The Blossoming Flowers of the Vedas
वेदों के खिल हुए फूल

PREFACE The Blossoming Flowers of the Vedas

We, in our lives are fortunate to receive a sacred beam of light from ever-radiant pages of the Vedas. We are also blessed with a drop of nectar from the divine fountain of the Vedas. So ours is a privilege to enlighten and publicize this blessing far and wide. No person when he has lit a candle, put it in a secret place neither under a bushel.

The Veda is the most astounding production amidst world’s stock of divine thought. It is as bulky in volume as it is varied in its contents. It has preserved immense wealth of thought in time and spread in space.

Our sages of yore were always engrossed in recit-ing the Vedas. Throughout the ages of Indian history, they preserved the massive literature by stupendous feats of memory. Blessed are those who never let it fade into oblivion.

This tradition gradually eroded in later times, Dur-ing the medieval age, our society deviated significantly from the preaching of the Vedas. In this age, we look in vain the progressive attitude that elevated the immaculate fame of the Vedas. In fact, liberal code of conduct for women, unrestricted rules of occupation for all the people regardless of caste, creed and colour-such of the topics were given far greater emphasis in the Vedas than were ever contemplated by the society of medieval age.

Light dawned again towards the age of renaissance. Since then, a multitude of researhers delved into Vedic knowledge ushering in a new era of understanding. The band of scholars of home and abroad rushed forth to show-
case the crowing glory of the Vedas. They endeavoured with consummate skill and labour to fathom the depth of meaning and thought within the Vedas. They established the fact that in our modern age the preaching of the Vedas are more relevant than ever before.

In the same vein, I have made humble attempt to pique the interest of common people to the Vedas. I have tried my best to present my views from a new angle, from a different perspective. How much I succeeded in this sacred task, it is for my indulgent readers to judge.

My sincere thanks go to the managment of Ramlal kapoor trust that was so good as to publish the book with such a beautiful binding printing and get-up.

Ram Lal Kapoor Trust has, in fact, a farsighted vi-sion and countrywide mission to disseminate the massage of the Vedas far and wide. It has an outstanding reputation for publishing a large number of books on variety of sub-jects. I believe this publication will be another milestone in the impressive achievements.

I express my humble gratitude to Omniscient God who inspired me and got me through this task.

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