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“Upadaan” is inanimate. God has to be considered a coordination of these two contradictory
qualities. God emerges from his body like a spider's web and remains within his body itself.
Nature is indestructible and incapable of creation; hence, a conscious soul is required to
conceive of the universe. God created this universe for the soul, which is why these are
ANADI elements.
In Vedic religion, the world is considered true; it is a combination of eternal as well as
impermanent elements. But we cannot consider that the world is not Mithya (false). The rope
that looks like a snake is an illusion, but both have true existence, but not at the same time.
That’s why it is not applicable to the world either. In Yajurveda, 40 Madala, it is said,
“वायुरिन॑लम॒मृत॒मथे॒द भ ा॑ ॒ꣳ शरीरम्।“ (The air is the air, the nectar is the nectar, and this body is
ं
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the ashes.)
In the social arrangement in Vedic Dharma, we have made the system of Varna based on
Guna, Karma, and nature and not on the basis of birth. As Shree Krishna said, “ज ना जायत शू ः
े
सं ाराद ि ज उ ते। वेदपाठाद भवेद िव ः जानाित ा णः ।।"All men born Shudra, it is his karma who
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make him Brahmin. Thus, Vedic Dharma gives importance to Karma (action).
ै
शू ो ा णतां एित ा ण ित शू ताम् ।
ि या ातं एवं तु िव ा ा थैव च
ै
Vedic Dharma emphasis: one who is a Shudra with good qualities, actions, and nature gets
the rights and orders of Vaishya, Kshatriya, and Brahmin, and Vaishya, Kshatriya, and
Brahmin, and Kshatriya Brahmin, Varna. Similarly, the Brahmin who is a Brahmin due to lowly
deeds and qualities gets the rights and deeds of the Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, and
Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, and Shudra Varnas.
Vedic Dharma accepts all four ashrams of human life, which are Brahmacharya, Grihastha,
Vanaprastha, and Sannyasa. It is designed to improve human civilization and humility
according to age. Vedic religion accepts coordination between violence and non-violence.
Non-violence implies the total avoidance of harming any living creature by deeds, words,
and thoughts, but punishing a sinful misdeed is violence but not unworthy. Vedic dharma
does not advocate only non-violence because it can cause dependency.
The ultimate effort in human life is salvation. Vedic Dharma considers it the supreme
Purusharth. Moksha means liberation. Freedom from worldly attachments and sorrows is
considered salvation. The soul can feel sadness as it is inside the human body. According to
the Chandogya Upanishad, there is also a soul in the body, which has nothing likeable or
unpleasant. In Vedic religion, the soul's attainment of immortality in the Supreme Brahman is
considered salvation. Rebirth is bondage, and becoming immortal by being free from it is
liberation; hence, Vedic sages want freedom from death.

ॐ क यजामह सुगंिधम् पुि वध नम्
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ं
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उवा किमव ब नान् मृ ोर मु ीय मामृतात्
Understanding all the profound features of the Vedic Dharma, it is “समता मूलक सव क ाणकारी”.

God has expressed his faith in the truth, and thus, the truth is what we seek. The manta of
Yajurveda says, “I escape from the yoke and attain the truth.” This land has also come into
existence because of the truth. One who has attained the truth with faith is the most

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