The Upanishads were the foundation stones on which the magnificent edifice called sanAtana dharma developed. Each Scientist used to teach with care and affection sitting close to his students (upa + nisha). It is a fact that emerged from the observation and analysis by the Scientists of the day and recorded in their reports. ‘Every place is my home town Everyone my kith and kin Tamil Poet Kanian Poongundranar on the concept similar to ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (Song 192, Purananuru, Sangam literature) ’This is my own and that a stranger’ – is the calculation of the narrow-mindedįor the magnanimous-hearts however, the entire earth is but a family’ Udaracharitanam tu vasudhaiva kutumbhakam’ | ‘ayam nijah paroveti ganana laghuchetasam The Upanishad mantra is not a geo-politico-socio-cultural statement. It is describing the quality of a man who understood the Truth, transcending the multiplicity of the world). should be understood in the context of what the Upanishad is talking about. who know the Supreme Truth) the whole world is one family (one Unit).
Meaning: The distinction “This person is mine, and this one is not” is made only by the narrow-minded (i.e. The words वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् (vasudhaiva kuTumbakam) come from the mantra VI-72 in Maha Upanishad which belongs to sAmaveda tradition.
The world is like a small, tightly knit, nuclear family.Ģ. from “vasudha”, the earth “iva”, is and “kutumbakam”, family) is a Sanskrit phrase that means that the whole world is one single family.So here the Vedic sages are saying that the entire world is truly just one family.
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