और मेघों से जल की वृष्टि द्वारा अन्न और ओषधी के साधन उत्पन्न करके  कर मानव को जीवन को संरक्षण प्रदान करते हैं.

Solar heat in conjunction with microbes facilitates the disintegration of rocks in the mountains to create fertile virgin soil for excellent growth of pants and herbs.
4.तामस्य रीतिं परशोरिव प्रत्यनीकमख्यं भुजे अस्य वर्पसः | 
सचा यदि पितुमन्तमिव क्षयं रत्नं दधाति भरहूतये विशे ||ऋ5.48.4

1.       परशु के समान तीक्ष्ण चुभने वाली अग्नि के समान सूर्य के ताप का सुंदर रूप मानव को ऐश्वर्य पदान करने के लिए है. यदि उस सौर ऊर्जा का सद्प्रयोग किया जाए.

2.       The scorching heat of sun by its intelligent use is an excellent source to provide sustainable prosperity to human life style .

 
5.स जिह्वया चतुरनीक ऋञ्जते चारु वसानो वरुणो यतन्नरिम | 
न तस्य विद्म पुरुषत्वता वयं यतो भगः सविता दाति वार्यम ||ऋ5.48.5

3.       उत्तम जीवन व्यवस्थाके लिए सूर्य की ज्योति का उपयोग करने के चार प्रकार के साधनों पर अनुसंधान करके पुरुषार्थ से कार्यान्वित करना चाहिए. ( आधुनिक विज्ञान                प्रौद्योगिकी के अनुसार सौर ऊर्जा से इन चार प्रकारसे लाभ लेना चाहिए.

4.       1. गृह निर्माण पद्धति जिस से प्राकृतिक रूप से घर में रहने के तापमानको नियंत्रित किया जा सके.

5.       2. सौर ऊर्ज से ऊष्णता के साधन  जैसे पानी गरम करना,सौर ऊर्जा चालित चुल्हा, सुअर ऊर्जा से भिन्न भिन्न वस्तुओं का उपचार

6.       3. सौर ऊर्जा से विदुत उत्पादन

7.       4. सूर्य की ज्योति का कृषि उत्पादन में बुद्धिमत्ता से प्रयोग.   ,

For excellent (sustainable) living four strategies are talked about to make use of the solar bounties to pursue research, develop knowledge, make efforts and utilize them.

Modern technology mentions the following four strategies.

Four Methods of Solar energy utilization

1.Passive solar energy: This is the simplest and least expensive form of solar power. Unfortunately, it requires that your home be specifically designed to take advantage of solar heat, and situated on a lot to take maximum advantage of the sun’s rays. You can design passive solar capability into new construction, but this method is not applicable to existing homes.

2.Solar energy for heat: This is the oldest use of solar energy. Using relatively inexpensive flat plate collectors, heat from the sun’s rays is used to heat air, water, or other fluid that flows through coils in the panels. This heat can then be used to heat the water for your home or the home itself.

3.Solar energy for electricity: This method uses a photovoltaic (PV) solar power panel that converts sunlight into electricity. This power can be used to power your home’selectrical lighting and appliances. However, ancillary systems (storage batteries, inverters) are required to provide the right kind of electricity throughout the day and night. And it still takes a large surface area of PV cells to provide sufficient electrical power for the average home.

4. Inexpensive applications for solar energy in the yard or garden: You can use very inexpensive small photovoltaic panels to provide electrical power for yard lighting, solar pumps for water features, solar electric fencing, even a solar oven. These applications won’t save as much as powering your home with solar, but they also don’t cost much.

Vedas on Nutrition Science

veda and nutrition

Vedas on Nutrition Science (part 1)

Rig Ved, 2-40 add RV1-187,RV5.48

AV 3.24, AV 2-26

अन्न विषयः RV1/187

भोजन से पूर्व प्रार्थना

अन्नपते अन्नस्य नो देह्यनमीवस्य शुष्मिणः ।

मम दातारं तारिषऽ ऊर्जं नो धेहि द्विपदे चतुष्पदे ।।

यजु 11-83

Oh  Mighty provider of our food- our Chef provide us with food that is free from any harmful organisms and that provides great strength.

Oh provider of food, I and my cattle both should be satiated with your food and good measure of energy.

   About FOOD

ऋषिः अगस्त्यो मैत्रावरुणि-।-देवता -अन्नम्

Annam RV Rig Veda Book 1 Hymn 187

पितुं नु स्तोषं महो धर्माणं तविषीम | 
यस्य त्रितो वयोजसा वृत्रं विपर्वमर्दयत् ||ऋ1/187/1

(यस्य) जिस का(त्रित:) मन वचन कर्म से (वि,ओजसा)विविध प्रकार के पराक्रम तथा उपाय से (विपर्वम)अङ्ग उपाङ्गों से पूर्ण जैसे काट, छांट, बीन, छील, पीस कर(वृत्रम) स्वीकार करने योग्य धन, यहां पर धन से अन्न के सन्दर्भ मे तात्पर्य लें,खाने के योग्य (अर्दयत) प्राप्त करे, (नु) शीघ्र अन्न के संदर्भ मे ताज़ा,जैसे  दुग्ध के संदर्भ मे धारोष्ण बासी पुराना रखा हुवा नही     (पितुम) ओषधि रूप अन्न(मह:) बहुत (धर्माणम) गुणकारी स्वभाव वाले अन्न होते हैं  (तविषीम)  जिन के गुणों की  (स्तोषम) प्रशंसा करते हैं.( Freshly harvested- not artificially treated for extended shelf life)
स्वादो पितो मधो पितो वयं त्वाववृमहे | 

अस्माकमविता भव || ऋ1/187/2

(स्वादो) स्वादु(पितो)पान करने योग्य जलादि पदार्थ (मधो) मधु के समान (High Brix number)( त्वा) ऐसे पेय पदार्थों को  (वयम) हम सब  (ववृमहे) ग्रहण करें(अस्माकम) इस अन्नपान के दान से (अविता) हमारे शरीर, मस्तिष्क की सुरक्षा,वृद्धि  (भव) सम्भव हो.
उप नः पितवा चर शिवः शिवाभिरूतिभिः | 
मयोभुरद्विषेण्यः सखा सुशेवो अद्वयाः || ऋ1/187/3

(पितो)अन्न व्यापक कराने वाला परमात्मन(मयोभू: )सुख की भावना कराने वाले (अद्विषेण्य) किसी से द्वेष न करने वाले, सब को एक जैसा अन्न उपलब्ध करवाने वालेवाले,हमारे लिए (सुशेव:)सुंदर और सुख युक्त (अद्वया:) जिस मे द्वंद्व भाव न रखने वाला (सखा) वह मित्र आप, हे परमात्मन (शिवाभि:) सुखकारिणी वह अन्न (ऊतिभि:)रक्षा , तृप्ति, वृद्धि, तेज (न:) हम लोगो के लिए (शिव:) सुखकारी (उप,आ, चर) समीप अच्छे प्रकार से प्राप्त कराइये,( Zero Food Miles)
तव त्ये  पितो रस रजांस्यनु विष्ठिताः | 
दिवि वाता इव श्रिताः || ऋ1/187/4

(पितो)अन्नव्यापिन परमात्मा (तव ) उस अन्न के बीच जो (रसा: ) स्वादु खट्टा मीठा तीखा चरपरा आदि छह (मीठा,खट्टा,लवण,कटु चरपरा,तिक्त कडुवा और कषाय कसैला) (दिवि) अंतरिक्षा  मे (वाताइव) पवनों के समान (श्रिता) आश्रय को प्राप्त हो रहे हैं (त्ये) वे

(रजांसि)लोकलोकांतरों को  ( अनु, विष्ठिता: ) पीछे प्रविष्ट होते हैं.( Diet should consist of all natural tastes and colors of eatables)
तव त्ये पितो ददतस्तव स्वादिष्ठ ते पितो | 
प्र स्वाद्मानो रसानां तुविग्रीवाइवेरते ||ऋ1/187/5

(पितो) अन्नव्यापौ पालक परमात्मन (ददत)देतेहुवे (तव) आप के जो अन्न वा(त्ये) वे पूर्वोक्त रस हैं (स्वादिष्ट)अतीव स्वादुयुक्त(पितो)पालक अन्नव्यापक परमात्मन (तव)आप के  उस अन्न के सहित  (ते) वे रस (रसानाम)मधुरादि रसों के बीच (स्वाद्मान:)अतीव स्वादु(तुविग्रौवाइव)जिन का प्रबल गला (develops good vocal faculties) उन जीवो के समान (प्रेरते)प्रेरणा देते अर्थात जीवों को प्रीति उत्पन्न कराते हैं.
त्वे पितो महानां देवानां मनो हितम् | 
अकारि चारु केतुना तवाहिमवसावधीत् ||ऋ1/187/6

(पितो) अन्नव्यापी पालनहार परमेश्वर (तव) जिस आप की  (अवसा) कृपा  से सूर्य (अहिम)मेघ को (अबधीत) हन्ता है (केतुना)विज्ञान से जो (चारु)श्रेष्ठ तर (अकारि)किया जाता है वह (महानाम)महात्मा पूज्य (मन)मन(त्वे)आप में (हितम) धरा है,प्रसन्न है ( Suggesting possible artificial rains)

यददो पितो अजगनविवस्व पर्वतानाम् | 
अत्रा चिन्नो मधो पितोSरं भक्षाय गम्याः ||ऋ1/187/7

(पितो) हमारा पोषण करने वाला  (यत) जब यह (अद:)  अन्न(अजगन) प्राप्त होता है (विवस्व) गुणवान(मघोपितो) स्वादिष्ट अन्न (अत्र,चित)(पर्वतानाम) पर्वतों से उर्वरकता युक्त (न: भक्षायअरमगम्या)  हमारे खाने के लिए उप्लब्ध हो

यदपामोषधीनां परिंशमारिशामहे | 
वातपे पीव  इद्भव || ऋ1/187/8

(वातापे) भौतिक शरीर (अपाम ओषधीनाम्)  तरल जल ओषधी पदार्थ इत्यादि (यतआरिशामहे पीब:) जो हम खाते हैं पी कर (इत भव) स्वस्थ हृष्ट पुष्ट  करें.

यत्ते सोम गवाशिरो यवाशिरो भजामहे | 
वातापे प्पेब इद्भव || ऋ1/187/9

(सोम) बुद्धि पूर्वक (गवाशिर: यवाशिर: भजामहे) गौ दुग्ध यव वनस्पति इत्यादि का भोजन जब हम गृहण करते हैं(ते) से (यत वातापे पीब: इत भव) जो हम पी कर गृहण करते हैं (खाना भी पी कर गृहण होता है)हमारे शरीर को स्वस्थ ह्रष्ट पुष्ट करे.

करम्भ ओषधे भव पीवो वृक्क उदारथिः | 
वातापे पीब इद्भव || ऋ1/187/10

(ओषधे)(करम्भ: ) (उदारथि: )( वृक्क: )(पीब: ) (भव)

( वातापे) (पीब: ) (इत) (भव) जठराग्नि को प्रदीप्त करने और पवन आदि से मुक्ति प्राप्त हो.

तं त्वा वयं पितो वचोभिर्गावो न हव्या सुषूदिम | 
देवेभ्यस्त्वा सधमादमस्मभ्यं त्वा सधमादम् ||ऋ1/187/11

(पितो) (तम) (त्वा) (वचोभि: ) (गाव: )(न) (वयम) (हव्या) (सषूदिम)(देवेभ्य: )( सधमादम) (त्वा) (अस्मभ्यम)(सदमाधम) (त्वा) जैसे गौ इत्यादि तृण घास खा कर रस दूध देती हैं उसी प्रकार अन्नदि से श्रेष्ठ भाग ग्रहण करा के आनन्द से सब रहें.

RV2.40

Rishi: Gritasamad, Devta  SomaPushano

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ऋषिः गृत्समद् भार्गवः शौनकः  देवताः सोमापूषणौः

( Note: The Rishi of this Sukta-Chapter- is Gritsamad- The Intelligent one who wants to bring cheerfulness around. The Devta- Topic- is SomaPushna-  intelligent Nutritional Strategies i.e. the science of Nutrition )

सोमापूषणा जनना रयीणां जनना दिवो जनना पृथिव्याः।

जातौ विश्वस्य भुवनस्य गोपौ देवा अकृण्वन्नमृतस्य नाभिः ।।  2-40-1

Nutritionists are the generators of ‘wealth’  through Nutritive food. From good food comes  intellect that  generate riches and activities on  the earth and outer space. From its very inception they are the guardians of sustainability of this earth.

अथ सौम्यम् ।अन्नं वै सोमोऽन्नेनैव तत्प्रजापतिः पुनरात्मानमाप्याययतान्नमेनमुपसमावर्ततान्नमनुक्रमात्मनोऽकुरुतान्नेनोऽ एवैष एतदाप्यायतेऽन्नमेनमुपसमावर्तते ऽन्नमनुकमात्मनः कुरुते। शतपथ 3918

तद्यत्सारस्वतमनु भवति  वाग्वै सरस्वत्यन्नं सोमस्तस्माद्यो वाचा पसाम्यन्नादोहैव भवति। शतपथ 3919

 2.  इमाव देवौ जायमानौ जुषन्ते मौ तमांसि गूहतामजुष्टा 

आभ्यामिन्द्रः पक्वामामास्वन्तः सोमापूषभ्यां जनदुस्रियासु ।।  2-40-2

In their very beginning the gloom of lack of nutrition is dispelled by emergence of milk in young immature females. (Mothers, Cows, and rains from clouds)

3. सोमापूषणा रजसो विमानं सप्तचक्रं रथमविश्वमिन्वम् 

विषूवृतं मनसा युज्यमानं तं जिन्वमथो वृषणा पञ्चरश्मिम् ।।  2-40-3

( Human body is likened to  a chariot with five controlling reins- the five PrAAnas पञ्च प्राण- अपान,व्यान,उदान, समान और मन) Nutrition makes a strong performing  creative  person  ( likened to a वृषभ  a performing bull), who manages the available  resources  to enable movements on this earth and beyond ( Outer Space) ( There is reference to a possible space vehicle equipped with seven wheels or perhaps booster rockets?

4. दिव्यन्यः सदनं चक्र उच्चा पृथिव्यामन्यो अध्यन्तरिक्षे 

तावस्मभ्यं पुरुवारं पुरुक्षं रायस्पोषं वि ष्यतां नाभिमस्मे ।।    2-40-4

The resulting activities from good nutrition give rise to desirable and much sought after health, wealth , fame  and progeny on this earth and  for control over outer space.

5. विश्वान्यन्यो भुवना जजान विश्वमन्यो अभिचक्षाण एति 

सोमापूषणाववतं धियं मे युवाभ्यां विश्वाः पृतनः जयेम ।।   2-40-5

While on one hand it has a role in creating the existing situations in life, on the other hand it is guided  by its wisdom to take measures for  correcting any unbalances, to defeat destructive forces.

6. धियं पूषा जिन्वतु विश्वमिन्वो रयि सोमो रयिपतिर्दधातु 

अवतु देव्यदितिरनर्वा बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीरः ।।

RV 2-40-6

May the supreme nutrition provider पूषा and †ÖפüŸµÖ- Sun, feed our intellects ( Can we see a link with Omega 3 and solar radiation for brain development ?), and  give us  wisdom to have  health wealth, wisdom, progeny and shun unsustainable activities to bring welfare to the entire society.

Vedas on Nutrition  ( Part 2)

1.   तयो रिद् घृतवतत्पयो विप्राः रिहन्ति धीतिभिः।

गन्धर्वस्य ध्रुवे पदे ।।   1-22-14

घृतवतत्पयो घृत  तत् पयः  Fats and milk bearing those fats गन्धर्वस्य –gandharwas are the mythical characters existing in the space between earthly humans ( untouched by civil reflective  behaviors, emotions, feelings) and heavenly Dewataas. Gandharwas are said to sustain the society by providing life sustaining strategies. गन्धर्वस्य ध्रुवे पदे  – In the footsteps of civilized high position persons- the intelligent persons partake of fats and fat bearing milk very cautiously.

AV3.24

ऋषि: भृगु , देवता: वनस्पति: प्रजापति:

 वनस्पति: Agriculture produce

1. पयस्वतीरोषधय: पयस्वन्मामकं वच:। अथो पयस्वतीनामा भरेsहं  सहस्रश: ॥ अथर्व 3.24.1

Speak about growing such produce that has nutritional and medicinal qualities, and fill its thousands of bags in warehouses.

उस (अन्न) की (उत्पादन की) बात करो जो पौष्टिक और ओषधि है. सहस्रों बोरों मे उस का भंडारण करो

2. वेदाहं पयस्वन्वतं चकार धान्यं बहु । सम्भृत्वा नाम यो देवस्त्वं वयं हवामहेयोयो अयज्वानो गृहे ॥ अथर्व 3.24.2

Spread knowledge about growing such food in abundant quantities.  Ensure that everybody has equal access to such food like Nature’s bounties. If some persons engage in storage of food (to cause shortages and deprive public access) food stuff from their warehouses should be ordered for public distribution.

उस ज्ञान का विस्तार करो जिस के द्वारा इस प्रकार का उत्तम अन्न बहुलता से उत्पन्न किया जा सके . जिस प्रकार सब को समान रूप से प्रकृति की सब वस्तुएं सम्भरण देवता द्वारा उपलब्ध रहती हैं उसी प्रकार यह अन्न भी सब को समान रूप से उपलब्ध रहना चाहिए. जिन स्वार्थी (अयज्वन जनों – यज्ञ न करने वाले) के घरों में इस अन्न का  भंडार हो उसे सब साधारण जनों को उपलब्ध करो.  

3. इमा या: पञ्च  प्रदिशो मानवी: पञ्च कृष्टय: । वृष्टे शापं नदीरिवेह स्फातिं समावहान्‌ ॥ अथर्व 3.24.3

All sections of society at all times and in all situations should have access to food in the same manner as rivers make available waters after rains.

(पञ्च प्रदेश पञ्च मानव) सब  समाज –ब्राह्मण ,क्षत्री ,वैश्य,शूद्र, निषाद, सब परिस्थितियों दिशाओं पूर्व,पश्चिम, दक्षिण, उत्तर और मध्य स्थान अंतरिक्ष ( पृथ्वी से ऊपर यान इत्यादि)  में इस अन्न की समृद्धि को ऐसे प्राप्त करें जैसे वर्षा के पश्चात नदियां  समान रूप से ज;ल सब को प्रदान करती हैं.

4. उदुत्सं शतधारं सहस्रधारमक्षितम्‌ । एवास्माकेदं धान्यं सहस्रधारमक्षितम्‌ ॥ अथर्व 3.24.4

Like hundreds and thousands of perennial streams this flow of food supply should be perennial and none exhausting.

बारहमासी अविरल बहने वाले सहस्रों झरनों की तरह  यह अन्न के स्रोत भी अविरल और कभी क्षीण न होने वाले हों

5. शतहस्त समाहर सहस्रहस्त सं किर । कृतस्य कार्यस्य  चेह स्फातिं समावह ॥ अथर्व 3.24.5

Hundreds of Farm hands feed thousands of mouths. Only this kind of public welfare strategy brings progress and prosperity in the society. (Earn by hundred hands and distribute in charity by thousand hands. Only such temperaments sustain a healthy society)

सौ हाथों वाले कृषक जन सहस्र जनों के लिए यह उपलब्ध करें .इस प्रकार की मगल वर्षा से समाज की वृद्धि और उन्नति हो. ( सौ हाथों से कमा और हज़ार हाथों से दान कर ,इसी वृत्ति से समाज का कल्याण होता है )

 

6. तिस्रो मात्रा गन्धर्वाणां चतस्रो गृहपत्न्या: । तासां या स्फातिमत्तमा तया त्वाभि मृशामसि ॥ अथर्व 3.24.6

Divide the revenues from Food production into seven parts. Three parts should be devoted to education, research and public services, four parts should be the share of housewives that run the households, if any surplus is conceived  the eighth part shall go to enrich the nation to build its strengthen.

इस उत्पादन के तीन भाग शिक्षा कार्य कौशल और अनुसंधान के लिए प्रयोग में लाए जाएं, चार भाग गृह पत्नियों को परिवार के पालन हेतु उपलब्ध होना चाहिए. यदि कुछ अधिक उपलब्धि हो तो आठवां भाग राष्ट्र को उन्नत बनाने में प्रयोग किया जाए.

7. उपोहश्च समूहश्च क्षत्तारौ ते प्रजापते । ताविहा वहतां स्फातिं बहुं भूमानमक्षितं ॥अथर्व3.24.7

Farmers that produce the food and administrator that control utilization of the farmers’ bounties are like the two wheel of the carriage that takes a nation forward.  Their coordinated efforts can ensure that food supplies are always available in right quantities. 

खाद्यान्न का उत्पादन करने वाले और उस से  प्राप्त धन का सदुपयोग करने वाले दो समूह इस समाज को सुचारु रूप से चलाने वाले दो सारथी हैं.

वे दोनों समृद्धि को लाएं, हमारा अन्न विपुल हो, सदैव वर्द्धनशील हो और कभी समाप्त न हो.          

Was one man created in the beginning of Creation or more than one?

men and women

Was one man created in the beginning of Creation or more than one?

Q- Was one man created in the beginning of Creation or more than one?

 A.~ More than one; because souls, that on account of their previous good actions deserve to be born in the Aishwari – not the result of sexual intercourse – Creation, are born in the beginning of the world. It is said in the Yajur Veda, “(In the beginning) there were born many men as well as rishis, i.e.., learned seers of nature. They were progenitors of the human race.” On the authority of this Vedic text it is certain then that in the beginning of Creation hundreds and thousands of men were born. By observing nature with the aid of reason we come to the same conclusion, viz., that men are descended from many fathers and mothers (i.e., not from one father and one mother).

Q-  In the beginning of Creation were men created as children, adults or old people or in all conditions?

A.~ They were adults, because had God created them as children they would have required adults to bring them up, and had created them as old men, they would not have been able to propagate the race, therefore He created them adults.

Q-  Does creation ever had a beginning?

A.~ No; just as the night follows the day and the day follows the night, the night precedes the day and day precedes the night, so does Creation follows Dissolution and Dissolution follows Creation, Dissolution precede Creation, and Creation precede Dissolution. This alternate process has been eternally going on. It has neither a beginning, nor an end, but just as the beginning and end of a day or of a night are seen, so do Creations and Dissolutions have beginnings as well as ends. God, the soul and prakriti – the primordial elementary matter – are eternal by nature, whilst Creation, and Dissolution are eternal by pravah -i.e., they follow each other in alternate succession – like the flow of a river which is not continuous throughout the whole year. It dries up and disappears in summer, and reappears in the rainy season. Jus as the nature, attributes, and character of God are eternal, so are His works – the Creation, Sustenance, and Dissolution (of the world).

Does not the belief of souls in lower beings impute partiality?

Q- God put some souls in human bodies, while others he clothed with bodies of ferocious animals such as tigers, others with those of cattle, such as cows, others with those of birds and insects, other still with those of plants. Does not this belief impute partiality to God?

A.~ No, it does not impute any partiality, because He put souls into the bodies they deserved according to deeds done in the previous birth. Had He done so without any consideration as to the nature of their deeds, He would have been unjust indeed.

 

Revelation of Vedas

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Revelation of Vedas

Q. Whose hearts did God reveal the Vedas in?

A.-“In the beginning, God revealed the four Vedas, Rig, Vayu, Sama, and Atharva, to Agni, Vayu, A’ditya and Angira, respectively.” SHAPATHA BRAHMAN 11: 4,2.3.

Q.But it is written in the Shwetashwetar Upanishad, ” In the beginning God created Brahma and revealed the Vedas in his heart.”SHEWTAR UPANISHAD 6:18. Why do you say that they were revealed to Agni, and other sages?

A.- Brahma was instructed in the knowledge of the Veda through the medium of the four sages , such as Agni. Mark what Manu Says: “In the beginning after human being had been created, the Supreme Spirit made the Vedas known to Brahma through Agni, etc., i.e., Brahma learnt the four Vedas from Agni, Vayu, A’ditya and Angira.” MANU: 23

Q. Why should He have revealed the Vedas to those four men alone and not to others as well? That imputes favouritism to God.

A.- Among all men those four alone were purest in heart, therefore, God revealed the true knowledge to them only.

Q. Why did He reveal the Veda in Sanskrit instead of a language of some particular country?

A.~ Had He revealed the Veda in the language of some particular country, He would have been partial to that country, because it would have been easier for the people of that country to learn and teach the Veda than for the foreigners, therefore, it is that He did it in Sanskrit that belongs to no country, and is the mother of all other languages. Just as He has ordained the material creation such as the earth, etc., which is also the source of all the useful arts, for the equal good of all, so should the language of the Divine revelation be accessible to all countries and nations with the same amount of labour. Hence the revelation of the Veda in Sanskrit does not make God partial to any nation

Evidence that proves the the Vedas to be Divine revelation.

Q. What evidence have you to prove that the Veda in Sanskrit is of Divine origin and not the work of man?

A- The book in which God is described as He is, viz., Holy, Omniscient, Pure in nature, character and attributes, Just, Merciful, etc., and in which nothing is said that is opposed to the laws of nature reason, the evidence of direct cognizance, etc., the teachings of the highly learned altruistic teachers of humanity (A’ptas), and the intuition of pure souls, and in which the laws, nature, and properties of matter and the soul are propounded as they are to be inferred from the order of nature as fixed by God, is the book of Divine revelation. Now the Vedas alone fulfil all the above conditions, hence they are the revealed books and not books, like the Bible and the Q’uran which we shall discuss fully in the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters (of this book) respectively.

Q.There is no necessity for the Veda to be revealed by God. Men can by themselves by degrees augment their knowledge and thereafter make books as well.

A.- No, they cannot do that, because there can be no effect without a cause. Look at savages such as the Bhils. Do they ever become enlightened by themselves without being instructed by others? The same is true of men in civilized communities, they need to be taught before they become educated. Similarly, had not God instructed the primitive sages in the knowledge of the Veda and had not they in their turn taught other men, all men would have remained ignorant. If a child were kept in a sequestered place from its very birth with no other company but that of illiterate persons or animals, on attaining maturity he would be no better than one of his company.

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Take for example the case of Egypt, Greece, or the Continent of Europe. The people of all these countries were without a trace of learning before the spread of knowledge from India. In the same way before Columbus and other Europeans went to America, the natives had been without any learning for hundreds and thousands of years. Now some of them have become enlightened after receiving education from the Europeans. Similarly, in the beginning of the world men received knowledge from God and since then there have been various learned men in different periods, Says Patanjali in his Yoga Shastra.

“As in the present time we become enlightened only after being taught by our teachers, sowerein the beginning of the world, Agni and the other three Rishis (sages), taught by the greatest of all teachers – God.” YOGA SHASTRA SAMADHI, 26. His knowledge is eternal. He is quite unlike the human soul that becomes devoid of consciousness in profound sleep and during the period of dissolution. It is certain, therefore, that no effect can be produced without a cause.

Q- The Vedas were revealed in the Sanskrit language. Those Rishis were ignorant of that language. How did they then understand the Vedas?

A.- They were made known to them by God, and whenever great Sages, who were yogis, imbued with piety, and with the desire to understand the meanings of certain mantras and whose minds possessed the power of perfect concentration, entered the superior condition, called Samaadhi, in contemplation of Deity. He made known unto them the meanings of the desired mantras. When the Vedas were thus revealed to many Rishis, they made expositions with historical illustrations of the Vedic mantras and embodied them in books called the Brahmanas which literally means an exposition of the Veda.

 

“The names of the Rishis, who were seers of certain mantras and for the first time published and taught the exposition of those mantras, are written along with those mantras as token remembrance.” Nirukta 1-20. Those who look upon those Rishis as the authors of the mantras should be considered absolutely in the wrong. They were simply seers of those mantras.

Q. Which books are called the Vedas?

A.- The book called the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda and the Atharva Veda – the Mantras Sanhitas only and no other.

Q. But the sage Katyayana says. The mantras Sanhitas together with the Brahmanas constitute the Vedas.

A.- You must have noticed that in the beginning of every Mantra Sanhita and at the end of each of its chapters it has always been the practice from time immemorial to write the word Veda, but it is never done so in the case of Brahmanas. We read in the Nirukt, “This is in the Veda, this is in the Brahmanas;” NIRUKT 5: 3 & 4 – in the same way we read in Panini, ” In the Chhanda (Veda) and Brahmanas, etc.” ASHTADHYAYI 4: 2, 66. It is clear from these quotations that the Veda is the name of books distinct from the Brahmanas. The Veda is what is called the Mantra Sanhita or a recollection of mantras, whilst the Brahmanas are the expositions of those mantras. Those who want to know more about this subject can consult our book called ” An introduction to the Exposition of the Vedas”, wherein it is proved on the authority of various kinds of evidence that the above quotation quoted as Katyayan”s could never be his. Because if we believe that, the Veda, could never be eternal, for in the Brahmanas there are to be found biographies of various Rishis and Sages, kings and princes; but since biographies of persons can only be written after their birth, the Brahmanas that contain those biographies must have been written after the birth of those Rishis and kings, etc., and therefore, cannot be eternal. The Veda does not contain the biography of any person, on the other hand in it only those words are used by which knowledge is made known. There is no mention of any proper names fo any particular event or individual in the Veda.

Q- How many Shaakhaas (branches) are there of the Veda?

A.- Eleven hundred and twenty-seven.

Q.What are Shaakhaas (branches)? A.- The expositions are called shaakhaas.

Q.We, hear of learned people speaking of the different parts of the Veda as shaakhaas. Are they wrong?

A.- If you think over it a little, you will understand that they are in the wrong, because all the Shaakhaas are attributed to Rishis such as Ashwalaayani and others, whilst the authorship of the Veda is ascribed to God. It other words, as the author of the four Vedas is believed to be God, so are Rishis held to be the authors of the shaakhaas, such as Ashwalaayani. And besides, all the shaakhaas take Veda texts and expound them, while in the Veda texts only are given. Therefore, the four Vedas – the books of Divine revelation – are like the trunk of a tree, whose branches (shaakhaas) are the books, such as Ashwalaayani, written by Rishis and not revealed by God,

As the parents are kind to their children and wish for their children and wish for their welfare, so has the Supreme Spirit, out of kindness to all men, revealed the Veda by whose study men are freed from ignorance and error, and may attain the light of true knowledge and thereby enjoy extreme happiness as well as advance knowledge and promote their welfare.

Q. Are the Vedas eternal or non-eternal?

A.- They are eternal. God being eternal, His knowledge and attributes must necessarily be eternal, because the nature, attributes and character of an eternal substance are also eternal and vice versa.

Q ~ Oh, I see. God must have given knowledge to those Rishis who afterwards composed the Vedas. Is that what you mean?

A.- There can be no ideas without words. No one but an All-knowing Being has the power to make such compositions as are full of all kinds of knowledge and require the perfect knowledge of music and poetry, meters, such chhandhaas and notes, etc. True, after having studied the Vedas, the Rishis, in order to elucidate the various branches of learning, made books on Grammar, Philology, Music and Poetry, etc. Had not God revealed the Vedas, no man would have been able to write anything. The Vedas, therefore, are revealed books. All men should conduct themselves according to their teachings, and when questioned as to his religion let everyone answer that his religion is Vedic, i.e., he believes in whatever is said in the Vedas.

 

VAIDIK PRAYERS

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PRAYERS

Prayer to God is to be addressed in the following way:- “Endow us, O Lord, who art All-glorious, through thy mercy, at this very instant with that wisdom which the wise, the learned, and yogis pray for.” YAJUR VEDA32: 14.

“Thou art Light, be merciful and shed that light into my heart. Thou art Infinite energy, through Thy grace endow me with unfailing energy. Thou are Infinite strength, endow me with strength. Thou art Infinite power, endow me with great power. Thou art wrathful with the wicked, make me also wrathful.

Thou art moved neither by slander, nor by praise. Thou art forbearing towards those who offend against Thee, make me also forbearing.” YAJUR VEDA 20: 9.

“May, O Ocean of Mercy, through thy grace my mind – the mind that in the wakeful state travels long distances, and, possesses brilliant qualities, which self-same mind – light of the senses – in sleep attains to the state of profound slumber and in dreams wanders over different places – always entertain pure thoughts for the good of the self as well as for that of all other living beings. May it never desire to injure any one.” YAJUR VEDA 34:1.

“May, O Omniscient God, my mind – which is the source of all activity and which, thereby, enables men of learning, piety and courage to perform acts of great public good and heroic deeds on the field of battle and other occasions, which possess wonderful powers and admirable qualities and rules the senses – harbour only righteous desires and completely renounce sin and vice.” YAJUR VEDA 34: 2.

“May, O lord, my mind – the mind which is the repository of the highest form of knowledge, is the faculty for consciousness and judgement, is the light of the senses, and is immortal, the mind without which a man is powerless to do even the most insignificant thing – aspire for purity and shun wickedness.” YAJUR VEDA 34: 3.

“May, O Lord of the Universe, my mind – the mind which is the medium through which all yogis acquire knowledge of the past, the present and the future which becomes the means of the union of the immortal human soul with the Supreme Spirit and thereby makes it cognizant of the three periods of time (past, present and the future),

the mind which is capable of conscious exertion and is closely united with the five sense, the faculty of discernment and the soul, and is the means of the advancement of that great Yajna called yoga – be endowed with true knowledge and yoga and thereby be freed from all kinds of pain and ignorance.” YAJUR VEDA 43: 4.

“May, O Great God, Wises of the wise, through Thy grace, my mind – which like the hub of a wheel into which all the spokes are inserted, is the repository of the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, The Sama Veda and also the Atharva Veda, the mind in which Omniscient, Omnipresent conscious Being – the Witness of all – makes Himself known – be freed from all ignorance and be endowed with the love of knowledge.” YAJUR VEDA 34: 5

“May, O Lord, the Controller of the Universe, my mind – which is like a driver who can swing the horses around in all directions, sways men hither and thither, is seated in the heart, possessed of great activity and extreme energy – restrain all the senses from treading the path of wickedness and always direct them in the path of righteousness. Mayestt, Thou O Lord, of Thy kindness grant me this prayer.” YAJUR VEDA 34: 6.

“Lead us, O Bestower of all happiness, Omniscient, Supreme Spirit, into the path of rectitude and thereby inspireus withh all kinds of knowledge and wisdom, rid us of all that is false and sinful in our conduct, and make us pure. To ths end, we in all humility repeatedly praise and adore Thee.” YAJUR VEDA 40: 16.

“Mayest not, Thou, O Punisher of the wicked, destroy our young ones, nor our old ones, foetuses, mothers, and fathers, nor those who are dear to us, nor our relations, nor our bodies. Direct us to that path by following which we may not be liable to punishment by Thy Law.” YAJUR VEDA 16: 15.

“Lead us, O Supreme Spirit, Teacher of teachers, from falsehood unto rectitude, from darkness into light of knowledge, from death and disease to immortality and Eternal Happiness.” SHATPATHA 14:3,1,30.

Prayer is said to be Positive or Negative according as the Deity is looked upon as possessed of good attributes or as free from bad qualities, faults and imperfections.

A man should act in accordance with what he prays for. For example, if he prays for the attainment of highest wisdom, let him do his utmost to attain it. In other words, prayer should be addressed to God for the attainment of an object after one has strenuously endeavoured to attain it. No on should pray in the following manner, nor does God ever answer such a prayer:-

‘O lord! destroy my enemies, make me superior to all. Let me alone be honoured by all, make all other subordinate to me, etc.’ For, if both enemies were to pray for each other’s destruction, should God destroy both of them? If some one were to say that of the two let that man’s prayer be granted who bears more love to God, we answer that the enemy of the man whose love is less, should also suffer destruction in a lesser degree. If people began to address such foolish prayers, the next thing they will do, will be to pray in this manner, “O God! Cook our food for us, put it on the table for us, scrub our houses, do our washing, till our land, and do a bit of gardening a well for us.” The greatest fools are they who, trusting in God in this wise, remain slothful and indolent; because who so- ever will obey God’s commandment to work assiduously will never be happy. God commands thus:-

Let a man aspire to live by doing work for a hundred years, i.e. as long as he lives. Let him never be lazy.” Behold! all the animate and the inanimate objects in this universe perform their respective functions. The ants and other creatures are always active, the earth and other planets are always in motion, the trees are always growing or decaying. Man should take a lesson from these. As men help him who helps himself, so does God help him who works righteously, just as servants do their work only if the master himself is active and not lazy.

Only a man with eyes and with a desire to see can be made to see and not a blind man, likewise God lends his help in answer to those prayers only that aim at the good of all, and not those that are meant to injure any one. He who only keeps on saying ‘sugar is sweet, sugar is sweet’ can never taste the sweetness of sugar, nor obtain it but he, who tries for it, sooner or later is sure to get it.

Is God formless or embodied?

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Is God formless or embodied?

 Q – If God be formless, this world created by Him should also be formless, just as in the case of other living beings, such as men, – children have bodies like their parents. Had they been formless, their children would have been the same. A.- What a childish question! We have already stated that God is not the material cause of the universe. He is only its efficient cause. It is prakriti and paramanus – the premordial elementary matter and atoms, – which are less subtle than God, that are the material cause of the world. They are not altogether formless but are subtler than other material objects, while less subtle as compared to God.

11. If God be formless, this world created by Him should also be formless A.-No; because that which does not exist (in any form) cannot be called into existence. It is absolutely impossible. It is as much as impossible for an effect to be produced without its cause as the story of a man, who would brag in the following way, to be true. “I saw a man and a woman being married whose mothers never bore any children. They had boys made of human horns, and wore garlands of ethereal flowers. They bathed in the water of mirage and lived in a town of angels where it rained without clouds, and cereals and vegetables grew without any soil, etc.,” or ” I had neither father nor mother and yet came into being. I have no tongue in my mouth and lo! I can speak. There was no snake in the hole and yet one came out of it. I was nowhere, nor were these people, and yet we are all here.” Only lunatics can believe and say such things.

Cannot God create an effect without cause?

Q. If there can be no effect without a cause, what is the cause of the first cause then?

A.- Whatsoever is an absolute cause, can ever be an effect of another, but that which is the cause of one and the effect of another is called a relative cause. Take an example. The earth is the cause of a house but an effect of liquids (Liquids are the causes of solids as they precede them in the order of formation. The earth is solid), but the first cause, prakriti (matter) has no other cause, viz., it is beginningless or eternal. Says the Saankhya Darshana, 1: 67 “The first having no cause is the cause of all effects.” Every effect must have three causes before it comes into existence; just as before a piece of cloth can be made, it must have three things – the weaver, the thread and machinery, in the same way the creation of the world pre-supposes the existence of God, the prakriti, the souls, time and space which are all uncreated and eternal. There would be no world if even one ot them were absent.

The various objections of atheists are answered below:

 If there can be no effect without a cause, what is the cause of the first cause then

Q-    Shoonya (nought or nothing) is the one true reality. In the beginning there was nothing but nothing, and nothing will survive in the end; because whatever now exists will cease to exist and become nothing

A.- The ether, an invisible substance (such a prakriti), the space and a point are also called nothing. It is inanimate and all things invisibly exist in it. Lines are made up of points, while circle, squares, etc., are made of lines. Thus has God, by the might of His creative power, evolved the earth, mountains and objects of all other shapes and forms out of a point or nebula – nothing. Besides, He who knows nothing cannot be nothing. [Hence shoonya (nothing) does not here mean nothing put a point or a nebula.]

Can something come out of nothing?

 Q. Something can come out of nothing , just as a seed does not germinate and send forth a sprout until it is split, but when you break a seed an look into it, you do not find any sprout in it. It is clear then that the sprout comes out of nothing.

A.- That which splits a seed before it germinates, must have already been present in the ee, otherwise what causes the see to split? Nor would it have come out had it not been there.

Do we sow what we reap?

Q. It is not true ‘As you sow so shall you reap,’ Many an act is seen that does not bear fruit; therefore it is right it infer that it entirely rest with God to punish or reward a man for his deeds. It absolutely depends upon His wish.

A.- If it were so, why does not God reward or punish a man for deeds he has never done? It follows, therefore, that God gives every man his due according to the nature of his deeds. God does not reward or punish men according to the caprice of his Will. On the other hand, He makes a man reap only what he has sown

Can effects can be produced without a cause?

Q. Effects can be produced without a cause just as the sharp thorns of Acacia Arabica spring out of the branches that are not at all sharp and pointed but are soft and smooth. It is clear from this illustration, therefore, that in the beginning of Creation all material objects and bodies of living beings come into being without (first) cause.

A.- Whatever a thing springs from, is its cause. Thorns do not come out of nothing. They come out of a thorny tree, therefore, that tree is their cause. Hence the world was not created without a cause.

Q. All things have been created and are liable to decay. They are all ephemeral. The Neo-Vedantis put forward objections like this, because they say, “Thousands of books support the doctrine that Brahma alone is the true reality., the world is a delusion and the soul is not distinct from Brahma (God). All else is unreal.”

A.- All can not be unreal if the fact of their being unreal is real.

Q. Even the fact of their being unreal is unreal. Just as fire not only burns other things and thus destroys them, but is itself destroyed after others have been destroyed.

A.- That which is perceptible by the senses cannot be unreal or nothing, nor can the extremely subtle matter – the material cause of the world – be unreal or perishable. The Neo-Vedantis hold Brahma as the (material) cause of the universe; He – the cause – being real, the world – the effect – cannot be unreal. If it were said that the material world is only a material conception and, therefore, unreal like the objects seen in a dream or life a piece of rope seen in the dark and mistaken for a snake, it cannot be true; because a conception or an idea is something abstract which cannot remain apart from the noumenon wherein it resides.

When one that conceives (viz., the soul) is real, the conception cannot be unreal, otherwise you will have to admit that the soul is also unreal. You cannot see a thing in a dream unless you have seen or heard of it in the wakeful state, in other words, when the various objects of this world come in contact without senses, they give rise to percepts called knowledge by direct cognition – which leave impressions on our souls, it is these impressions which are recalled by, and become vivid to the soul in dreams. If it be possible for a man to dream of things of which he has had no impressions in his mind, a man born blind, should dream of colours which is not the case. It follows, therefore, that in the mind are retained impressions and ideas of external things that exist in the outside world. And just as external things continue to exist even after a man ceases to have any consciousness of them as in sound sleep, so does prakriti- the material cause of the world – continue to exist ever after Dissolution.

 Why not believe that the external things seen in the wakeful state is unreal?

Q- As the external objects pass out of our consciousness in slumber and those seen in a dream in the state of profound sleep, i.e., perish as far as we are concerned, in the same way why not believe that the external things seen in the wakeful state are also unreal?

A.- No, we cannot believe that; because both in slumber and profound sleep the external objects only pass out of our consciousness. They do not cease to exist, just as different things lying behind us are simply invisible to us but are there, and have not ceased to exist. Therefore, what we have said before, that God , the soul and the prakriti – the material cause – are real entities, is alone true.

If the five states of matter is eternal why isn’t the world eternal?

Q. The five bhuts – five states of matter as Prithivi (solids), Apah (liquid) etc., – being eternal, the whole world is eternal or imperishable.

A.- No, it is not true; because if all those objects, the cause of whose formation or disintegration is seen every day, be eternal, the whole material visible world with all such perishable things as the bodies of men and animals, houses, and their furniture and the like would be eternal, which is absurd. Therefore, the effects can never be eternal.

Are all things distinct from each other?

Q. All things are distinct from each other, There is no unity in them. Whatever we see precludes another.

A.-The whole exists in its parts. Time, ether, space, God, and Order and Genus, though separate entities, are yet common to all. There is nothing that can exist separate from or without them. Hence all these are not separate from each other, though they are different by nature. Thus there is unity in variety.

Q. All things exclude each other, and are therefore non-existent, just as a cow is not a horse, nor is a horse a cow. Therefore, both the horse and the cow are non-existent. Similarly, all things are as if non-existent.

A.- Though it is true that the ‘relation of one thing excluding others does exist in all things, but a thing does not exclude itself. For example, a cow is not a horse, nor is a horse a cow; but a cow as a cow and a horse as a horse do exist. If things were non-existent how could you ever speak of this Itretaraabhaava relation i.e., ‘the relation of one thing excluding others from itself’. [Hence the world and things contained therein do exist. They are not non-existent.

There can be no creator.

Q. The world comes into being by virtue of the fact that it is in the nature of things to combine together and produce different things. Just as maggots are produced the coming together of food, moisture and by decomposition setting in; or as vegetables begin to grow when the seed, water, and soil are brought together under favourable conditions; or as the wind blowing on the sea is the cause of waves that in turn produce merchaum, which mixed with turmeric, lime and lemon juice forms what is called concrete, so does this world come into being by virtue of the natural properties of the elements. There is no Creator.

A.-If formation be the natural property of matter, there would be no dissolution or disintegration; and if you say that disintegration is also a natural property of matter, there could then be no formation. But if you say that both formation and disintegration are the natural properties of matter, there could then be neither formation nor disintegration. If you say that an efficient agent is the cause of the creation and dissolution of the world, it must be other than and distinct from the objects that are subject to formation and disintegration.

If formation and disintegration be the natural properties of matter, they may happen at any and every moment. Besides, if there is no Maker and the world came into being by virtue of the natural properties inherent in matter, why do not other earths, suns and moons come into existence near our earth? Moreover, whatever now grows or comes into being, does so by virtue of the combination of different substances – made by God. Just as plants grow wherever the water soil and the seed come in contact under favourable conditions, and not otherwise; in the same way in the manufacture of concrete its components such as turmeric, lime, lemon juice and merchaum do not come together by themselves, but are mixed up together by some one, nor dot hey produce concrete unless mixed in their right proportion. Similarly, the prakriti and atoms, until they are properly combined by God with the requisite knowledge and skill, cannot by themselves produce anything. It follows, therefore, that the world did not come into being by itself, i.e., by virtue of the natural properties of matter, but was created by God.

It was never created nor shall it ever perish.

Q. This world has had no Creator, nor is there one at present, nor, shall there ever be one. It has been eternally existing as such. It was never created nor shall it ever perish.

A.- No action or thing – which is the product of action – can ever come into existence without an agent. All objects to this world such as the earth, are subject to the processes of formation, that is, are the product of definite combination. They can never be eternal, because a thing which is the product of combination can never exist after its component parts come as under. If you do not believe it, take the hardest rock or a diamond or a piece of steel and smash it into pieces, melt or roast it and see for yourself if it is composed of separate particles, called molecules and atoms, or not. If it is, then surely a time will come when those molecules will come apart.

Can the highly exalted soul become God?

Q. There is not Eternal God, on the other hand a highly exalted soul, that by the practice of yoga attains such power as the control of atoms, etc., and omniscience, becomes God.

A.- Had there been not Eternal God, the Creator of the universe, Who would have made the bodies, the sense organs and all objects of this world, the very support and means of subsistence of the yogi, by means of which he comes to possess such wonderful powers? Without their help no one can endeavour to accomplish anything. The endeavour being impossible how could he have acquired those wonderful powers? Whatsoever efforts a man may make, whatsoever means he may employ, whatsoever powers he may acquire, he can never equal God in His natural – in contradistinction to the soul’s acquired – Everlasting or Eternal powers which are infinite and manifold; because, the knowledge of the soul, even if it were to go on improving till eternity, will still remain finite and his powers limited. Its power and knowledge can never become infinite. Mark, no yogi has ever been able to subvert the laws of nature as ordained by God, nor ever shall. God – the Eternal Seer – possessed of wonderful powers has ordained that eyes shall be the organs of sight, and ears the organs of hearing. The human soul can never become God.

In different cycles of Creation does God make the universe of a uniform or a different

Q. In different cycles of Creation does God make the universe of a uniform or a different character?

A.- Just as it is now, so was it in the past, so will it be in the future. It is said in the Veda, “Just as God created the sun, the earth, the moon , the electricity, the atmosphere in the previous cycles, so has He done in the present and so will He do in the future.” RIG VEDA 10: 190, 3. God’s works, being free from error or flaw, are always of uniform character. It is only the works of one who is finite and whose knowledge is subject to increase or decrease that can be erroneous or faulty, not those of God.

AGNIHOTRA

 

   

Agnihotra-Fire-Ceremony

Agnihotra is a beautiful home practice that anyone can do anywhere. When I say anyone I really mean it, I have a remarkable friend who sadly lost both his limbs when he was in his late teens he was a young man from Austria. When he was recovering in hospital someone came to demonstrate Agnihotra and from that time he has performed it regularly without any limbs.

Agni is fire, fire is not just fire as we imagine it when someone says the word fire but all transformation and the underlying principal of transformation means one substance becoming another is agni. Agni is needed for the entire creation to exist. The very act of creation comes to life because of Agni. In Vedic tradition ‘Agni’ is a ‘Dev’ or a prime aspect of the creation and also another way of understanding god as where ‘Agni’ is ‘God’ is and Agni is one of the subtle qualities of God.

In our solar system Agni is very much personified by the Sun. Without the sun our human body could not exist nor any of the plants or life forms on planet earth. If the sun just stopped for short while all “life” would cease. The sun is radiating intelligent fire prana from its core out to all around. It is one of countless stars but in our solar system its presence is empirical to our life. Trees consume and store this Agni from the sun and create great renowned structures this is nothing but son of the sun.

Our physical bodies are comprised of the food we eat and this comes from the sun. So our body is just re-organized Agni. If we awaken to the presence of Agni around us we understand the world in a much deeper way. Ultimately Agni will take all as through time and transformation we get what we call physical “death” where our body will no longer be containing the soul and ultimately the body returns back to the earth through Agni.

So to understand Agni is to understand life itself. Agnihotra is a Vedic practice to prepare a special fire from sacred substances. In Vedic science when a substance was “sacred” this would mean that it had immense value to energising and purifying the atmosphere and our consciousness. Sandalwood is a good example of the most “sacred” of woods. After 30 years the Sandalwood tree gives a fragrance that is nothing but heavenly. The inate intelligence of the tree forms this special substance that is known from Ayurvedic texts to be able to cure countless diseases. The smoke cleans the physical atmosphere removing bad odour and also cleans the vibrational atmosphere. Soma, Agni and Marut are the three basic principals of nature Soma being the cooling lunar essence, Agni being transformation and Marut being the animation of it all, what is also called Prana. In Ayurveda these are also called Kapha, Pitta and Vata. The prior names are more ancient and also the names of Devatas or facets of the gem so to speak the gem being the totality of all. When one sees all facets, one can subsequently grasp the gem itself.

So Sandalwood would be a sacred wood and it happens to have a very special vibrational fingerprint. Modern scientists can make chemical smells that are similar to the original like vanillin as a copy of vanilla, but the vibrational intelligence that is underlying the “fragrance” is what can not be copied, this is from the heart of the Divine in the countless forms that the Divine energy takes.

So with Agnihotra a sacred fire is prepared. Sandalwood can be used if it is available or affordable (at time of writing it is nearly as dear as gold itself). Most common is to use dried cow dung cakes. Since millennia cow dung has been used in daily living it is the basis of Rishi Krishi agriculture which fed India since the beginning of its history, it is used in Ayurveda and is renowned in such formulae such as Panchagavya Grtham which is exemplary for unmade or chronic mental disorders. The floors of homes in Indian villages are all “sterilised” with cow dung. What an amazing magic, the cow’s excrement is actually anti-bacterial and once it dries it has a remarkable and beautiful fragrance.

One of the oldest incenses in existence is simply to dry cow dung and burn it. The smoke is highly medicinal, now the modern labs will show it has so many special effects but Rishis new its value as they understood the cow. The cow is a highly magnificent creature. The reason cows became “sacred” as in reality all creatures are “sacred” was because the Rishis understood it’s magnificence, the wonderment of it’s immense value to society on so many levels that they had to make it stand out that this should be protected, at all costs. Of course this does not mean one can worship cows but neglect other animals. Each and every creature has the Divine spark.

So once the fire is going an “offering” is made which is where the word “hotra” comes into play. The offering is simply an advanced form of smoke therapy on its very basic level. The offering is of cow’s ghee and whole rice. In other forms of Agnihotra other “offerings” are there, it is always a substance that has a particular vibrational fingerprint and when consummated by the fire it’s smoke and residual ashes will contain much potency. With Agnihotra one does the offering at a time that nature is extremely charged, the time of exact sunrise and sunset.

Did you notice how excited all nature gets at the time of sunset and sunrise. Time was taken seriously in the Vedic calendar and the calendar itself followed the very rhythms of nature’s cycles. So at the exact juncture of day to night or night to day there was a special flood of prana to the entire creation. Firstly the cycle is changing so there is a phase change for the entire planet. This phase change creates more harmony and coherence. This is why people often find sunrise and sunset very romantic.

From a Jyotish perspective Sun rise is sun in the 1st house in the place of source of beginning and of soft and powerful strength. Sunset means sun is in the 7th house, sunsets are often romantic times, romantic just means a time for falling in love it could be with a person or with God. So this time is a good time to fall in love with God. The absolute dance of colours that come which are all within our own physiology is a reminder of the source of all. All this creation is just different intelligent forms of vibration. We call it light or we call it sound but it is just vibration, intelligent vibration.

So there is the fire burning, the offering and the exact timing.

The final ingredient is the chanting of a mantra.

Sound is just a vibration that is within a specific frequency range (our ears here say from 20Hz to 15,000 Hz or a bit more if lucky or younger). Hz just means sine waves or cycles per second, pulsed intelligent frequencies.

Sanskrit was engineered that through the sounds the pulses would be perfect and coherent and represents the pulses of the creation itself. So when we opened our mouth to “chant” means reproduce a Sanskrit sound, we were tuning ourselves to the source of the creation. A recent study by a Sanskrit institute found the sound paters of recorded Sanskrit when analysed had waves within waves of the same mathematical formulae that life itself is using for all. This is called Golden Mean.

So by creating coherent harmonious pulsed vibration (called mantra) we get a specific effect. So when doing Agnihotra, this offering to the sacred fire, we offer the sound too.

And finally the offering is done in a specific vessel; its measurements are not abstract, but perfect ratios. The word Pyramid means fire inside and the offering is performed in a pyramid. Fire was inside a pyramid as the triangular shape is ideal as an amplifier or condenser depending which way you sit it. If sit with the small base on the bottom it will amplify like a sound speaker will amplify as it directs the prana upwards and outwards no matter what it’s form is. With Agnihotra the form is the substance being burnt (cow dung), rice, ghee and dung. Also trace amounts of the copper which the pyramid is made from are released. So it is a powerful home alchemy of purifying the world around us.

Subsequently the performer also gets much benefit by “living” in the purified atmosphere. The released smoke is highly fragrant (the ghee gives it a particular sweetness) and very pleasing to all around physical beings, birds, insects, trees and all that we can not see too.

NOTES:

Negative Ion  generation by  Agnihotra

  Fire is Plasma & creates Negative Ions

The big difference between regular gas and plasma is that in a plasma a fair fraction of the atoms are ionized.  That is, the gas is so hot, and the atoms are slamming around so hard, that some of the electrons are given enough energy to (temporarily) escape their host atoms.  The most important effect of this is that a plasma gains some electrical properties that a non-ionized gas doesn’t have; it becomes conductive and it responds to electrical and magnetic fields.  In fact, this is a great test for whether or not something is a plasma.

For example, our Sun (or any star) is a miasma of incandescent plasma.  One way to see this is to notice that the solar flares that leap from its surface are directed along the Sun’s (generally twisted up and spotty) magnetic fields.

A solar flare as seen in the x-ray spectrum.  The material of the flare, being a plasma, is affected and directed by the Sun’s magnetic field.  Normally this brings it back into the surface (which is for the best).

We also see the conductance of plasma in “toys” like a Jacob’s Ladder.  Spark gaps have the weird property that the higher the current, the more ionized the air in the gap, and the lower the resistance (more plasma = more conductive).  There are even scary machinesbuilt using this principle.  Basically, in order for a material to be conductive there need to be charges in it that are free to move around.  In metals those charges are shared by atoms; electrons can move from one atom to the next.  But in a plasma the material itselfis free charges.  Conductive almost by definition.

A Jacob’s Ladder.  The electricity has an easier time flowing through the long thread of highly-conductive plasma than it does flowing through the tiny gap of poorly-conducting air.

As it happens, fire passes all these tests with flying colors.  Fire is a genuine plasma.  Maybe not the best plasma, or the most ionized plasma, but it does alright.

The free charges inside of the flame are pushed and pulled by the electric field between these plates, and as those charged particles move they drag the rest of the flame with them.

Even small and relatively cool fires, like candle flames, respond strongly to electric fields and are even pretty conductive.  There’s a beautiful video here that demonstrates this a lot better than this post does.

Negative ion production has many benefits. In general negative ion production produces air similar to the air outside after a thunder and rain storm. If you have experienced a thunderstorm then you have noticed the tension that builds up in the air before a storm as the positive ions in the air reach a peak. When the storm hits electrical charges are produced in the atmosphere and rain falls. The resultant air is oxygen rich and full of negative ions. The sensations of calm and clarity can be felt in the air after a storm. This is similar to the quality of the air produced in the home with negative ion production especially if combined with ozone production as ozone (03) is also produced in abundance after a thunderstorm. There are hundreds of scientific papers and studies on the positive effects on negative ions. The following lists a few of the findings.

  • Seasonal depression symptoms decreased for the group receiving high density treatment with negative ions.
  • Neg. ions, counteracted the effects of cigarette smoke, specifically the slowing down of the cilia (mucous and carcinogenic removing filaments) in the lungs.
  • After exposure of 15 min./ day for 25 days to male subjects. After 9 days work capacity increased 50% and by the 25 the day 87%.
  • 100s of patients treated for relief from hay fever and asthma. After 15 min. in front of a negative ionizer they felt so much better they didn’t want to leave. Relief lasted for about 2 hours after returning to unionized conditions.
  • Plants show and increased growth rate.
  • Increased in alertness in humans as well as reduced symptoms of migraines, asthma, palpitations, depression and irritability.
  • Over 5 year period treating 500 patients, negative ionization cured 45% of hyperthyroid cases.
  • Bacteria counts reduced. Escherichia, pseudomonas, klebsiella, staphylococci, streptococci and candida counts reduced by 50% within 6 hours and 70% within 24 hours of neg. ion exposure.
  • Aerosol sprayed bacteria cultures in air were virtually eliminated in 60 min. with high negative ion exposure.
  • Headaches in office air conditioned computer room reduced by 78%.
  • Hospital usage for burn victims. Sealed room with negative ion treatment for severe burn patients reduced pain to nil without the usage of morphine or narcotics in 85% of the cases.
  • 57% of post surgical cases experienced significant pain reduction upon negative ion treatment.

{There are many studies relating to the negative effects of positive ions. They are not listed here.}

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