20 : An Exposition on the Vedas, Deities, Dharmah, DhraShtArAs and DhrStrs.

Prabhakar P Rao,

Here we try to ground the Natural Religio-Philosophical Concepts such as Vedas and Deities .. . , through Rational Dialectic arguments to the Vital Bio-Psycho-Sociological Conceptualization, such as Dharma. Vedas, the Rg Veda are Religious Literature, the Knowledge of Vedic Deities, Who establish and maintain Vital Organizational Synergic Order, Dharma, conceptualized by Natural Philosophical Seers and DhrashtArAs about five Millennia ago at the Educational Centers, GurukulAs such as Thaksha Shila. What is now Rg Veda ? It is a book in the Library; it is its Rks, as also it is their meanings; Let us consider the first Rk of the RgVeda: AgnimIlE PurOhitham .. .. which translates to be somewhat : We invoke Thee, the Agni, the Fire to enlighten us with the Knowledge, the Conceptualizations that promote healthy Social Relations such as : Father-Mother, Mother-Child, Husband-Wife, Teacher-Student, King-Subject, Friends etc, which lead to all active interactions in our Structured Society, wherein we are all mortal individuals, Vyshtis, liable to make way to our off-springs in course of Time; whereas, these Relations constitute the

Samashtiyic Society, Sociological Organization.

forming an everlasting Stabilized

It is believed that this Agni, the Fire which inheres within us all, motivates us into all our acts, thoughts, desires and drives behind them, to achieve the feels of fulfillments and gratitude etc. And, these are the results of various Vital OxidationReduction Reactions at the Neurons of our brains and muscles etc, taking place via multiple minute stages between Carbohydrates we intake and Oxygen from the blood flow within our bodies. These are the activities of the various manifestations of Agni His Motivational actions in our biological Vital Chethana, - that keeps all us, alive and kicking within our Samashtiyic Society. So, Vedas are the manifestations of this Agni in all His Forms pervading all Vedic Deities, Agni-Mukhah, in action within us humans and all other live Vital Beings as exposed here, apart from being the Rks in the books considered above. Let us now consider, what is, who are the Vedic Deities ? Consider one of our postings at: Prabhakar P Rao, Wikipedia wherefrom we lift four Papers here, serialled respectively at: 12 Padmanabha, the Lord Vishnu 13 Katha Upanishath Nachiketha 14 Conclusions: Nature of Vedic Deities and 15 A few After Thoughts on Vedic Literature. Firstly, Padmanabha, the Lord Vishnu .. .. , serialled 12, above, exposes an artists view of the mental state of Lakshmi, a Pregnant Woman sitting and dreaming at the feet of the Lord Vishnu, the Sustainer in His all-embracing Trinitial form, on a nap on Adi Shesha, the initial remainder, emerged of a fire-ablaze: Now, the Pregnant Woman is dreaming of carrying within herself, in the cozy environs of a Lotus within the fluidic placenta, the Brahma of her own, meditating on multitudes of initiations in the process of forming a new Vital Live Being, a New Universe, all within her own self; the realization of this depiction serves the

everlasting need of the Sociological System, the Society of Regeneration of the mortals, us all. Secondly, the Yama Dharma of KathOpanishath, is the presiding Deity of the SamyamanIpur. It is here that the Disciplinary Rituals sustaining all our everlasting Societal Relations, are conceived and exercised. Moreover, all us, the Societal individuals inherently wish to know the Rational Reasons behind these Rituals as also, all of us do participate within these Rituals, so to say. Therefrom, we have concluded that all the Vedic Deities can be conceptualized via Sociologically Rational Reasoning. Thirdly, there are multitudes of Vedic Deities expounded in Vedic Literature Who presiding over the various Samashtiyic Relations cited above, such as the Father-Son, Husband-Wife, TeacherStudent, Yajamana-Subjects, Mithras Friends etc. Next, let us consider the Father-Son Relation, cited above: this Relation that we, as individuals are bonded now, here is Immortalized by that of our wards or children who get bonded just like us ere we demise from here to our eternal abodes. Similarly, the Teacher-Student and the Yajamana-Subjects Relations, which are bonded like ours now, here, are also Immortalized by those relations of their wards or children who get bonded just like us ere they demise from here to their eternal abodes. Thus, all such transitory Relations are Immortalized in the Society, Diefied by the Sociological Forces enabled by our co-habitational living forever. And, we list below, these Societal Relations, followed by the subsequently named Adhi DevathAs, the Deities Who are listed respectively : Husband-Wife Relations by BhagAdhithyAs, Father-Son by Dhasharatha-PurushOththama RAmachandra, Teacher-Student by DhAthAra,- AryamaNa AdhithyAs, YajamAna-Subject Relations by Indra-Maruths or also by Amshum Adhithyas and so on. Besides, there are multitudes of Vedic Deities inclusive of VishwE DEvathAs.

Moreover, the Rks and Sukthas in Rg Veda expose the Features or GuNas of these Deities; a study of these Features enables us to understand and inhere Them whereby the Strength and Stability of our Sociological System will get evolved, shaped and enhance considerably. Further, these Relations lead to a somewhat hierarchical ordering of the participants in course of time, and the rituals associated with sustenance of them may get to be too routinal; hence, the Vedic Dhrshtr, Seer Vishwamithra discovered into the RgVeda, the concept of Mithra Adhithya, to preside over the feels of Mithratwa, the Friendships. This Conceptualization of the Mithratwa may transcend all other Relations, enhancing their affectivity in further strengthening the Societal Stability multifold. Overall, in the course of Teaching-Learning, as the student advances in his learning, he gets matured and the Societal Strength gets much more enhanced. All the Vedas are known to be Conceptualizations by our Sacred Seers of various Vedic Deities. Then, What/Who are the Vedic DhrashtArAs ? We contend, that the Vedas are DhArmic Knowledge, the Conceptualizations developed in Educational Centers, the Gurukulas such as the Thakshashila by groups of Teachers, Seers working individually and collectively. They were contemplating on the Disciplines of DhArmic Co-habitational Living leading to Conceptualizations of DhArayathIthi Dharmaha, literally, that which accommodates everyone who participates in the Job at hand with all his mind and heart toward achieving a sense of Fulfillment, or Salvation. [ShrimadhbhAgavatha 3.16.18]. Now, Thakshaka means a carpenter, (Rg Veda: 3.2.1 3: Kulishah Carpenter - Thakshaka; Vidharmani) an expert in conceptualization and construction of Chariots or Rathas which are used during the annual Jathre, a Social Dharmic Gathering, at all rural and urban towns in our

BhAratha DEsha. The Jathre is the most important annual function where all people of the township participate. Even those migrated out of the town return to take part here. Hauling the gigantic Ratha, the Juggernaut around the central Deity is the most important function that may accommodate everyone equitably in the Jathre. Therefore, everyone participates to his full might in the Hauling. Each person here is fully aware that the Juggernaut will any way take its course around the Deity irrespective of his participation; yet he partakes here so as to achieve a Sense of Fulfillment of having hauled the Deity, The JagannAtha around His own Temple. The Conceptualization of Hauling the Ratha, has been conceived to be the concept of DhArayathIthi Dharmaha by the Teachers at Thaksha Shil; this means allegorically that, the concept of Dharma always accommodates everyone into the job at hand to co-habitationally live with all his mind and heart peacefully forever. Having achieved these multifaceted Conceptualizations, the Teachers, Seers wished to document their Findings as ReligioVedic Literature to convey the Message and to carry them along Time through their students and all others interested here. Any Documentation needs each facet involved in it to be presented serially, as also, via the paradigms apt for its communication. This could be achieved by the Seers, by partaking the roles of Mentalities, apt for the set of paradigms as required by the Dhrshtrs such as Vishvamithra, Vasishta, AngIrasa and other Dhrshtrs with different Mentalitis as found to be apt. In view of these facts, we contend that the Vedic Dhrshtr Vishvamithra may be considered to be the Innovative Mentality that transcends the Individual and Loka, Statal Bounds; Vedic Dhrshtr, Vasista may be considered to be the Mentality that transcends the Individual and Loka, Statal, as also transcending the Generations of Vital Live Beings in the Domain of the Eternal Time and the Vedic Dhrashtr Angirasa may be considered to be

the Innovative Mentality who participates in the job at hand with all his Heart and Mind burning so to say, himself to be the black Carbon, the Angaraka. Synopsis: Vedas, RgVeda are Religious Literature, the Knowledge of Vedic Deities Who establish and maintain the Organizational Synergic Order, Dharma, conceptualized by Natural Philosophical Teachers, the Seers, and perpetuated along Time by assumed Mentalities of the Seers, about five Millennia ago at the Educational Centers, Gurukulas such as Thakshashila. Note 1 : Many of the Sociological Concepts developed and used by Max Weber in his Book: Sociology of Religion in German, (English Translation Pub: Methuen & Co Ltd London (1966)) can be better understood if one reads and understands the Vedic Sociological Conceptualizations brought out here. 2. The word Religion comes from the Latin word Religio which consists of two words: re (back) and ligare (to bring or bind) || VyAsam .. VijnAna Sahasra BhAnum .. .. PraNamAmi MUrDhnA || || My humble salutations to the Seer VyAsa, the all Illuminating Innovative Philosopher || Manthra thanthra .. sarva lOpa prAyaschiththArtHam nAma thraya japam kariShYE : achyuthAya namah, ananthAya namah, gOvindhAya namah | nArAyaNAya namah | Om Thath Sath || ooo

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