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dynamics of existence and the right way of living as individuals
and as members of organised society upto the international level.
Even Max Muller, though he was once committed to uprooting
the religion of India by his arbitrary translation of Rgveda, had to
admit in his Biographical Essays that: "To Swami Dayananda,
everything contained in the Vedas was not only perfect truth, but
he went one step further and, by their interpretation, succeeded
in persuading others that everything worth knowing, even the
most recent inventions of modern science, were alluded to in the
Vedas. Steam Engines, Electricity, Telegraphy and Wireless
Marconogramwere shown to have been at least in the germ known
to the poets of the Vedas". In fact Shri Aurobindo in his essay on
"Dayananda and the Veda" goes even further: "There is nothing
fantastic in Dayananda's idea that Veda contains truth of science
as well as truth of religion (i.e., Dharma). I will even add my own
conviction that Veda contains other truths of a Science the modern
world does not at all possess, and in that case, Dayananda has
rather understated than overstated the depth and range of the Vedic
wisdom (see 'Bankim, Tilak, Dayananda', p. 57).
The basic requirement of scriptural interpretation for us
is faith and intellingential solemnity, not doubt and cynicism. This
way, if we want to confirm our faith in the scientific vision of the
Veda, refer to Rgveda 1, 34, 7 and 9 for three-stage rocket chariot
of the Ashwins, to 1, 36, 18 for Agni missile, to 1, 37, 3 for winds
and communication, to 1, 46, 10 for concentration of light, to 1,
52, 1 and 1, 36, 1 for the science of missile defence and space-
craft, to 6, 46, 11 for missiles and war heads, and so on. The
position of the solar system with planets and satellites, earth's
and sun's gravitation, solar healing, parliamentary democracy,
organisational structure of the nation and the international world,
water and electric energy, and so many other subjects are hinted
at inVedic verses.We need serious research to work out the details.
Had even Einstein read the Purusha Sukta of the Vedas, Brahma
Sutras and Sankhya Vaisheshika philosophy, probably he would
have found clues to his search for Unified Field theory of the
universe.
Beyond faith and intelligential solemnity we need vision,
potential Darshan of theVedic Rshis. Once you have had the vision
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