Vedas' Philosophy
God has made the universe and blessed us with the 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)
“स्तीर्ण बर्हिरुप नो याहि वीतर्षे सहस्रेण नियुता नियुत्वले शतिनीभिर्नियुत्वते। तुभ्यं हि पूर्वपीतये देवा देवाय येमिरे। प्र ते सुतासो मधुमन्तो अस्थिरन्मदाय क्रत्वे अस्थिरन्” ॥ (Rigveda mantras 10/135/1)
“तुभ्यायं सोमः परिपूतो अद्रिभिः स्पार्हा वसानः परि कोशमर्पति शुक्रा बसानो अर्षति। तवायं भाग आयुषु सोमो देवेषु हूयते। वह वायो नियुतो याह्यस्मयुर्जुषाणो याह्यस्मयुः” ॥ (Rigveda mantras 10/135/2)
God has not only made the universe but has also given knowledge of four Vedas where answers to your 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, kings, agriculturists.
3. Samveda - gives knowledge on how to worship God who gives peace and long happy life. 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.
Yajurveda mantra 40/8:
“स्वर रहित मन्त्र स पर्यगाच्छुक्रमकायमव्रणमस्नाविरँ शुद्धमपापविद्धम् । कविर्मनीषी परिभूः स्वयम्भूर्याथातथ्यतोर्थान्व्यदधाच्छाश्वतीभ्यः समाभ्यः” ॥
Meaning: 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, nobody 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 an 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:
“ब्रह्म जज्ञानं प्रथमं पुरस्ताद्वि सीमतः सुरुचो वेन आवः। स बुध्या उपमा अस्य विष्ठाः सतश्च योनिमसतश्च वि वः” ॥
Meaning: God gives the knowledge of Vedas at the beginning of the earth to four Rishis of non-sexual creation.
And thereafter only the public listen to 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 Vedas in short. But the knowledge of Vedas is endless.
It is a fundamental law that knowledge is always given by somebody. Otherwise knowledge can't be gained at any cost.
If a newborn 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:
“स एषः पूर्वेषामपि गुरुः कालेनानवच्छेदात् “।।
Meaning: God is the first Guru of the four Rishis.
Yajurveda mantra 31/7:
“तस्माद्यज्ञात्सर्वहुत ऋचः सामानि जज्ञिरे । छन्दाँसि जज्ञिरे तस्माद्यजुस्तस्मादजायत”॥
also refers to the meaning that “The Almighty God is the First Originator of all knowledge”. This is all in short about Vedas.
The Vedas are not a book, rather it is a knowledge originated in the heart of Rishis. At the time of the beginning of the earth those Rishis preached Vedas by mouth and all others remembered the same orally. At that time there was no pen, pencil, paper, etc.
This process of studying Vedas orally remained till Mahabharata time. Muni Vyas too remembered Vedas traditionally by heart.
Then Muni Vyas for the first time wrote the Vedas on Bhoj patra about 5300 years ago.
In the 16th century when the 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 Vedas the best worship of the God is Yajyen for which all Vedas are self- proof.
Yajurveda mantra 31/16:
“यज्ञेन यज्ञमयजन्त देवास्तानि धर्माणि प्रथमान्यासन् । ते ह नाकम्महिमानः सचन्त यत्र पूर्वे साध्याः सन्ति देवाः”॥
Meaning: The learned persons worship God by Yajyen.
So many people have asked that most of the scholars/preachers of different religions state that their religion incorporates all matters of the world including science. What about Vedas? There are so many Ved Mantras describing science matters therein, For example, Yajurveda Mantra 3/6 states :
“आयङ्गौः पृश्निरक्रमीदसदन्मातरम्पुरः पितरश्च प्रयन्त्स्वः”॥
Meaning:
This earth revolves around the Sun in 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 53,111 years old.
So are the Vedas but as said in Rigveda Mantra 10/191/3:
“संसमिद्युवसे वृषन्नन्ने विश्वान्यर्य आ। इळस्पदे समिध्यसे स नो वसून्या भर” ॥
Meaning: “The present creation is the same as 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, Brahamcharya, 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 is able 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 write their books?
Background is clear that they have first studied or listened to the preach from their Gurus, keeping aside the matter of truth or falsehood.
And after studying or listening to the same, they became able to write the books.
So this is also fundamental 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 Geeta), Upanishads.
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 a learned person, becomes incapable of doing anything.
Thus, he can't be M.A, M.Sc, doctor etc. So there are two types of words and meanings. First, eternal, which is from the Almighty God and second, naturally made by human beings. Eternal word meanings 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 civilised life because they are not learned as cited above.
Vedas are not sects because they emanate directly from God and God is 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.