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Re: ARTICLE : On attempting to define Hinduism
In article <ghenDwG46I.H2s@netcom.com>,
H. Krishna Susarla <susarla.krishna@tumora.swmed.edu> wrote:
>I keep hearing certain Hindus using this as a slogan. Frankly, I would
>really like to see the context.
[this refers to the line ``ekaM sad ...''.
[extract from what I sent for inclusion on Sanskrit vaakyas on this.
I would be interested knowing any other contributions to this.]
ekaM sad.h vipraa bhaudhaa vadanti
The inspired sages speak variously of what is one.
%SENTENCE REFERENCE
>From the asyavaamiyasuukta of the R^igveda (RV 1.164.46)
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Main Shloka:\\
indraM mitraM varuNam.h agnim.h aahuH
atho divyaH sa suparNo garutmaan.h | \\
ekaM sad.h vipraa bahudhaa vadanti
agniM yamaM maatarishvaanam.h aahuH|| \\
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shabdArtha:\\
%Word = meaning pairs separated by a semicolon.
aahuH = (verb form) they say;
atho = (indeclinable) Now [atha+u];
divya = (adj) divine
sat = (masc/neut) that which is [present participle parasmaipada of as];
vipra = inspired sage;
bahudhaa = (indeclinable) in many ways, manifold
vadanti = (verb form) they speak
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Meaning (##bhaavaartha##):\\
%VERSE MEANING
What is one, the inspired sages describe variously: They say Indra,
Mitra, Varuna, Agni, Yama, Matarishvan. (But) He is the Divine
Bird, the Winged One.
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Description:\\
%SENTENCE AND VERSE DESCRIPTION TO HELP PEOPLE USE IT MORE CASUALLY.
This quotation is the main vedic authority for all Hindu statements
that all gods are one. It occurs in the much discussed philosophical
hymn, ``asya vaamasya ...'' (RV 1.164).
--
Vidhyanath Rao It is the man, not the method, that solves
nathrao+@osu.edu the problem. - Henri Poincare
(614)-366-9341 [as paraphrased by E. T. Bell]
