Swami Ram Swarup Ji Yogacharya
God has made universe and blessed us with human body to do pious deeds to attain salvation only. He has not made any heaven or hell. All have to face the result of their deeds, good or bad here only, even by taking rebirth. (Rigveda Mantras 10/135/1,2 refer).
God has not only made universe but has also given knowledge of four Vedas where answers to yours and everyone’s questions have been given. There are four Vedas :
1. Rig Veda- gives’ knowledge of science, matter of the universe like sun, moon, air body etc. etc.
2. Yajurveda-gives knowledge of all the deeds and duties to be performed by men, women, students, leaders, king, agriculturist etc. etc. etc.
3. Samveda- gives knowledge how to worship God who gives peace and long happy life etc. In this way, details of Yoga philosophy, qualities, supreme deeds and nature of the God are also given.
4. Atharvaveda- gives details of God, medical science and details of medicine etc.
Actually in four Vedas there is unlimited knowledge. The Yajurveda mantra 40/8 says that God is everywhere, is Almighty, formless, devoid of nervous system, purest, away from sins and does not have to face any result of any karmas (deeds), knows every soul, knows what is in everyone’s mind, no body has made God, but God creates universe, has given the eternal knowledge of four Vedas and always gives the said knowledge at the beginning of every universe to know the science and deeds to all concern.Similarly four Vedas say about God that God is omnipresent, omniscient, formless, beyond imagination and beyond calculation. Actually God has unlimited qualities. There is only one God who creates, nurses, destroys the universe and recreates. Atharvaveda mantra 4/1/1/ also says that God gives the knowledge of Vedas at the beginning of the earth to four Rishis of nonsexual creation. And thereafter only, public listens Vedas through Rishis Munis as yet and become learned. Rig-Veda gives knowledge of Almighty, Yajurveda gives knowledge of karmas (deeds), Samveda tells about worship Yoga philosophy and Atharvaveda about medicines and God. Actually all Vedas commonly say about God also, so this is about the Vedas in short. But the knowledge of the Vedas is endless.
It is a fundamental law that knowledge is always given by somebody. Otherwise knowledge can’t be gianed at any cost. If a new born baby is nursed well in a dense jungle and is not educated then he will not be able to gain any knowledge even if he becomes young or old. So, we have to think about the origin of the knowledge prevalent in the world today. In this connection the Vedas themselves say that God gives this knowledge to four Rishis. As said by Rishi Patanjali in Yoga Shastra sutra 1/26, God is the first Guru of the four Rishis.Yajurveda mantra 31/7 also refers. This is all in short about Vedas.
The Vedas are not a book, rather it is knowledge originated in the heart of Rishis. At the time of beginning of the earth those Rishis preached the Vedas by mouth and all others remembered the same by word of mouth. A that time there was no pen, pencil, paper etc. This process of studying Vedas by mouth remained till the Mahabharata time. Muni Vyas too remembered Vedas traditonally by heart. Then Muni Vyas for the first time wrote the Vedas on Bhoj patra about 5300 years ago. In 16th century when printing press came into existence then the Vedas were printed. Still Vedas are not those which have been printed but those which are preached by mouth by an Acharya/Yogi and the printed Vedas are called Sanhita.
Now if somebody worships a statue etc, then it is their own creation please but Vedas deny. According to the Vedas the best worship of the God is Yajyen for which all Vedas are selfproof. Yajurveda mantra 31/16 says that the learned persons worship God the Yajyen.
So many people have asked me that most of the scholars/preachers of different religion state that their religion incorporates all matters of the world including science. What about Vedas? I wrote so many Ved Mantras describing science matters therein. For example, Yajurvaveda Mantra 3/6 states “Ayam Gauhu Swaha Pitram Puraha Prayan Mataram Prishnihi Aakrameet Asadat’’.
Meaning
This earth revolves around the Sun in the space and it also rotates on its own axis. Vedas are eternal like God because Vedas emanate from God.Now, according to Vedas, this present creation is about 1 Arab, 96 crores, 8 lakh and about 53,000 years old. So are the Vedas but as said in Rigveda Mantra 10/191/3 the present creation is same as was the previous one and this process of creation is eternal. So are the Vedas which emanate from eternal God. This all concludes that Vedas are the oldest in this creation also and no other book of science, maths or pertaining to spiritualism is written before Vedas.
Like the above example of rotation and revolution of earth, the significance of whole present science is mentioned in Vedas. We can see that whatever is happening in the universe, is all according to the Vedas. For example, occurance of six seasons, actions of Sun, moon, process of death, birth, worship, yoga philosophy, atomic energy, agriculture, animal husbandry, knowledge of politics, administration, architecture, solar energy, knowledge of home appliances like mixer, grinder, business rules, about men, women, children, marriage, brahmacharya, education, clothes etc etc. i.e knowledge right from a straw to Brahma is all in Vedas. God is Almighty and has unlimited powers. So through His power He isable to originate the knowledge of Vedas in the heart of four Rishis without pencil, paper, help of mouth or any other worldly assistance.
We, i.e the whole world depends on Almighty God but God is forever independent. That is why, He is God. We are the souls who reside in human bodies. We need assistance of senses, perceptions, mind and body to do deeds but not God.
Nowadays, so many saints are writing books. What is the background to right their books ? Background is clear that they have first studied or lsitened the preach from their Gurus, keeping aside the matter of truth or falsehood. And after studying or listening the same, they became able to write the books. So this is also fundammental law, based on which, the ancient Rishis first listened Vedas and when they became learned then only they wrote the Vedic books like Valmiki Ramayana, six shastras, Mahabharat (Bhagwad Geet), Upnishads, etc etc.So, first the knowledge of Vedas is initiated in the universe and afterwards other books come into existence.
Somebody may say that human beings have knowledge by their nature to create anything like books etc but we see that the newly born baby who is nursed in a jungle, in the absence of knowledge of alearned person, he becomes incapable to do anything. Thus, he can’t be MA, MSc doctor etc. So there are two types of the words and meanings. First, eternal which are from Almighty God and second, natural made by human beings. Eternal word meanigs are always from Vedas i.e from God. After listening/studying Vedas, human beings, become learned and then too based on their own natural knowledge, they make their own words and meanings,literature etc but it is very much clear that in the absence of knowledge of Vedas, no one can become learned. Nowadays, also people live in dense jungle and do not lead a civilized life because they are not learned as cited above. Vedas, are not sects because they emanate direct from God and God i.e one for all human beings. God creates sun, moon, air, water, food etc. which are meant for the best use of all human beings for their long, happy life. So are the Vedas.
So all human beings must accept Vedas as an eternal knowledge from God, for the benefit of whole creation.
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