Vedas(वेद)
Vedas are the most important and oldest texts of Indian culture. The Vedic Mantras were composed by the Almighty, the Supreme Soul, at the beginning of the universe. The knowledge of Vedas is eternal. In every universe, the knowledge given by God to the first man at the time of creation are the Vedas. According to the Vedas, the eternal cycle of creation and destruction goes on forever and will continue till eternity.
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God gave knowledge of Vedas to whom and for what?
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Ashram system of humans according to the Vedas
How were humans born in the world? (आदि सृष्टि में मनुष्य कैसे उत्पन्न हुए?)
This creation happened 1 billion 96 crore 8 lakh 53 thousand 1 hundred and 23 years ago from today. God gave the knowledge of Vedas to the first man to be born on earth. In Tibetan plateau 200 million years ago, man opened his eyes for the first time. At that time this earth was absolutely devoid of man. That's why an untimely creation took place. Without parents, on the basis of the deeds(karma) of the souls of the universe, with the will and power of God, souls got their body. Human beings also originated from the womb of the earth like other living beings. That is why this earth is the first mother of all of us.
🌷माता भूमि: पुत्रो अहं पृथिव्या..
We are all its sons and daughters. Calling the earth as mother is not a superstition, but the one who is the first mother of all human bodies. Because of carrying us in her womb, she is the mother of all of us . When the universe was created, it was possible to take such birth only according to the environment and circumstances of that time. Just as the chicks came out of the egg, similarly the shell was formed inside the soil and inside them the human body and before that other organisms were born. Life began only after the arrangement of everything by nature.
God gave knowledge of Vedas to whom and for what?(ईश्वर ने वेद का ज्ञान किसे और क्यो दिया?)
There are four Vedas. First of all, God himself gave the knowledge of Vedas to the four holy Maharishis known as Agni, Vayu, Aditya and Angira, in their conscience, about how to live in this world. Law, duties, deeds, goal of life, the obstacles in it, how to remove the obstacles; whatever knowledge was necessary for attainment of liberation(moksh), God gave this to all the four sages in the form of hymns(mantras) of the Vedas.
The Maharishis on whom the Vedas were revealed, (since creation and destruction are eternal with flow ) all four were the most pious souls in the previous creation i.e. in the creation before the holocaust. That is, because of being extremely close to the merit of salvation, they were the most deserving candidate of God's grace.
Here one may have a doubt whether in every creation different Maharishis or different souls will get the knowledge of Vedas Or will it be given only to those who got it this time? And what would their names be? And who else will give them name?
So the answer to this is that those human beings will be other different souls from Agni, Vayu, Aditya, Angira, but their names will remain the same as God addresses them first by their names and give names them. That is, in the beginning of every creation, the embodied soul who gets the knowledge of Rigveda will be named Agni, the one who gets the knowledge of Yajurveda will be named Vayu. These has been coming from God like this since time immemorial and will continue to be available to humans in every creation after every holocaust.
The knowledge of Rigveda came into this world through Maharishi Agni. Rigveda has complete knowledge of God, Jiva(soul) and Prakriti(nature). It contains 10,589 hymns/mantras. It is divided into 10 parts. These are called Mandal. There are many Sukta in each part which we can also call Adhyay(chapters) for convenience. The total number of Adhyay is 1,028.
Yajurveda has been given to the world by Maharishi Vayu, in it there are 1975 mantras/hymns. Laws and prohibitions are given in the Yajurveda, that is, it is the karma-oriented Veda, which tells the duties and deeds of all of us.
Samaveda has been given to this world through Maharishi Aditya. It contains 1875 Mantras, and is full of worship of God and other related knowledge.
The Atharvaveda was first given to us by Maharishi Angira in the beginning of the universe, which tells about material science and other sciences through 5,977 mantras.
Vedas are pure divine knowledge. There is no history in the Vedas. If one looks for history in the Vedas, he is not understanding its true meaning. There is no story of a king and queen in it.
How did the knowledge of Vedas reach other human beings? (वेद का ज्ञान अन्य मनुष्यों तक कैसे पहुँचा?)
All these Vedas have been running from Shruti tradition(listening and preaching) continuously for crores of years through Guru-disciple tradition. In order to protect them, the sages have kept them pure by starting the tradition of reciting them in the form of recitation of Ghan Path, Jata Path etc. The original hymns of the Vedas cannot be changed. This is the only religious book in the world, in which it cannot be adulterated in any way. This divine knowledge is eternal. Some people talk of witchcraft, superstition and violence in the Vedas. They have misinterpreted the meaning of Vedas. As long as a person does not learn the true meaning of the scriptures of the sages themselves from the Vedic masters by reading grammar, Mahabhashya, Nirukta, Shaddarshan etc., one should not accept what other says. How are we all supposed to live in this world, how to live, education system, medical system, state system, agricultural system, social system etc. are all contained in these four Vedas. For the protection of nature and all-round development of human beings, Panch Mahayagya is given. Health, happiness, peace, joy, fearlessness, freedom, everything is attained from Vedas to improve life. This is the complete and most important book for human beings.
Varna system of humans according to the Vedas (वेदानुसार मनुष्यों की वर्ण व्यवस्था)
The division of society happened into four varnas i.e. Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. Those who were to read, teach, know and practice the knowledgeable Vedas were called Brahmins. Those who were strong, intelligent and warriors, who were to save people from enemies, were called Kshatriyas. They chose military religion. Those who are engaged in the business of agriculture etc. for the upbringing of the people were called Vaishyas. Those who engaged in cooperation and service work of the above three varnas in studies, in defense and in trade etc. were called Shudras. That is, the four varnas used to run the nation together to run the society. Just as a building rests on four pillars, similarly this nation remained dependent on the fulfillment of the duties of the four varnas. The four varnas Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra were called Aryas at that time, because all of them used to perform their respective responsibility by doing best behavior. And the place where they used to reside was named Aryavart. Aryavart is the ancient name of our country. Other than these four varnas who used to give trouble to other living beings and human beings, who fall from humanity and turning away from Dharm, eating meat etc. were called Anarya/Dasyu. They had no place in the nation.
Ashram system of humans according to the Vedas(वेदानुसार मनुष्यों की आश्रम व्यवस्था)
Similarly the life of an individual man was divided into four parts to achieve his goal. The average age of 100 years was considered of which the first 25 years was of Brahmacharya Ashram, 25-50 years of age to Grihastha Ashram, 50-75 years to Vanprastha Ashram and above 75 years age was dedicated to Sanyasa Ashram. This was the Vedic Ashram system. In this system everything from Garbhadhan-sanskar(the stage of foetus) to Antim-sanskar(funeral procession) is cleared so that a civilized cultured man can be built. This arrangement of four ashrams and four varnas is a unique gift of Indian culture (i.e. Vedic culture) to the whole world. If this ashram system is adopted even today, then the whole world will become orderly and very beautiful. The heritage of the sages is the eternal knowledge of the Vedas and is as ancient as this creation. In this world in all three periods, all the knowledge, science, worship and karma-akarma related to past, future, present was came to man from the Vedas only.
