a few years back uttarakhand accepted n declared samskrit as it's second language n it created more than a wave of exuberance among the linguist fraternity in the world ! letters of congratulations n adulation reached the erstwhile leaders of uttarakhand. it was a sort of inviting goddess ganga from the heights to the plains to bless our lives. although symbolic it has silently worked out n certainly this fact was proof that samskrit is highly live around n if she is beckoned to guide n lead the indian, european n other languages, she is eternally capable of rediscovering n reinventing her self to affirmatively further the mundane n divine destinies of india n the world at large !
haryana is mother to the celestial language as much as it is home to the celestial song gita whose 5151 years we r set to celebrate a couple of weeks ahead. according to manu n other sources haryana has the rare fortune of having the land called brahmaavarta, the epicenter n pivot of the vedic culture that spread cultural n civilizational moorings to distant destinations on the globe. kurukshetra, the tirtha now comprising of about 5 districts, is the chief among the brahmarshidesha-s - the others being matsya(surrounding alwar in rajasthan), panchala( surrounding kannauj in u.p.) n shurasena(now mathura). thus now the sarasvati river valley civilization having been established as the largest n most important,, has certainly brought credit to the glory of haryana. the veda-s n the prasthaanatrayii of the advaita of s'ankara can be seen as chiefly a contribution of kurukshetra. along with the bhagavadgita, the vishnusahasranamastotra told by bhishma to yudhisthira while reclining on the bed of arrows,was also born in kurukshetra. before rajarshi kuru n after him, before buddha n after him, kurukshetra n haryana have been in the forefront in creation n dissemination of knowledge, both divine, sacred n secular. according to legends kurukshetra is credited with the first appearance of the human race which gradually migrated to near n distant corners of the earth.
in this respect it may be a subject of discussion to have the conviction n will to declare samskrit as the first language of haryana. then samskrit can take care of hindi, haryanvi n punjabi etc languages n dialects contributing to their development n freeing them from borrowing from foreign sources idioms to cope up with contemporay needs of expression. samskrit is the soul and breath of indian culture and foundational framework. whenever india speaks, she speaks from the core of her millenium-ancient experience n certainly without samskrit coming up to whisper in indian ears their unity, spiritual strength n vitality, the oldest nation of the world can not discharge her historic task n can't play her mother's role in transformimg humanity for a greater tomorrow.
with samskrit coming up as the first language, haryana will loose nothing, the other languages will too loose nothing, but haryana will claim back what is just to her pride n position, as the cradle of the human story which looks up to our perennial values much more than ever ! om.
haryana is mother to the celestial language as much as it is home to the celestial song gita whose 5151 years we r set to celebrate a couple of weeks ahead. according to manu n other sources haryana has the rare fortune of having the land called brahmaavarta, the epicenter n pivot of the vedic culture that spread cultural n civilizational moorings to distant destinations on the globe. kurukshetra, the tirtha now comprising of about 5 districts, is the chief among the brahmarshidesha-s - the others being matsya(surrounding alwar in rajasthan), panchala( surrounding kannauj in u.p.) n shurasena(now mathura). thus now the sarasvati river valley civilization having been established as the largest n most important,, has certainly brought credit to the glory of haryana. the veda-s n the prasthaanatrayii of the advaita of s'ankara can be seen as chiefly a contribution of kurukshetra. along with the bhagavadgita, the vishnusahasranamastotra told by bhishma to yudhisthira while reclining on the bed of arrows,was also born in kurukshetra. before rajarshi kuru n after him, before buddha n after him, kurukshetra n haryana have been in the forefront in creation n dissemination of knowledge, both divine, sacred n secular. according to legends kurukshetra is credited with the first appearance of the human race which gradually migrated to near n distant corners of the earth.
in this respect it may be a subject of discussion to have the conviction n will to declare samskrit as the first language of haryana. then samskrit can take care of hindi, haryanvi n punjabi etc languages n dialects contributing to their development n freeing them from borrowing from foreign sources idioms to cope up with contemporay needs of expression. samskrit is the soul and breath of indian culture and foundational framework. whenever india speaks, she speaks from the core of her millenium-ancient experience n certainly without samskrit coming up to whisper in indian ears their unity, spiritual strength n vitality, the oldest nation of the world can not discharge her historic task n can't play her mother's role in transformimg humanity for a greater tomorrow.
with samskrit coming up as the first language, haryana will loose nothing, the other languages will too loose nothing, but haryana will claim back what is just to her pride n position, as the cradle of the human story which looks up to our perennial values much more than ever ! om.
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