मह्यम् dārśansūtra

Suktā of creation: Nāsādīya suktā 129th hymn of the 10th mandala of the Rigveda. Speculation of origin of universe. नासदासींनॊसदासीत्तदानीं नासीद्रजॊ नॊ व्यॊमापरॊ यत् । किमावरीव: कुहकस्यशर्मन्नभ: किमासीद्गहनं गभीरम् ॥१॥ न मृत्युरासीदमृतं न तर्हि न रात्र्या।आन्ह।आसीत् प्रकॆत:। आनीदवातं स्वधया तदॆकं तस्माद्धान्यन्नपर: किंचनास ॥ २॥ तम।आअसीत्तमसा गूह्ळमग्रॆ प्रकॆतं सलिलं सर्वमा।इदम् । तुच्छॆनाभ्वपिहितं यदासीत्तपसस्तन्महिना जायतैकम् ॥३॥ कामस्तदग्रॆ समवर्तताधि मनसॊ रॆत: प्रथमं यदासीत् । सतॊबन्धुमसति निरविन्दन्हृदि प्रतीष्या कवयॊ मनीषा ॥४॥ तिरश्चीनॊ विततॊ रश्मीरॆषामध: स्विदासी ३ दुपरिस्विदासीत् । रॆतॊधा।आसन्महिमान् ।आसन्त्स्वधा ।आवस्तात् प्रयति: परस्तात् ॥५॥ तिरश्चीनॊ विततॊ रश्मीरॆषामध: स्विदासी ३ दुपरिस्विदासीत् । रॆतॊधा।आसन्महिमान् ।आसन्त्स्वधा ।आवस्तात् प्रयति: परस्तात् ॥५॥ कॊ ।आद्धा वॆद क‌।इह प्रवॊचत् कुत ।आअजाता कुत ।इयं विसृष्टि: । अर्वाग्दॆवा ।आस्य विसर्जनॆनाथाकॊ वॆद यत ।आबभूव ॥६॥ इयं विसृष्टिर्यत ।आबभूव यदि वा दधॆ यदि वा न । यॊ ।आस्याध्यक्ष: परमॆ व्यॊमन्त्सॊ आंग व...

India's dilemma of modernity and indigenization: a mirage of atmanirbhar bharat. Recent 'atmanirbhara bharat' announcement by prime minister of India has set goals to make India self reliant and strategically autonomous.                                           ( image credit TOI ) Discussions around these topic end up with complaints of india being not good at manufacturing further blaming china. Let's document reality of gap between India’s economic profile and state of  affairs first. Before that we need to first understand basics: Stages of human evolution Stone age : illiteracy, societal violence, cannibalism. Bronze age: illiteracy, centralisation, reduced violence, human sacrifice Iron age : literacy, centralisation, reduced violence, end of human sacrifice, mob violence Industrial age: high literacy, heavy centralisation, heavy social upheaval , state monopo...

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