WHEN WE THINK OF INDIA !
" When indeed we think of India in totality or we go back a few centuries to speak something on India with definite information,this is not possible without an acquaintance of Samskrit and her pervasive literature.Everyday we may come across responsible well-meaning people trying to articulate their views on different aspects of Indian life,culture or society,but they more often than not falter and fail,in spite of the fact that they do their best to convince themselves and others.
In the VAlmIki RAmAyaNa,in the Ki.skindhyA kANDa,RAma and Lak.smaNa get the first acquaintance of HanumAn and mark him out as one who knew what to speak and how to speak as he had mastered the four Veda-s and grammar that ensured in handling a language with dexterity.HanumAn was a national hero,one who could champion a national cause and so was dependable and worthy of trust,surmised the brothers in their distress of having missed SItA who symbolized their pride and self-esteem.
HanumAn accepted RAma as his master and wanted to render him selfless service.Thus master and servant were well-poised as they had the best of knowledge and resultant conviction.In statecraft or in social life to conceive the befitting ideas,to articulate them logically and meaningfully and then to implement them selflessly for a definite cause,one needs to be as RAma or HanumAn.One was a king for forty four years for his perception of the ideals of a welfare state and HanumAn as a true devotee and servant was always at the beck and call of that just order ! It was an era of knowledge and selfless action which we look back upon to mend our ways,to know where have we gone wrong and to take to certain correctives to live better and wiser !
Samskrit and her glorious literature can certainly be a great asset to infuse that indigenous sense and conscience to visualize and act definitively.She is witness to the wisest human experiences of at least ten thousand years !"
- s m mishra
" When indeed we think of India in totality or we go back a few centuries to speak something on India with definite information,this is not possible without an acquaintance of Samskrit and her pervasive literature.Everyday we may come across responsible well-meaning people trying to articulate their views on different aspects of Indian life,culture or society,but they more often than not falter and fail,in spite of the fact that they do their best to convince themselves and others.
In the VAlmIki RAmAyaNa,in the Ki.skindhyA kANDa,RAma and Lak.smaNa get the first acquaintance of HanumAn and mark him out as one who knew what to speak and how to speak as he had mastered the four Veda-s and grammar that ensured in handling a language with dexterity.HanumAn was a national hero,one who could champion a national cause and so was dependable and worthy of trust,surmised the brothers in their distress of having missed SItA who symbolized their pride and self-esteem.
HanumAn accepted RAma as his master and wanted to render him selfless service.Thus master and servant were well-poised as they had the best of knowledge and resultant conviction.In statecraft or in social life to conceive the befitting ideas,to articulate them logically and meaningfully and then to implement them selflessly for a definite cause,one needs to be as RAma or HanumAn.One was a king for forty four years for his perception of the ideals of a welfare state and HanumAn as a true devotee and servant was always at the beck and call of that just order ! It was an era of knowledge and selfless action which we look back upon to mend our ways,to know where have we gone wrong and to take to certain correctives to live better and wiser !
Samskrit and her glorious literature can certainly be a great asset to infuse that indigenous sense and conscience to visualize and act definitively.She is witness to the wisest human experiences of at least ten thousand years !"
- s m mishra
