The Hindu Texts, the Vedas, Rig Veda ,Atharva Veda speak about the nature of electricity.
Translation : Electricity , which breaks, by the energy of its arms the 99 cities, destroys the cloud, which covers the rays of the sun, the source of all energy and power.
Translation : That very electric power may be our peaceful friend, providing us with the horse-power to drive our machines, light to light up our houses, and power to produce grains in the fields. Let it bring on prosperity and well-being for us by flowing into numerous currents.
Let electricity, so highly spoken of by many learned people, help extract the essence of medicines, thus produced by those, who are well-versed in manufacturing things. Let it keep safe and shower, on us the rain, satisfying all.
Translation : Those two speedily moving forces of attraction and repulsion propel the electric current, powerful like the thunderbolt, pleasant and praiseworthy, in this pleasant plane or car. Manifold are the generating powers for the refulgent electricity borne by speedy moving Somas – various kinds of liquid fuels.
Translation : The above mentioned speedy forces of two kinds set in motion strong currents, capable of maintaining steady progress in the attainment of one’s objective in plenty. Whatever complex is attained by these fast moving horsepowers, is enough to achieve the beautiful objective of his, the manufacturer.
Translation : Just as all productive works of the manufacturer depend upon waters flowing down with speed, so do all the desired objects of him depend upon you (Electricity), as its powerful striking force cannot be obstructed by any cloud, or mountain in the way. It smashes all impediments, with its radiant energy.
Translation : O well-versed engineer make use of this terrible electric power fit to be utilized for useful purposes by controlling it, for non-violent, brilliant light like the dawn. It has the potentiality to help hearing, control energy and spread light in all quarters.
Military / Warfare usage of Electrical Energy in Atharva Veda
Translation : Just as the thundering electricity reduces the vast cloud to nothing by its thunderbolt, so do you, O King, equipped with piercing weapons like the thunderbolt, smash into pieces the vast armies of the enemy, consisting of various units, by your striking power like the thunderbolt. Just as the waters of the cloud released by the electricity, fall down and flow over the earth, similarly the well-equipped armies of the enemy; being subdued by the might of the king are duly regulated by him. Truly do you alone, O King, hold all the power to subdue the foes.
Translation : Electricity is well mixed up with Prana and Apana, the 2 horsepowers, yoked to power of speech. Electric power has the striking power of a deadly weapon and is full of brilliance.
Translation : O electricity, I fully praise thy two forces of protection and destruction in this great universe, which is a great sacrificial place or battlefield of life. I highly cherish your beautiful exhilaration, destroying the evil forces of the enemy. You shower various forms of fortunes through your blessing powers of speedy action, like waters from the clouds. Let all praises find their abode in you of charming splendor.
Translation : Here is the blue-green colored thunderbolt of iron of the king. There is also the beautiful horse of iron of high speed. Here is also the horsepower of the rays of electricity. There is also the shining arrow, capable of destroying the pride of the enemy and having a very high speed. In short many kinds of weapons have been made through electric power for the king.
Translation : Like a radiant spot, it is well placed in the heavens, then with a high speed, the terribly destructive missile, made of iron, possessing speed of electric power, crushing the serpent natured enemy, becomes lit up with thousands of lights and loaded with destructive ray of various kinds.
Translation : O mighty King, you can easily get at the striking power of the enemy by your overwhelming striking force. Being well-entrenched in your sheltered place of defense, you can thoroughly break the defenses of the enemy to smithereens. Completely crush the deceitful enemy, unfit to be left alive, through your faithful ally, although stationed at a distance.
Translation : O mighty electricity, you kill the violent enemy, equipped with speedy means of communication like cars or airships, a hindrance in the way of people who are worthy of respect, cows or land by your consuming and splendorous power. You shatter the 100 forts of the adversary who obstructs your communications or breaks your regulations and does not pay tribute to you established by straightforward negotiations.
Translation : O electricity, you can by your circular motion like the wheel of a chariot, which is too powerful to be checked, well keep under control all these 20 basic elements, 6099 organic and inorganic bodies, by a single transmitter of high quality, with no other force to help it.
Translation : O electricity, you keep in safety this good listening set, by your means of safety and protect the commander, with speedy mobile forces by your strong means of defense. You control the sharp weapons, equipped with the striking power of limitless time and speed for this great, youthful king.
Translation : O electrical currents of high voltage, safely carried by electric wires, you kill many enemies in the war, waged by learned persons or through the help of natural forces. To keep all the evil forces under control, you, being well-equipped with good means of destruction completely lay down to lasting sleep (death) the evil forces that rob and harass the general public.
There are many more such references to electricity and its potential usage mentioned in Atharva Veda and this proves that ancient seers in india knew much more than what modern scientsts know.
Atharva Veda was spread by travellers towards west during past 2000 years and most of its knowledge now lies in europe
Atharva Veda was spread by travellers towards west during past 2000 years and most of its knowledge now lies in europe
The Veds are a limitless store of true knowledge and skills. A very comprehensive, wide and huge store of the Vedic literature existed in India, but it was destroyed by foreign aggressors and thus was lost, even then, a lot of it was protected by great Rishis. It is said in the Veds: O human! Know about all those things and substances in numerous forms present in all the Loks and in the skies and water and the earth with the help of knowledge. (Rig. 5-52-7).
Westerners are given the credit for discoveries and inventions in modern times. The intellectual development of our life was completely blocked because for a very long time, we were an occupied nation by some foreign power or the other. And a subjugated people can’t have the liberty of even dreaming. Very slowly but surely, we were made to forget our glorious past and history, including the Vedic knowledge. Now that the shackles are broken, we can once again study and teach and learn our ancient Veds. Electricity is needed in life as much as all the other things, which is why The Veds contain knowledge about it, so that man can lead his life without problems.
Fire is its original form. The Sun is its ultimate form. Water produces it. (Taitiriya A. 7-3-2, Taitiriya U. 1-3-2). The electricity resides in the sun. (Taitiriya A.1-9-2) Thus, a number of sources for generation of electricity are explained. Fire, sun as well as water are considered as sources of electricity.Though the use of the sun is relatively new and to a much lesser extent, in the future, it will be possible to generate sufficient electricity from the solar power. Electricity is an atomic process. And so, as newer and newer substances are discovered which produce electricity, more and more electricity will be generated with atomic fission with the help of more and more modern machinery.
The aeronautical science by Bharadwaj Rishi included a number of machines and systems which ran on electricity. Even the television is described clearly in it. Combining spirituality and philosophy with science, let us make our coming generations capable of spreading this divine knowledge from the Veds all over the world.We consider it our prime duty to explain about electricity on the basis of the Veds.
(Rig. 1.32.13). To begin with, there is the description electricity which forms in the clouds in the form of lightning. Though it has tremendous power, it does not interfere with the solar power. However, Lord Indra can vanquish Vritra with the help of lightning.
(Rig. 1.23.12). We get electricity which emits blinding light, which we use for all kinds of tasks. Together with electricity, winds also bring us happiness.
(Rig. 1.6.5). This Mantra describes generation of electricity with the help of machines run on wind power. Electricity can be easily produced where winds are strong. (Rig. 1.64.9) This Mantra instructs about use of electricity in aeroplanes. It also describes land vehicles driven with electrical power.
(Rig. 8.64.29). Many kinds of jobs are performed with the help of electricity, using attraction, retraction, vaporization, freezing, air circulation, as well as generation of new substances. The universal cycle runs because the Almighty has kept the atoms and molecules moving. Electricity presents itself on the earth so that man can perform all kinds of useful tasks with its help.
(Rig. 1.168.8). When rains pour down on the earth from clouds, water in rivers gets agitated. Generation of electricity with the help of this agitated water brings smiles all around, meaning that the earth gets lighted up with lights run on electricity. God, you are great! What extraordinary knowledge you have provided in the Veds!.
(Rig. 3.1.14). Intelligent people combine life and soul. Similarly, electricity and fire are combined on the earth, and this knowledge is worth attaining for getting our wishes fulfilled. (Rig. 5.52.6). Wise and learned persons should attain enlightenment of knowledge about electricity etc, just as the armed forces bring lights into the life of people by protecting the nation.
(Rig. 5.54.11). This Mantra describes the equipment soldiers should carry. They must have sufficient arms, food, high quality airplanes, glinting armors to guard their bodies, helmets to protect their heads, powerful electrical rays that can destroy the enemy planes. This clearly means that there is a description of power electrical beams of waves or rays to be used by armed forces in the Veds.
�(Rig. 5.86.3). This Mantra advices kings and emperors that just as the sun uses its powerful rays to destroy clouds and causes rains on the earth which brings happiness to the people, the kings and emperors too should use the power of electricity to destroy enemies and bring happiness to their subjects.
(Rig. 5.87.10). This Mantra describes that we can clearly listen to our speech elsewhere, with the help of vibration of electrical waves.
All these Mantras describe the electrical science in the Mantras. Today, foreigners are making money very small gadgets with the help of electrical shells (cells). We are as yet behind in this race of science, but we can safely assume that we can attain our rightful place at the top in the field of science and knowledge, on the basis of our glorious past.
(Yaju. 32.2) This is a Mantra from the Yajurved. Physically, electricity generated is intended for the betterment and benefit of mankind, but it depends on man’s tendencies whether to use it constructively or destructively. The Almighty is seen in the form of electricity. It (He) creates the cycle of time. It cannot be captured in physical form anywhere. Thus, all good work can be performed only because of the might of the Almighty (electricity).
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!['Nitya-Karma and Its Significance :
══ by Swami Dayananda Saraswati of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam ══
नित्यानि - अकरणे प्रत्यवायसाधनानि सन्ध्यावन्दनादीनि
....... वेदान्तसार, ९
" Daily rites, such as the sandhyāvandana the non-performance of which causes harm, are called nitya-karma. "
~ [Vedāntasāra, 9]
Nitya-karma are daily obligatory duties described as sandhyāvandanādini, such as sandhyāvanda.Typically, a person worships three times a day at particular times called sandhya. Sandhya means sandhi or the time when there is a joining or transition in the hours of the day or night. Such times are considered to be auspicious for prayers. There is a morning sandhya or prāta-sandhya, when there is a transition from night to the dawning of day. There is an evening sandhya, the sāyam-sandhyā, when there is a transition from day to night.Then there is the noon sandhya called madhyasandhya, when the sun is at its zenith, and it is the period of transition when the first half of the day ends and the second half begins. Prāta, madhyan, and sāyam are thus three times of ‘joining’, which are considered to be auspicious times for the performance of prayers . Typically, a boy is initiated into the ritual of the sandhyāvandanam, which consists of making certain offerings, prayers, and chanting the gāyatrī-mantra.
A human being is born with three kinds of debts :
The concept of nitya-karma comes from a sense of obligation.This concept was mentioned at the beginning of this text when it was said that even at birth we enjoy various privileges. It is said [in Taittiriya Samhita 6.3] that a human being is born with three kinds of debts. These debts are pitṛ-ṛna, ṛṣi-ṛna, and deva-ṛna or debts towards one’s parents and ancestors, towards the sages, and towards the devatās or gods.
We enjoy the privilege of having this body. We have been born and we have been raised, nurtured, and nourished; therefore, we are indebted to our parents and ancestors. We enjoy this wealth of knowledge, which is the result of the dedication of many teachers, sages and thinkers.They have made this storehouse of knowledge available to us from which we draw freely. For example, we enjoy the privilege of knowledge in the form of this text that is made available to us. We are able to study it easily, but imagine how much effort it must have taken to think and write this text. Thus, we are indebted to all the sages.That is called ṛṣi-ṛnam.Thirdly, we are enjoying all the privileges of life. In the Vedic vision, the one Lord manifests in the form of the various devatās or natural forces.Therefore, all these natural expressions are looked upon as gods or deities. A devatā is a deity; fire, water, the earth, space, the air, the sun, the moon, and all other natural phenomena are looked upon as devatās. It is because of them that we enjoy our privileges.
The air is provided to us and, therefore, we are breathing freely. Further, food, water, and sunlight are provided to us and the earth supports, nourishes, and nurtures us. Thus, nature is constantly taking care of us. We say that God, through nature, is constantly taking care of us. We enjoy all these privileges and are indebted to God or the various expressions of God. Nitya -karma is meant to fulfill the three kinds of obligations.The expression of our reciprocity for this indebtedness or obligation is called nitya-karma, our obligatory duties. When we perform our daily and incidental duties, we fulfill our obligations. In doing so, we are not obliging anybody; we are simply repaying the debt already incurred, for the obligations we so freely accept. This is the spirit in which nitya-karma and naimittika-karma are performed. They are of the nature of worship and prayers. We fulfill our debt to our ancestors through prayers and offerings to the departed souls, as well as through the care and service of our parents.
Our debt to the sages is fulfilled in our pursuing knowledge and being instrumental in the acquisition and spread of knowledge. Thirdly, we fulfill our obligation to God through worship and prayers and by making offerings to the devatās.
In the Vedic times, the fire ritual was widely prevalent; different deities were invoked in the fire and offerings were made to them. When a person got married, the daily obligatory duties also involved the performance of the agnihotra-karma every morning and evening . It is said the fire is the carrier or vehicle for transporting the oblations to different deities and that is how those deities are nourished.
The Bhagavad Gita says that when we nourish the devatās, they will nourish us in turn [3-11] :
देवान्भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः ।
परस्परं भावयन्तः श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यथ ॥
....... गीता ३-११
" Propitiate the deities with this (yajña). May those deities propitiate you. Propitiating one another, you shall gain the highest good (mokṣa). "
This scheme is given to us to attain prosperity in our lives. In nourishing the devatās with our offerings, we receive their grace and are nourished in our own lives. All of these actions of worship, study, teaching, serving and caring for parents, and offerings to departed souls fall under the category of nitya karma.
Nitya-karma helps us overcome self-centeredness :
When we recognize that we have been receiving help from all these sources, we become humble. Slowly, the concern for one’s own individual self diminishes and we begin to have a larger view of life. We appreciate the fact that we are not isolated beings, but a part of the whole scheme of life. We are what we are because of the contribution that we have received from the rest of the world. Therefore, we should function as a link in a whole chain, interconnected with everything else. There is a statement in Sanskrit ‘vāsudaiva kutumbhakam’, which means that the whole universe is one family.
When we live in an unselfish manner, we function as members of the universal family; this is the spirit engendered by the performance of duties.
The larger the scope of that with which we identify, the easier it becomes to come out of our self-centeredness. This is the spirit behind karma-yoga, which is taught in the Bhagavad Gita and technically expressed in this text as nitya and naimittika-karma, the daily and incidental duties that are performed in the spirit of worship.
In worshipping the sun, we worship light, which stands for knowledge. The sandhyāvandana or worship of the sun is given as an example of nitya karma or daily duty. The worship of the sun and of fire was prevalent during the Vedic times because they are what we call pratyakṣa-devatā, evident gods. Of the five elements, ākāśa or space is not perceptible to the eyes, and neither is vāyu or air. Fire is the first perceptible element and is, therefore, said to be closest to God. The sun, the moon, and fire are all shining and perceptible forms of God and, therefore, people used to worship them the most. In worshipping them, we worship light, which symbolizes knowledge; thus, light, knowledge, and enlightenment also come into our lives. This is the spirit behind these forms of worship.
Nitya-karma helps us ward off the unpleasant effects of our past actions " Akaraṇe pratyavāyasādhanāni ". It is an interesting aspect of our daily obligatory duties that their non-performance may cause harm to us. The threat that the failure to perform the obligatory duties, akaraṇe, can result in pratyavāya or harm invokes fear. Vedāntins, however, interpret the performance of these daily rituals as acts of self-purification and, therefore, if these actions are not performed, it means that the self-purification does not happen. Nobody is free from the effects of their past actions. Even the fact of human birth is the result of a combination of evil and virtuous actions.
We have performed many good and evil actions in our prior births and these past actions now manifest in the form of various situations , both pleasant and unpleasant. Our past good actions bring about pleasant situations and our past evil actions bring about unpleasant situations. Nitya-karma and naimittika-karma ward off the unpleasant effects of what we call evil actions that are in store for us. If we don’t perform these duties, we are unable to ward off evil effects and will, therefore, suffer the consequences of the evil actions.
" Om Shanti Shanti Shanti "'](https://scontent-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/10407670_763460130411172_5303653834492527033_n.jpg?oh=cd2f064c5a64dde0b445ee832011e587&oe=5579937A)
!['"He who knows this Upanishad [the Truth, the Knowledge of Brahman] shakes off all sins and becomes firmly established in the infinite and the highest Heaven"
----------The Kena Upanishad: 4: 9
There are many verses in various Scriptures which teach that the ultimate goal of a man is to reach the Abode of God, the Heaven and to live an infinite life therein.
Most of us MISUNDERSTAND it to be the finite heaven which is a recurring as well as a temporary abode.
Whenever heaven is qualified with adjectives like-----"Infinite" and "Highest" and phrases like-----"Abode of God", then this is a metaphorical use which refers to Brahman and not heaven because there is nothing that is "infinite" and "greatest" except Brahman not even the heaven.
Both statements i.e. being "infinite" and attaining "immortality" can be true only when It is Brahman. Heaven can neither be "infinite" nor can one attain "immortality" by entering it.
By the study of the Upanishads it has been made clear that a man can never become immortal by entering the finite heaven but only by realising his oneness with Brahman. So, definitely, by the METAPHORICAL comparison of Brahman and heaven a message is passed-----
"Let men craving for finite pleasures of finite heaven know that there exists an Infinite Heaven with infinite pleasures, entering [realising] Which a man becomes immortal and that is BRAHMAN. So, do not crave for a finite pleasure. Do crave for Brahman Who is infinite and never-ending bliss, Who is Heaven of heavens.....Pleasure of pleasures"
So, whenever you come across lines like-----"Heaven is the ultimate goal and we are going to live there for infinite period of time", take this Heaven as Brahman i.e. diffusing in Brahman is the ultimate goal for this is the only way for both the statements "Infinite" and "Immortality" to be true at once. Make sure to let those who misunderstand This infinite Heaven with the finite one know this too.'](https://scontent-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/s480x480/10944870_828327627233218_3159340263052593746_n.jpg?oh=0253e4c9ee0a233bb58255678a3532b3&oe=557A18AC)
!['A man dying in the ignorance of the Self is condemned to roam in the world through an interminable chain of births and deaths. Therefore, a man should make every effort to attain the goal of life and terminate the chain of births and deaths by realising Brahman.
Living and non-living; Brahman is immanent in all. It [Brahman] alone exists. Names and forms are falsely superimposed on It [Brahman] through avidya [अविद्या] and Maya [माया].
He who knows Brahman becomes Brahman. The realisation of oneness with Brahman is the teaching of the Upanishads.
OM TAT SAT'](https://scontent-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/s480x480/11014621_826819634050684_1506539273946818500_n.jpg?oh=8f7b8f0f06b56665678e68449f252bc0&oe=55B4D0E9)
!['In reply to yesterday's query.
YES, there is a verse in the BHAGAVAD GITA which says the same as the ISHA UPANISHAD: 5. After all, the Gita is the summary of the Upanishads. They are to be referred together for the best understanding of Brahman [God].'](https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/s480x480/10954587_821076787958302_474750397148726409_n.jpg?oh=f9be8bb2742c442bb569b4342bfaee4a&oe=55AF4B9A&__gda__=1437651688_ffaabcc46812b4ec672d19cfdcabaf3a)
!['The non-duality of Atman [Brahman], in spite of multiple number of bodies under Its [Brahman's] lordship, is explained by various illustrations in the Upanishads, one of which is as follows:
"As the same non-dual fire, after it has entered the world, appears to be different according to whatever it burns, so also the same non-dual Atman, dwelling in all beings, appears to be different according to whatever It enters."
----------The Katha Upanishad: 2: 2: 9
Samsara or the relative world is maya [illusory] and not real. Maya is superimposed on Brahman as Upadhis [limiting adjuncts]. This is why apparently, existence of many atmans is felt, but in reality i.e. when we view it from a perspective beyond maya, Atman is one without a second.
Hari Om Tat Sat
Om Namaha Shivaya'](https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/s480x480/10968505_817346734997974_5753303581289465762_n.jpg?oh=cdd9c4c7c3ce1c3a19863799c1034a0a&oe=55AEC2E2&__gda__=1438414524_6af07580121cd5427679de6f79238dd9)
!['He is the sun dwelling in the bright heavens. He is the air dwelling in the interspace. He is the fire dwelling on earth. He is the guest dwelling in the house. He dwells in men, in the gods, in truth, in the sky. He is born [present] in the water, on earth, in the sacrifice, on the mountains. He is the true and the great.
----------The Katha Upanishad: 2: 2: 2
There are not different Atmans in different bodies. The same Atman dwells in all bodies. He is omnipresent. There is only one Atman without a second, which is the all-pervasive Self of the universe. Atman, being non-different from Brahman, completely excludes multiplicity and difference. Atman is omnipresent.'](https://scontent-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/s480x480/10353045_816970281702286_6813635205507911943_n.jpg?oh=51865cbf2748cbfdb951419e94d48b49&oe=55A763A1)
!['As rainwater falling on a mountain peak runs down the rocks in all directions, even so he who sees the attributes as different from Brahman verily runs after them in all directions.
----------The Katha Upanishad: 2: 1: 14
The perception of multiplicity, resulting from ignorance, is the cause of all suffering. As rainwater running down the sides of a steep hill, divides itself into innumerable channels and ultimately becomes lost without serving any fruitful purpose, so also he who sees multiplicity of Brahman, becomes lost in the relative world and does not attain Liberation, which is the ultimate goal.
"Therefore, one should discard the fallacious advice of the misguided logicians who proclaim the multiplicity of Atman and the erroneous counsel of the heretics who teach Its [Atman's] non-existence, and should realise Atman's non-duality as taught by the Vedas"
------Adi Guru Shankaracharya'](https://scontent-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/s480x480/10959562_815097391889575_8438648116185536861_n.jpg?oh=a882c52d47067246ad229702fd8f85b7&oe=5578F77A)
