India is a nation that celebrates diversity. Our culture is unified yet pluralistic and inclusive. Despite differences in attire, food, lifestyle, languages, and dialects, our cultural unity amazes the world. The grand Kumbh Mela is a living example of this unity. However, political parties and leaders engaged in divisive politics attempt to create an artificial divide between North and South India, exploiting linguistic identities. Instead of recognizing language as an eternal source of knowledge, tradition, and culture—an invaluable heritage passed down by our ancestors—they use it as a political tool. Perhaps this is why, after making several offensive and hateful remarks against Sanatan culture, DMK and its leaders are now spewing venom against Sanskrit. Their opposition to the simultaneous interpretation of Lok Sabha proceedings into Sanskrit is utterly baseless. This provision was not made exclusively for Sanskrit. In fact, simultaneous interpretation of parliamentary proceedings will now be available in Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, and Urdu, alongside Sanskrit. On February 11, 2025, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha announced this decision in Parliament—a completely appropriate and welcome move, in line with India’s parliamentary traditions. It is noteworthy that apart from Hindi and English, simultaneous interpretation was already available in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu. The government’s objective is to provide interpretation services in all 22 languages recognized by the Constitution. Ironically, while this inclusive and democratic initiative of the Indian Parliament is being openly praised on international platforms, it faces unnecessary opposition within India for narrow political gains. In response to Dayanidhi Maran’s objection, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla rightfully asked: “Which country do you live in? This is India, and Sanskrit has always been India’s native language. We recommended interpretation in 22 languages, but why do you have an issue only with Sanskrit and Hindi?” This question has indeed exposed DMK’s true face and ideology to the nation and the world.
Sanskrit: The Soul of Indian Civilization
Who does not know that language is a powerful carrier of knowledge and culture? Without language, it is impossible to conceive of a nation’s identity. Language plays the most crucial role in the development of any civilization. It is through language that a community or nation expresses its thoughts, values, ideals, memories, and traditions, preserving and passing them down through generations. Is it necessary to separately state that India’s soul and consciousness have found divine expression through Sanskrit? The concepts of virtue and sin, duty and neglect, Indian philosophy, continuous and ancient knowledge, traditions, cultural heritage, and timeless wisdom—all are most authentically and comprehensively documented in Sanskrit literature. Sanskrit is the language of India’s self-perception and worldview. It not only fosters national and cultural consciousness but also offers a profound global vision. Sanskrit has given voice to humanity’s fundamental experiences and memories. It is the language that connects the individual with the collective, the material with the spiritual, and the body with the soul. Indeed, it is the language of consciousness and wisdom. It links individuals, societies, and the nation to their true identity. However, this identity is not self-centered; rather, it is connected to the entire universe and creation. Hence, Sanskrit’s vision sees the world as one family, not just a marketplace. It is a language of love and cooperation, not hatred and commerce. It refines thoughts and attitudes, fostering a sense of universal welfare and harmony. It appreciates beauty in diversity and unity in multiplicity. It establishes relationships not only among humans but also between humans and nature, as well as all living beings. Sanskrit is a language that liberates us from inferiority complexes and colonial mindsets. It asserts the supremacy of Indian knowledge traditions and challenges the false claims of leftist and Western intellectual superiority. It serves as an impenetrable shield against the agenda of religious conversions. Perhaps this is precisely why divisive elements have always harbored the strongest opposition to Sanatan Dharma, Sanskrit, and Indian culture.
The Crisis of Intellectual Slavery
Whether due to leftist ideology or the impact of colonial mindsets, the biggest crisis among India’s so-called intellectuals has been their persistent skepticism toward their own language, art, culture, traditions, and Sanatan beliefs. This class either harbors a deep-seated inferiority complex regarding India’s eternal traditions and values or exhibits an outright tendency to reject them. They refuse to acknowledge India’s greatest achievements and contributions unless these receive approval from the West or leftist intellectual circles. Their assessment of language, art, education, culture, literature, architecture, history, and knowledge systems has always been filtered through a Western-leftist-colonial lens. They proudly and shamelessly propagate their intellectual slavery as a mark of distinction. For them, truth and knowledge do not require logic, facts, or evidence—only validation from Western or leftist benchmarks. This is why, despite standing the test of time, these so-called intellectuals remain negative and filled with inferiority complexes toward Yoga, Ayurveda, Jyotish, Hindu Kalganana , Sanskrit, and the Sanatan knowledge traditions.
The Scientific and Cultural Relevance of Sanskrit
It is unfortunate that despite possessing numerous rare qualities and being entirely suitable for scientific and technological advancements, Sanskrit has been neglected in modern India. Continuous efforts have been made to prove it obsolete, useless, and irrelevant. While the world has long recognized Sanskrit as the most ancient language of knowledge and science, even in independent India, followers of Macaulay and Marx—suffering from a colonial mindset—continue to frown at its very name. However, research and analysis have repeatedly shown that Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computers and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Since Sanskrit is read and spoken exactly as it is written, it has been considered the most accurate and scientific language for computational applications. Sanskrit is unique and unparalleled in the scientific arrangement of sounds and letters based on vocal cords, Pran vayu, speech organs, word formation, syntax, and depth of meaning. In most world languages, it is difficult to justify the logic behind naming objects or persons, but in Sanskrit, names are assigned based on qualities, characteristics, and meanings. Here, there is the discipline of Chhandas, not the grammar of chaos. It is the language of rhythm, melody, and cadence. Where there is rhythm, there is movement; and movement is life, while inertia is death. Therefore, Sanskrit is the language of life and the mantra of existence.
Sanskrit: The Unifying Thread of India
As one of the world’s oldest languages, Sanskrit shares remarkable similarities with the vocabulary of most Indian and foreign languages. Being the mother of most Indian dialects and languages, it plays a crucial role in strengthening national unity and integrity. Renowned thinker and freedom fighter Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi writes about Sanskrit’s role, significance, and spread: “If Sanskrit were not the national language, it would not have been possible for Adi Shankaracharya, a Brahmin from the distant Malabar region in South India, to unify the entire country in a thread of intellectual, religious (dharmik), social, and cultural unity.”
This language is so rich that when other civilizations of the world had not even developed dialects for communication, Sanskrit was already being used to compose the mantras of the Vedas, which are still considered the greatest compositions on life and philosophy. The Vedas make a deep and profound attempt to understand the Earth, sky, planets, stars, space, the Sun, the Moon, the known and the unknown, the visible and the invisible, deities, land, water, air, rivers, mountains, animals, birds, agriculture, and more. After the Vedas, the Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Aranyakas, Brahmana texts, and Puranas were also written in Sanskrit. All of these texts extensively discuss almost every aspect and dimension of human life. From art, music, literature, culture, yoga, Ayurveda, Dharma, philosophy, ethics, and history to mathematics, science, geography, geology, astronomy, astrology, and architecture—there is hardly any field in which Sanskrit texts are not available or lack richness. In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the most beautiful, profound, and significant texts in these subjects are all available in Sanskrit. From Adi Shankaracharya, Ramanujacharya, and Madhvacharya to the Nyaya-Mimamsak scholars and other sages and Indian philosophers, all chose Sanskrit as the medium and foundation for their experiences and philosophical discussions.
The DMK, Dayanidhi Maran, and the leftists and pseudo-secularists who echo their sentiments by calling Sanskrit merely the language of Brahmins and scriptures might have forgotten that Dr BR Ambedkar—the chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution, the country’s first Law Minister, and the greatest advocate of the oppressed and marginalized society—also advocated for Sanskrit to be the official language of the Indian Union. So, based on this, will they also declare him a leader or worker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)? The truth is that Sanskrit is the language that weaves the entire nation into a single thread—a fact that those engaged in divisive politics either fail to understand, or if they do, they deliberately pretend to ignore it!
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