The only culture in the history of humanity that has made the world feel the pinnacle is the Indian culture, which, by giving the world the knowledge of peace, harmony and goodwill in different periods, made the Vedic ideology like ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and ‘Universal Brotherhood’ meaningful and earned the title of ‘Vishwa Guru’.
Our Vedic ancestors thought that if humans are to be cultured from being social to sociable, then it is possible only on the basis of development of qualities. Inspired by the thoughts of material desires will keep humans bound like animals. Those who guide the thought of transforming human (nar) into superhuman (Narayan), are called Rishis. A Rishi is one who has a vision. A wise person who knows the excellence of unchanging fundamental qualities in a changing world is a Rishi.
These knowledgeable and psychological Rishis gave many examples on the religious basis to organize the nation. That is why, he brought to the common man the values of unity in multiplicity and accommodating the undivided in the divided in the verses of Vedic mantras. Many Mahatmas were born in India, who made important policies for the smooth running of the state for the establishment of the nation, of which ‘Mahatma Vidur’ was also one. Mahatma Vidur gave the principle of Mantra Viplav on such political, economic, social, cultural and psychological basis in his book ‘Vidur Niti’, by using which the nation can be saved from any kind of disaster by giving a convenient form to the ideas.
But when the British came to India, they were guided by the Protestant Church. The Protestants looked soft but their ideologyis same. If the Portuguese (Roman Catholics) are Taraka who attacked Lord Shri Ram, then the British (Protestants) are like Putana who made Shri Krishna drink poison. Their attack was illusory, but extremely dangerous. The Mantra Viplav theory of Maharishi Vidur was used by these British to create a distortion in the minds of the Indian people, so that they forget their identity and become empty and ineffortless, so that they can become puppets of the British at the social level. By using this theory, the British were the most successful in ruling India, the impact of their attack of ideological distortion can be seen in Indian society till date.
Nationalism vs. Rashtravaad
The Vedic nation of India is not man-centric but nation-centric. Hence, the seeker of ancient civilization first of all believes that this earth is my mother and I am her son- Mata Bhumi, Putro Aham Prithviya. (Atharvaveda-12 1.12)
In this verse, he says in a prayerful tone, “O Motherland, we all are born from your body. We keep roaming on your body, five types of people- Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra and Nishad are all equal and are your children.” (Translation-Atharvaveda- 12 1.15).
The relationship between nation (rashtra) and rashtravaad is that of mother and son since Vedic times. The concept of motherland emerged in India since Vedic times. The feeling of motherhood is universal, but the feeling of fatherhood is invisible in the best of human beings. The feeling of fatherland is unnatural in comparison to motherland. Father is for birth and mother is the birth giver. The first relation of birth is always with the mother.
In the same way, the people of India saw the land of India as their mother, so the idea of patriotism was basically included in the Indian psyche. Accordingly, it would be wrong to call Indian love to their country as patriotism, but it would be correct to call it matriotism. In the Indian nation, matriotism is directly related to motherly devotion of the land.
In the first hymn of the 12th section of the Atharvaveda, the great sage Atharva says – “O our motherland! Those of us who are born from you, may they remain healthy, long-lived, intelligent, full of awareness and always be ready to sacrifice our self-interest for your benefit and remain dedicated to doing your good in every way.” (Translation-Atharvaveda 12.1.62)
VedaMurti Pandit Satvalekar ji interprets the Rigveda verse (1.188.8) – “Bharatiya le Saraswati, Ya Va Sarvodaya Upabruve, Ta Nichint Shree” as follows – We should worship the motherland, mother tongue and mother culture. We should always respect these three because they always provide prosperity. The one who worships them becomes prosperous.
The Indian Vedic rashtravaad which has been going on for thousands of years, first experienced European nationalism in 1546 from the ‘Goa Inquisition’ conducted by St. Xavier after Vasco da Gama came to India, directed by the Roman Catholic Church. Where in the name of Christianity, about 600 temples were demolished by the administration in connivance with the government. Even the Islamic invaders had not demolished so many temples in such a small area. The ideology of the Roman Catholic Church attacked the indian (bharatiya) rashtravaad in its fundamentalist and extremist form.
When colonial powers from Europe reached India, their western nationalism also came to India with them. At that time, the Vedic rashtravaad of India was superior to the nationalism of the European ideology. The nature of both is fundamentally different, that is why both cannot be synonymous with each other. The temple of a Hindu, the church of a Christian, the mosque of a Muslim, all three are centres of worship, but cannot be synonymous in translation because their basic nature is different.
In every country, in every society in the world, there are some such words whose meaning depends on the background and history of that place. The indian rashtravaad and the nationalism of the West are two such words.
The Indian rashtravaad is peaceful and developing, but it is difficult to say the same about western nationalism. Nationalism arose in Europe due to the autocratic insistence of the supreme Christian Pope, the arbitrariness of kings, mutual competition, matrimonial relations, imperial wars, Catholic-Protestant conflicts, the growing influence of Islam, etc. Overall, nationalism was the result of the political reaction to Europe. India’s rashtravaad includes a sense of equality, cultural faith, polytheistic religious freedom, but Europe’s nationalism has conservative ideas like fundamentalism, monotheism, etc.
Mantra Viplav (Ideological Subversion) and British Diplomacy
The British came to India as per the orders of the Protestant Church of European ideology and stayed in India from 1757 to 1947. This period can be divided from 1757 to 1857 and from 1858 to 1947. The first part is from the Battle of Plassey in 1757 to the First War of Independence in 1857. During this period, the East India Company had complete dominance and established its hold from Bengal to Punjab in India. The daring attempt of the bloodshed of Plassey ended with the kidnapping of Punjab. The Company’s system of governance can be understood by the example of ‘breaking the cashew pods’, just as raw cashews are broken one by one, in the same way the captains of the Company captured one by one state of India by making strategies. This was the period of establishment of Company rule under British rule.
The second period Is of subordination to the King and Queen. It was only after this First War of Independence that the administration under the British Parliament started here. Since then, loyal viceroys started coming here as administrators of the English king, basically the word viceroy means deputy king.
The freedom struggle of 1857 should be called the first organized freedom struggle, because during this struggle, the whole of India was opposing the company together according to their own strategies. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar also wrote a book on the first freedom struggle of 1857 in 1906 to revive the spirit of oneness across the nation of India, in which he wrote that in the first freedom struggle of 1857, the saffron colour of Hindus and the green colour of Muslims stood together in the blue sky against the Union Jack of the East India Company, due to which the company’s rule was forced to lift its feet from the soil of India. But the company decided to make a long-term plan under which a political party like Congress was established in India.
The seeds of revolution were sown by the British during the period of the company rule. Due to their education system and their propaganda, led by their sacred organisation, the British were established here like angels. Two words were popularized by the British government in a planned manner- Divine Law and the debt burden of the White Lord.
The Indication was that the white British came to India as per God’s plan for the welfare of the indian natives (black masses). An inferiority feeling was created in the hearts of the Indian society. Under this, the narrative was run that India is not a nation, India is not a country on earth but just a piece of land, the hot weather here makes everyone sad etc., which started to penetrate the common people, which led to the forgetfulness of national identity.
This mantra viplav or ideological subversion was used to the fullest by the British government, who propagated their poisonous ideology of nationalism to the common people to break the brotherhood spirit of India. This false propaganda of knowledge was called narrative, as to work on the policy of divide and rule, they picked up the ideological differences going on in the Indian society and made false messages about them and sent them to the people. But even in the Amrit Kaal of bharat’s Independence, the work of the British government is being done by the leftist thinkers here, which will have to be countered with the discourse of truthfulness of India.
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