Thursday, April 24, 2014

WHAT IS ARYAVARTA ACCORDING TO DHARMA SASTRAS?

I think over a long period of various Yugas, the earth has taken different shapes with the disappearance of various sacred rivers like sarasvatI and accordingly the initial strict restrictions in the Vedic scriptures regarding the frontiers of AryAvartam have also changed . There are different names used in the dharma SAstras for the dharma DeSa like AryAvarta, BrahmAvarta, BrahmasideSa, Madhya deSa and so on. In my humble view, for the current Kali Yuga, the following yardsticks can be taken for determining the dharma DeSa which is also known as AryA varta.
1. Yasmin deSe mrgah krshNas tasmin dharmAnnibodhata !
 ( YAjnavalkya)
Wherever Deer is there, that place is  suitable for performance of karma.
 
2. svabhAvAt yatra vicaret krshNa SArah sadA mrugah !  
dharma deSah sa vijneyo dvijAnAm karma SAdhanam !!
(samvarta)

Where the Deer lives naturally, that place is good for performance of Yajna. That place is dharma deSa for performance of karma by Dvijas.

 3. CaturvarNya vyavasthAnam yasmin deSe na vidyate !
tam Mlechha deSam jAnIyAt AryAvartAdanantaram !!
( VyAsa)
Where the four-fold VarNA order is not there, that place is Mleccha DeSam   and the superior AryAvartam  is suitable for the purpose of KarmAnushthAna.

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

VEDIC BASE OF NATYA SASTRA

Nātya  Śāstra  was created by Supreme Brahman from the  Vedas. The recitative texts  are from Rg Veda, the  musical  songs from Sāma Veda, abhinaya from the Yajur Veda and rasa from Atharva Veda. Thus Nātya  Śāstra  has been brilliantly carved out of the four Vedas embedded with the hidden meanings of the Vedic Scriptures and the Vedāgas and is hailed as the fifth Veda.

sarvaśāstrārtha sampannam  sarvaśilpapravartakam !
tyākhyam pacamam vedam setihāsam karomyaham !!

evam sankalpya bhagavān sarva vedānanusmaran !
nātyavedaśtataścakre  caturvedāga sambhavam !!

jagrāha pāthyamrigvedāt sāmabhyo gītameva ca !
yajurvedādabhinayān rasānātharvaādapi !!

Friday, April 18, 2014

EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF SRI HANUMAN

nānṛgveda vinītasya nāyajurvedadhāriṇaḥ !
nāsāmavedaviduṣaḥ śakyamevam prabhāṣitum !!
Śrī Rāma praises the excellent communication skills of Śrī Hanumān. Śrī Rāma asserts that one who is not well-versed in the three Vedas of Rg Veda, Yajur Veda and Sāma veda could not speak so well. Thus Śrī Rāma delightfully acknowledges and appreciates the excellent communication and oratorical skills as well as the  Vedic scholarship of of Śrī Hanumān.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

WHAT DO THE VEDIC SCRIPTURES SAY ABOUT DRINKING ALCOHOL BY A BRAHMANA?

Drinking liquor is condemned in the śāstras as a mahāpātaka . One who associates with such people is also decried as one who has committed the mahāpātaka. A brāhmaṇa who drinks so shall be born as insects, moths, birds and beasts.
brahmahāca surāpaśca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ !
ete sarva pṛthagjñeyā mahā pātakino narāḥ !!
---- Manu Smṛti ix -235
 
brahmahatyāsurāpānam steyam gurvañganāgamaḥ !
mahānti pātakānyāhuḥ samsargaścāpi taiḥ saha !!
----Manu Smṛti xi-54
krmi kīta patangānām viṣbhujām caiva pakṣiṇām !
himsrāṇām caiva satvānām surāpo brāmaṇo vrajet !!
----Manu Smṛti xii-56