Meaning: According to the Atharvaveda 12/1/5 the meaning of the statement is given by - Let us be prepared to renounce and sacrifice for the nation created by our ancestors and protected from the wicked.
Message: A nation is not only the geographical boundaries of a country. It is the name of the entirety of the physical, intellectual, spiritual level and character, conduct and dealings of the citizens living on that piece of land. It is the name given to the moral and immoral tendencies of the people produced by man's knowledge, devotion and labor. The nation's image is reflected in the mirror of the society's good and bad activities.
Every child of the nation always risks his life for protecting the country from external enemies and internal wicked and antisocial elements. The incarnations of God also manifest from time to time. Their one and only one goal has been to destroy sins and increase virtues. For that it is essential to understand the secret of knowledge, karma and devotion. Knowledge is that by which we can know about life or the way to lead life. Learning the subjects of history, geography and arithmetic is called education, but spiritual knowledge is that which shows us the goal of life. Knowledge explains to us, ''who am I?" What is my goal? When the knowledge is put into the conduct of life, it is called karma (or deed). We know Gita, we have heard the stories of Bhagwat and Ramayana, but we have enclosed their knowledge within the four walls of a library. It should be put into action in our deeds in the conduct of life. We should remove our faults, bad tendencies and mental perversities. Only then God graces us. Putting spiritual knowledge into action is true devotion. Mere rituals or meaningless worship cannot be called "Bhakti" (or devotion).
In order to protect the country, internal as well as external enemies have to be faced. At the time of the battle of Mahabharata, God Supreme, Shri Krishna preached a clear and meaningful message to Arjun in the form of the holy Gita which even today guides everyone like a beacon of light. The message in Gita is absolutely clear and says that even brothers and relatives are not above the nation, i.e. the interest of the nation comes first and then of anyone else. If their lives have to be sacrificed for the protection of the nation, it is in accordance with religion. Man can conquer his selfishness on the basis of such excellent sentiments of renunciation and sacrifice and can fulfill successfully the task of protecting the nation.
We should have the sentiments of renunciation and sacrifice in our mind for the protection of the country. We should renounce attachment, possessiveness and sacrifice personal interests. We can discharge our obligation to the country if we are prepared to cheerfully give up our interests by considering the national interest as supreme, above all.
The learned persons re-establish this sentiment in the ignorant citizens.
Message: A nation is not only the geographical boundaries of a country. It is the name of the entirety of the physical, intellectual, spiritual level and character, conduct and dealings of the citizens living on that piece of land. It is the name given to the moral and immoral tendencies of the people produced by man's knowledge, devotion and labor. The nation's image is reflected in the mirror of the society's good and bad activities.
Every child of the nation always risks his life for protecting the country from external enemies and internal wicked and antisocial elements. The incarnations of God also manifest from time to time. Their one and only one goal has been to destroy sins and increase virtues. For that it is essential to understand the secret of knowledge, karma and devotion. Knowledge is that by which we can know about life or the way to lead life. Learning the subjects of history, geography and arithmetic is called education, but spiritual knowledge is that which shows us the goal of life. Knowledge explains to us, ''who am I?" What is my goal? When the knowledge is put into the conduct of life, it is called karma (or deed). We know Gita, we have heard the stories of Bhagwat and Ramayana, but we have enclosed their knowledge within the four walls of a library. It should be put into action in our deeds in the conduct of life. We should remove our faults, bad tendencies and mental perversities. Only then God graces us. Putting spiritual knowledge into action is true devotion. Mere rituals or meaningless worship cannot be called "Bhakti" (or devotion).
In order to protect the country, internal as well as external enemies have to be faced. At the time of the battle of Mahabharata, God Supreme, Shri Krishna preached a clear and meaningful message to Arjun in the form of the holy Gita which even today guides everyone like a beacon of light. The message in Gita is absolutely clear and says that even brothers and relatives are not above the nation, i.e. the interest of the nation comes first and then of anyone else. If their lives have to be sacrificed for the protection of the nation, it is in accordance with religion. Man can conquer his selfishness on the basis of such excellent sentiments of renunciation and sacrifice and can fulfill successfully the task of protecting the nation.
We should have the sentiments of renunciation and sacrifice in our mind for the protection of the country. We should renounce attachment, possessiveness and sacrifice personal interests. We can discharge our obligation to the country if we are prepared to cheerfully give up our interests by considering the national interest as supreme, above all.
The learned persons re-establish this sentiment in the ignorant citizens.
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