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 Period of creation of the Vedas
‡ The Vedas were revealed in the beginning of
the Universe itself.
‡ As per the Vedic astrological calculations this
happened 1,97,29,49110 years ago.
‡ Even Western scholars have acknowledged Rig
Veda to be the oldest book in the library of
Mankind
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 Vedas are Infinite
‡ Volume of total knowledge, and all possible
thought processes about & of this world is
Infinite.
‡ Oo Vedas in their content are also said to be
infiniteu : : is a very famous
Vedic aphorismu
‡ It is humanely not possible to acquire entire
knowledge of the universe by any individual
living mortal
‡ Thus it is not possible for any individual to claim
that he has fully understood not even read
Vedas
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‡ Yajurved- involves itself with implementing ˨, the
Right Otrategies. (FO .

‡ Atharv Ved: Reviews subjects covered in Rig and Yaju,

of 6000 mantras in Atharv Ved, 1200 are from Rig Ved.
Atharv Ved also deals with more mundane /down to
earth topics,
‡ OamVed Total dedication to the Almighty through music
expressing sublime thoughts. (FO
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 Ohruti Vedas & Mantras
Four Vedas namely: Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Oaam
Veda and Atharva Veda as available today have

‡ Rig Veda 105 89

‡ Yajur Veda 1975
‡ Oaam Veda 1875
‡ Atharva Veda 5977
‡ „otal 20,416
 Understanding Vedas
In thousands of years of history of Indian scholarship,
before Oayan not a single attempt is known to have
been made to translate complete Vedas.
To help understanding Vedas wise men of yore wrote
innumerable commentaries on Vedas.
This forms the Vedic literature known as Brahmans,
Aranyakas, Upanishads, Brahm Outra and Omriti
literature
All these texts are of great help in understanding deeper
meanings hidden in Vedas
 Oayan¶s Bhashya
‡ Oayan¶s work was commissioned in 14th century
AD by Vijaynagar Kings of Oouth India. It is
based on Vam Marg in many places. , and
mostly deals with Karm Kand as subject of
Vedas.
‡ Oayan Bhashya is the first ever attempt to
prepare a Bhashya of complete Ved. Being the
only Ved Bhashy available Max Muller based his
work on Oayan Bhashya.
‡ The deficiencies in Oayan¶s work suited the
British design to portray Vedic literature in very
poor light.
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 Owami Dayanand
‡ Rise of Owami Dayanand Oaraswati in the later
half of nineteenth century was like rising of Oun
to shatter the enveloping darkness imposed on
India by evil designs of the alien British rulers.
‡ On the strength of his great erudition and
complete mastery over Vedic knowledge, Owami
Dayanand Oaraswati faced single handedly,
the strong powerful opposition from orthodox
Brahmins.
 Otudy of Vedas
‡ Every seeker has to personally take a dip
in the ocean of knowledge represented by the Vedic
Texts.
‡ And pick up the pearls of wisdom and knowledge that
he is seeking.
‡ Life and environments can be improved on this planet by
individuals when they seek guidance of Vedas by
personal self study,
‡ And seek help from associated genuine Vedic literature
as enunciated by Rishis like Owami Dayanand
Oaraswati, and then associate with company of learned
virtuous people.
 Vedas are not books of History
‡ People, places, rivers, mountains can always be
named on names picked form rich vocabulary of
words in Vedas.
‡ In our Oikh tradition, names are based on those
found in Guru Granth Oahib. It does not mean
that Guru Granth sahib is mentioning events
connected with individually named persons.
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 APARA
‡ Man is living in a physical world. Progress on
material plane is by actions when driven by
knowledge.
‡ para subjects are knowledge topics about
physical world. To interpret Apara topics, in
addition to Oanskrit and Vedic language, basic
knowledge of Physical Ociences is also
necessary. Guidance of Vedas for material
wellbeing and environmental sustainability is
only possible when Apara topics in Vedas are
interpreted.
‡ In general Vedic Ocholars lack basic knowledge
of physical sciences .These topics of Vedas
have thus not received much attention .
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‡ Para & Prayer , are topics involving

uThese topics from Vedas have
received very extensive treatment by Vedic
Ocholars for the obvious reasons. Oayan
Bhashya is mainly based.
‡ Actions of individual and the society evolve
from education & cultural traditions of the
society. Loss of Vedic Apara knowledge has led
to the deterioration and misery of the modern
world and man in it.
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 Vam Marg after Mahabharat
‡ Animal slaughter in Yagnas
‡ Drunken Oex Orgies in religious
ceremonies.
‡ Only born Brahmins could read Vedas
‡ Women treated as low caste
‡ Varnashram Dharm became jaati
 Jain Buddhist Period
‡ As a reaction to Vam Marg
‡ Ved Mantra Recitation was prohibited
‡ Performing of Yagna was prohibited , as it was looked
upon an act of   .
‡ First time state introduced the practice of hiring salaried
class of teachers to propagate ³Otate Religion´
‡ Temples with idols and start of community worship
practices
 Pre-- Ohankaracharya
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‡ Brahmins took as sacred duty to memorize complete
Vedas, to preserve the heritage of Vedas.
‡ They no longer understood meanings and messages in
Vedas.
‡ Purity of Vedic Text was ensured by using:
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‡ This unique technique is still practiced in India by
students of Indian classical music to remember the
various Ragas.
 Ohankaracharya Vedic Revival

‡ Kumaril Bhatt to Mandan Mishra Ashram

‡ Test by Bharati before entry to Ashram
‡ Ouster of Buddism by Adi Ohankaracharya on
strength of shastrarth & sponsorship support
by King Oudhanwa
‡ Established Idol worship India like Jains and
substituted Ohiv ji for Jain Idols.
 Dayanand on God & Vedas
‡ God is the efficient cause of all true knowledge and all that is known
through knowledge.
‡ God is existent, intelligent and blissful. He is formless, omniscient,
just, merciful, unborn, endless, unchangeable, beginning-less,
unequalled, the support of all, the master of all, omnipresent,
immanent, un-aging, immortal, fearless, eternal and holy, and the
maker of all. He alone is worthy of being worshiped.

‡ The Vedas are the scriptures of all true knowledge. It is the

paramount duty of all Aryas to read them, teach them , recite them
and to hear them being read.
 British Beginnings
‡ East India Co. 1773 Warren Hastings first
Governor General of India. First court was
established with Elzey Impey the first Judge.
‡ To deal with cases of the locals with the
increasing complexity of issues British realized
necessity to formulate a code of law from the
sacred texts which the µnatives¶ held in
reverence. British µdiscovered¶ that Manu
Omrithi was the principal text that dealt with laws
of the land, the Bhagavad Gita and the Vedas
coming next.
 Origin of ryan Invasion theory
‡ Oir William Jones, translated the Manu Omrithi
(1792 to help in civil administration, published
as ³Hindu Dharmachar´ in 1794.
‡ Jones was affluent in many languages &
compared Oanskrit with the European
languages. He invented the idea of Indo ryan
languagesu His invention of Indo ryan
language group theory shaped the idea that
Sanskrit came to India from Europeu
 Sanskrit Study by British
‡ To train the ICO, in 1805 East India Company
realized importance of knowing Oanskrit by ICO
to rule India & started Oanskrit courses in
England. ICO succeeded because they knew
Oanskrit , that our IAO do not.
‡ H. Wilson was appointed as Professor of
Oanskrit by the institute in 1832. Chairs for
teaching Oanskrit were created in universities all
over Europe and UO & Universities of London,
Cambridge and Edinburgh.
Recap of Discussion on Aryan
Heritage

Macaulay then Education Oecretary British

Govt. designed to bring about change in the
education system of India to make India easy
to rule by the British, by destroying the
Oanskrit language base and faith of Indian
masses in our heritage and culture by
creating a westernized Oociety by English
education & AIT in India,
 Recap« Aryan Heritage-
Heritage-
Macaulay¶s Thesis
‡ Indians were to be convinced that their traditional
knowledge and belief systems were based on mere
superstitions of a primitive society.
‡ Adherence to Indian values was the primary cause for
the abysmal poverty and backwardness of Indian
society.
‡ India was not one country, it was a miscellany of people.
No Indian was ever fit to rule India.
‡ India had never known independence, it had always
been under the rule of foreign invaders, who were
superior races. (AIT
 Recap« Aryan Heritage-
Heritage-
Macaulay¶s legacy
‡ False hood designed by British to create
aversion to our Vedic knowledge and heritage
by Macaulay grips India more strongly to day.
‡ Indians suffer greater inferiority complex.
‡ English language , western manners and white
skin prevent progress by social democracy in
India
 Macaulay Effect on
Educated Indians Today
1.Oanskrit has been discarded
2.English educated Indians are convinced that all
knowledge in Life sciences, Oociology,
Technology, Otate Craft- has its origin in
Western Researchers & Ocholars.
3.To become civilized and make progress it is
essential to learn English, get western
education, & adopt western customs and life
style.
4.This teaching is the refrain of the media today in
our secular India.
 MaxMuller¶ work
‡ In 1847, East India Company instituted an amount of 9
lakh rupees to publish Vedic texts and appointed Max
Muller in charge of the work.
‡ Max Muller a German had joined Oxford in 1850 and
was assigned the task by Macaulay to carry out this
work , under Boden Chair.
‡ Macaulay interviewed Max Muller on the 28th December,
1855 and gave directions for Max Muller¶s anti-Indian
bias in translation of Vedas.
‡ Max Muller published Rig Veda¶s complete index with
introduction in six parts (1849 ± 75 , and the complete
text of Rig Veda with commentary in 1873.
 Max Muller Bhashya
‡ Indian society was made to be seen as
dominated by invading marauding alien Aryans.
‡ Aryans were shown as, Polygamous
polyandrous, cruel, burned their widows on the
pier of their dead husbands, ate beef on festive
occasions, were drunkards, during Yagyas,
king¶s consort had sex with the ceremonial
horse, that was to be sacrificed.
 Dayanand changes mind of
Max Muller
Later Max Muller realized his mistake but it was too late

‡ If I were asked under what sky the human mind has

most fully
developed the choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered
on the
greatest problems of life, and has found solution of some
of them
which well deserve the attention even of those who have
studied
Plato and Kant- I should point to India.
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‡ Mandal 2 - Creation of National Wealth
‡ Mandal 3 - Art of Life
‡ Mandal 4 - Dealing with Human Failings
‡ Mandal 5 - Consolidating a Nation
‡ Mandal 6 - International Cooperation
‡ Mandal 7 - Balance of international power
‡ Mandal 8 - World Citizenship
‡ Mandal 9 ± Development of Intellectual Base
‡ Mandal10 - Practice of Life
 Oome Apara Topics
‡ 1.Material wealth- RV 10.110
‡ 2, Vaikunth Prosperity for ever -RV 10.47,48,49
‡ 3. Ouccess in Life -RV 10.128.
‡ 4.Material prosperity- RV 10.120 to 125
‡ 5.Consumer Protection ±AV 5.7
‡ 6. Transparency, Freedom of speech AV5.8
‡ 7. Gambling RV 10.34
‡ 8. Leadership in Oociety RV10.155
‡ 9. Marital Bliss RV10.145,1.179
‡ 10. Pregnancy Protection RV 10.162
‡ 11. Manyu- Protecting Justice RV 1.83,84
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12. Corruption in Govt AV5.18
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