Word-Meaning: -
हे सभापते ! (पाणिनेव) गाय आदि पशुओं के पालने और (गावः) गौओं को यथायोग्य स्थानों में रोकनेवाले के समान (दासपत्नीः) अति बल देनेवाला मेघ जिनका पति के समान और (अहिगोपाः) रक्षा करनेवाला है वे (निरुद्धाः) रोके हुए (आपः) (अतिष्ठन्) स्थित होते हैं उन (अपाम्) जलों का (यत्)
जो (बिलम्) गर्त्त अर्थात् एक गढ़े के समान स्थान (अपहितम्) ढ़ापसा रक्खा (आसीत्)* उस (वृत्रम्) मेघ को सूर्य (जघन्वान्) मारता है मारकर (तत्) उस जल की (अपववार) रुकावट तोड़ देता है वैसे आप शत्रुओं को दुष्टाचार से रोक के न्याय अर्थात् धर्ममार्ग को प्रकाशित रखिये ॥११॥
Purport : -
इस मंत्र में उपमा और वाचकलुप्तोपमालङ्कार हैं। जैसे गोपाल अपनी गौओं को अपने अनुकूल स्थान में रोक रखता और फिर उस स्थान का दरवाजा खोल के निकाल देता है और जैसे मेघ अपने मंडल में जलों का द्वार रोक के उन जलों को वश में रखता है वैसे सूर्य्य उस मेघ को ताड़ना देता..
.. और उस जल की रुकावट को तोड़ के अच्छे प्रकार उसे बरसाता है वैसे ही राजपुरुषों को चाहिये कि शत्रुओं को रोकेकर प्रजा का यथायोग्य पालन किया करें ॥११॥
Source : Rig Veda
Translation and commentary by Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati ji
Mini- #Thread on islands of #Lakshadweep and #Maldives as observed and recorded by Sulaiman, the Arab merchant (who undertook several voyages to India and China),in his travel diary, known as ‘Akhbar Al-Sin wa’l Hind’ dated 851 CE. #History#India#Islamic#medieval#Bharat
“The third sea is the Sea of Harkandh [from Sanskrit Harikeliya, Bay of Bengal]. Between it and the Sea of Larvi there are numerous islands. It is said that they are one thousand and nine hundred islands, and they mark the boundaries of these two seas,..
.. namely Larvi [Lata for Gujarat] and Harkandh... In these islands, ruled by the woman, coconut palms grow in abundance. The distance between one island and the other is two, three or four farsakh, and each one of these is inhabited by people and has coconut palms...
This well researched book is a gem for all those who are curious to learn the actual state of the present day STs/SCs during Medieval Ages, especially in Hindu Society.
It challenges and devastates the false extreme narrative built first by colonial Western Indologists and later popularised by Marxists Historians, that Hindu upper castes used to unleash unimaginable amount of inhuman atrocities on lower castes..
As per the extracts from the works of French Sinologist Paul Pelliot who researched on Indo China history, there exists a strong historical link between India and the Hindu Kingdom of Khmer in Funan (present day Cambodia).
The research says about Hun-t’ien (Indian name Kaundinya) whom Indian legend regard was a great Brahmin who received his spear from Asvatthaman (Aswathama), son of Drona, teacher of the Pandavas in the epic Mahabharata.
This and some of the upcoming threads will be dedicated to how our so called ‘low caste’ Hindu brothers and sisters directly confronted atrocious Islamic rule during Middle Ages in India.
The first in this series is Capture of Delhi by Hindu Barwaris
Barwaris, as confirmed by contemporary Muslim chroniclers such as Barani, Amir Khusrau and Ibn Battuta, belonged to a tribe of (so called as per present definition) lower social status, primarily from Gujarat...
This is what I-Tsing (635 CE-?), Chinese pilgrim (Sanskrit name Pragnadeva), observed abt abstinence from onions among Indians of all classes contrary to today’s popular belief that only Brahmins or upper class avoid onion👇 #History#india#bharat#onions#food#abstinence
“Indian abstinence from onions: When I was in the Nalanda monastery, I discussed this point with the Dhyana master Wu-hing, but we were doubtful still and could not exactly distinguish one from the other...
.. None of the people of all the five parts of India eat any kind of onions, or raw vegetables, and therefore they do not suffer from indigestion; the stomach and the intestines are healthy, and there is no trouble in their becoming hard and aching.”
#Thread on Ardhnarishwar form of the Divine Couple of Shiv-Shakti as recorded by Greek author Porphyry (AD 233-306) in 4th Book of his treatise On Abstinence from Animal Food, called Physica, i. 56. Gaisford’s Edition [based on the works of a Babylonian, Bardesanes (AD 154-..)]