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Knowing Our Roots By: Srimaan S K V Ramacharyulu, Bengaluru 1 Knowing our Roots By: Srimaan S K V Ramacharyulu, Bengaluru Contents Chapter – 1 : Historical Perspective .............................................................................................................. 2 Chapter – 2 : Spiritual Perspective .............................................................................................................. 49 Chapter – 3 : Scriptural Perspective ............................................................................................................ 91 Chapter – 4 : Practical Perspective ........................................................................................................... 112 Chapter – 5 : Synopsis ............................................................................................................................... 126 2 Chapter – 1 : Historical Perspective “Swastih Prajaabhyah Paripaalayantaam Nyaayyena margena maheem maheeshaah Gobrahmanebhyah shubhamasthu nithyam Lokaah samasthaah sukhino bhavanthu” Mangalam Kosalendraaya….. My father, after his daily Tiruvaaraadhanam and Sundarakaanda Paaraayanam was coming out of the Pooja room chanting in his routine way. It was one of those bright summer mornings and I came home from my Engineering college hostel for the summer vacation. Although I brought home my college books, I hardly used to open them till the end of the vacation. Hence lot of time to think whatever I want especially It is also difficult to roam around in the hot sun and hence lot of time to think whatever I want. So I started a conversation with my father: I: Naannagaaru, if you don’t mind I want to ask you something. Naannagaaru: Why are you asking me the permission. It sounds new to me. I: When you are chanting those shlokaas, I am remembering the discussions with my friends in the hostel. I want to ask you on the same. Naannagaaru: What is your doubt? I: See, when you are chanting those shlokaas, there appears to be discrimination among various people giving preference to the Kshatriyaas and Brahmanaas. Discussions on this subject keep coming among our friends quite often that our tradition is based on differentiation. The man kind is differentiated based on caste, gender, elite etc. and even Gods are differentiated as there are many Gods for us. Of course, over a period of time, I think slowly these differences are coming down in our country. Naannagaaru: In the Shloka that I am chanting, there is such no discrimination. There is some differentiation, but for that matter, our fingers are also not the same. But all have different purposes and there is nothing like one is superior and the other is inferior. We will look into this little later. By the way, the shloka starts with “Prajaabhyah” meaning all people, it ends with “Lokaah samastaah sukhino bhanthu” meaning “all the worlds ie all things and being in all the worlds”. The word “Go..” although specifically means cows but also represents all animals which move, the mother earth and the Vedaas as well. Maheeshaah and Brahmanaah are mentioned to represent all the humans. Rulers are 3 supposed to take care of the material needs of people where as “Braahmanaas” are supposed to take care their spiritual needs. In the case of Gods also what you are saying is not correct. Our philosophy says there is only one “Paramaatma”. All those Gods whom you are referring are those who have been assigned specific powers and responsibilities by Paramaatma for the maintenance of the universe. They have some special powers to perform their duties and if those Gods are pleased, with those special powers, they may be able to help us in their own limited way. But they are not Paramaatmaas but are only more powerful beings. We will discuss this aspect further some time later as the time comes. By the way, it appears you have a feeling that we are traditionally differentiated by various factors. Can you explain me this point further. I: What I studied in our text books and other material is that India got its civilization from Aryans some years before birth of Christ. These Aryans came from East Europe and Central Asia across Hindu Kush Mountains and established themselves in our country. They only brought civilization to our country, I mean the science of agriculture etc. was brought by them only, as I understand. Before their coming to India, the people in our country are called Dravidians and tribals. The Vedas and our mythological stories like the Ramayana and the Mahaa Bhaaratha were all written during their time only. That’s why, the Ramayana narrated the story how an Aryan king Rama conquered over the south. The Sanskrit language and the literature etc. was all from them only. Since Sanskrit has its roots in Europe, there are lot of similarities between Sanskrit and European Languages like German. Of course, as promoted by various Kings in North India subsequently, lot stories portraying the greatness of these kings has been written by some poets which gained lot of popularity. Originally these Aryans settled around Sindhu river area and hence our country was named as Hindu and our religion was named as Hinduism. The present names like Iran originated from the word Aryan only. These Aryans dominated over the local Dravidians and drove them down to southern plateau from the Northern plains. This might be the origin of differentiation in our country. The Aryans considered themselves superior by their color, valor etc. and considered Dravidians as an inferior race. Thus the caste system emerged forming a hierarchy of the humankind in our country. This system was also prophesied in our Shaastraas like Vedaas and Manu smriti etc. and formed the basis for the rule and order. As mentioned earlier, Aryans came to India before the birth of Christianity or Islam in Europe or central Asia. In those days, people in different regions used to believe in different Gods. These “Adi Vaasis” were called “Pagan” as we said earlier meaning village 4 bumpkin. Hence, these Aryans who came to our country followed the same practice of multiple Gods. Hence our religion has become conglomeration of multiple Gods, multiple belief systems with multiple differentiations. Due to this inter differentiation and disunity among people, we have suffered multiple invasions initially by Muslims and then by the Europeans. After a lot of reformation during the British rule, we became one nation “India”. However, the internal squabbles and differences have not completely died down yet. Hence we still remain as one nation with a bunch of people with various religions, practices and Gods. (The Answers begin.) Naannagaru: Your question has essentially two parts. 1. History of our heritage and tradition 2. Problems of differentiation etc. based on our tradition. I am not a historian nor am I proficient in our scriptures. My knowledge is limited what I have read or heard here and there from the works of Indologists such as S/ Sri Rajiv Malhotra, S.N.Balagangadhara, Kapil Kapoor, Wendy Doniger, K.N.Neelakantan etc. However, I will try to clarify based on my limited information. We will get further clarified or verified from the learned later. Our heritage has not started by Aryans as you mentioned. If Aryans brought us the civilization few years before the birth of Christ, how do you understand the Indus Valley Civillization of Harappa and Mohenzadaro etc. which are dated back to 5000 to 10000 BC. There are Archeological sites located now in Haryana etc. which are dated back to 10000 BC. These are historical facts. You have also mentioned that the Ramayana and the Mahaa Bhaaratha are all mythological stories. But, the Archeological findings of Dwaraka or Rama Sethu etc. all are well before the so called Aryan invasion to India. Hence your statement that the Aryans have given us the civilization doesn’t have credence. I: Then how did this theory evolve? Naannagaaru: Actually this theory of European origin of Indian civilization started some time during the British rule. Sir William Jones who was appointed in the Supreme Court in Kolkatta wrote to his fellow Europeans in 1799 “ Sanskrit language ….is of a wonderful structure, more perfect than Greek, more copious than Latin, more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing both of them a stronger affinity….than could possibly have been produced by accident”. Discovery of Sanskrit language by these proud Europeans led to believe that such a great language can be only of European origin and hence, the Indian civilization should have its roots in Europe. During this period, Germans were trying to identify their roots. Unlike England and France, Germany doesn’t have rich history. So 5 they readily grabbed this idea of Aryan invasion to India and claimed themselves as the master Aryan race. Max Muller (1823-1900) who came to India to study Indian history and scriptures developed liking for Sanskrit. He believed that Vedas are the root of the religion in India. He was one of those who formulated this Aryan invasion myth. He also believed that the contemporary Indian civilization is a corrupt form of its ancient glory. He started translating these scriptures from his point of view. Sir Ernst Renan believed that initially Aryans had multiple Gods as this was the case with so called “Pagans” (literally meaning village bumpkin and name given to uncivilized locals in Europe before the Birth of Christ). Subsequently, with the advent of Christianity, more civilized races in Europe became mono theists. They had in turn colonized others and helped them towards changing them from poly theism
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