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CONCLUSION
I.There is urgent need to propagate Vedas' commentary by Sw.
Dayanand Saraswati to halt further damage and Aryasamaj should take a
lead to publicise the English translations rendered by Acharya Dharam Dev
Vidyamartanda published by Sarvdeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Delhi and
the other by Sw. Satya Prakash Saraswati and Shri Satyakam Vidyalankar
published by Veda Pratishthan, Delhi for the English knowing scholars/
masses in India and abroad and also such Vedic centers/universities and it
be ensured that Bhashya by Sw. Dayanand forms an integral part of the
curriculum of all national and international universities. This could be
accomplished by apex bodies of Aryasamaj like Arya Parinidhi Sabhas of
various Indian states and. Sarvdeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Delhi. They
should also launch a drive/ programmes to highlight the special features
adopted by Sw. Dayanand Saraswati while rendering the Bhashya/
commentary of Vedas vis-à-vis discrepancies and anomalies in earlier
commentaries and the translations by foreign and vested Indian scholars
whose motive was to denigrate the Indian and Vedic culture and this aspect
had been thoroughly exposed by the Vedic scholar Shri Bhagwad Datta in
his publication "Western Indologists: a study in motives".
II.We need to support and pursue measures for spreading the
teaching and learning of the Sanskrit language by all possible means because
the entire spiritual literature inherited by us is in this divine language.
III.We should demand a ban on cow slaughter in India and take
suitable legal action and approach the Government of India to also impose
a ban on the book "The myth of the holy cow by D.N.Jha, a historian from
University of Delhi which severely injures the sentiments of majority
community of this nation who love and admire the cow as their mother and
also direct Mr. Jha to apologise for misinterpretation and misrepresentation
of our sacred texts as brought out in this paper (Overwhelming majority of
signatories on the petition online have already supported this stand). It is a
challenge for the entire humanity who regard ancient Indian and Vedic
civilization to be an ideal and a noble legacy and the RgVeda is acknowledged
to be the oldest document (scripture) on this planet.
* its synopsis printed on the jacket of the book reads:
"The growth of religious fundamentalism in India is symbolized by
the existence of a BJP government committed to the Hindutva. There is
growing pressure to declare the cow a sacred, national animal and to ban
its slaughter. The Myth of the Holy Cow is an illuminating response to this
crazed confessionalism. It challenges obscurantist views on the sanctity of
the cow in Hindu tradition and Culture. Dwijendra Narayan Jha, a leading
Indian historian, argues that beef eating played an important part in the
cuisine of ancient India, long before the birth of Islam. It was very much a
feature of the approved Brahamanical and Buddhist diet. The evidence he
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