Description
Book Specification
| Item Code: | NAK543 |
| Author: | Dr. Tulsi Ram |
| Publisher: | Arsh Sahitya Prachar Trust |
| Language: | Sanskrit Text with Transliteration and English Translation |
| Edition: | 2013 |
| ISBN: | 9788183858786 |
| Pages: | 1096 |
| Cover: | Hardcover |
| Other Details | 8.5 inch x 6.0 inch |
| Weight | 1.30 kg |
Book Description
About the Book
‘Veda’ means knowledge, pure knowledge in scientific style, no story, no history, no mythology.
The four Vedas are Divine Knowledge of existence in the essence: the first, original and complete universal knowledge of Nature, humanity and Divinity revealed at the dawn of creation for the enlightenment and guidance of humanity on earth. As first Revelation, they are Shruti, the rest is Smrti, Reminder, search or research for the essence of various branches of existence.
Of the four, Rgveda is Jnanaveda, Yajurveda is Karmaveda for human guidance in action, Samaveda is Bhaktiveda for divine celebration, and Atharvaveda is Brahmaveda, tribute to Brahma, Sukshatra for all.
Yajurveda is knowledge of the science of living, being as well as becoming, at the individual as well as the collective level in relation to Nature, humanity and Divinity. There is nothing unrelated, nothing isolated in the world. The universe is Purusha, a living, breathing, intelligent, self- organising, sovereign system, the sole ruler and ordainer of which is the Omniscient, Omnipresent and Omnipotent Cosmic Spirit, Brahma Supreme. We all are cells in the cosmic body of this Purusha, living and participating in the organismic System of the world for the fulfilment of personal as well as Divine purpose.
Life is a gift of Savita, Lord Creator and Giver of light, food and energy for body, mind and soul. We thank the Lord, and the Lord enjoins us to the highest action, yajna, positive, creative and collective activity in a state of good health, freedom and prosperity.
Yajurveda celebrates the glory of active life: the preparation for living, love and marriage for the joy of family life, retirement, community life of Varna-Ashram Dharma, national and international organisation, Rashtra and Swaraj, Parliamentary Democracy, duties of the people and the rulers, this on the social side. Then knowledge of body, mind and soul, birth and rebirth, journey of the soul across birth and death, self-realisation through comprehensive living in organismic relationship with Nature, humanity and the Lord Supreme. In short, life is a four-act play in the eternal drama of existence in which we have countless exits and entrances, without beginning and without end. The wonder is that the exit and entrance are simultaneous, identical like the Zero and 2400 hours of the day-night cycle.
The vibrancy of life is capped with the warning of death, which too is a gateway to life again or to the ultimate freedom of Moksha in the presence of OM Kham Brahma.
About the Author
Dr. Tulsi Ram Sharma M.A., English (Delhi, 1949), Ph.D. (London, 1963) has been a university professor, academic administrator, researcher, and writer of long standing with prestigious assignments.
Besides his professional studies of secular literature in English, Hindi, Sanskrit and Urdu, Dr. Tulsi Ram Sharma has devoted his life and time to the study and discipline of Sacred literature specially Vedas, Upanishads, Darshan Philosophy, Puranas, Ramayana, Mahabharata with concentration on the Bhagwad Gita, Greek, Roman, Sumerian and English Epics, Gathas of Zarathustra, Bible, Quran, and the writings of Swami Dayananda, and Swami Vivekananda, in search of the essential values of Sanatan Vedic Dharma with reference to their realisation in life and literature through social attitudes, collective action, customs, traditions, rituals and religious variations across the fluctuations of history.
Foreword
Veda Bhashya by Prof. Tulsiram – A step to make Vedas available to the English World
I have had the privilege of going through some of the chapters of Yajurveda Bhashya written by Prof. Tulsiram, a well known Vedic scholar and author of English language and literature. I congratulate him because he has done this translation for an average English reader who is keen to know the Vedas. Knowledge of the Vedas is like the knowledge of science. Vedic language is a scientific language and nobody can understand that without the profound knowledge of Vedangas, especially Nirukta of Maharshi Yaska and the grammar of Panini and Patanjali. Nobody can interpret the Veda mantras without these two. This translation proves that Prof. Tulsiram has done this insightful translation after doing hard work in both Vedangas.
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