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0:01study
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0:06affordable Hello friends hi this is Alo
0:09oja from study IQ English welcome back
0:12to ancient Indian history series today
0:14we are going to start with one of the
0:16most important chapters that is Vic
0:18civilization part one here we are going
0:21to throw light on various aspects like
0:23Arn Invasion Theory the four important
0:26Vedas that is riged Sam yajur a and
0:31their significance apart from this we
0:33are also going to learn different
0:35concepts associated with various Vedas
0:37so please stick till the end of the
0:38video and pay attention carefully so
0:40that all your doubts will get clear okay
0:43guys moving
0:46ahead now the question arises like in
0:50Indus Valley Civilization as per various
0:52historians there are disting
0:54opinions some believe that indis valley
0:56civilization was destroyed by flood some
0:59believe believe that Indus Valley
1:00Civilization was destroyed by earthquake
1:03some believe that there might be any
1:05sort of epidemic that might be the
1:07reason for destruction of Indus Valley
1:09Civilization some historians believe
1:11that due to feines and the riverse
1:13changing its course it might be one of
1:15the reason for destruction of Indus
1:17Valley Civilization so there are
1:19multiple theories regarding destruction
1:21of Indus Valley
1:23Civilization I'll ask you a simple
1:25question guys my question is Indus
1:29Valley Civilization
1:30whose extent is almost around 850,000
1:33Square kilm can be destroyed because of
1:37just one single
1:39reason now the most logical theory
1:42behind this is Arian Invasion Theory or
1:47Central Asian Invasion Theory now let's
1:50understand about this please pay
1:52attention
1:54carefully there were certain tribes from
1:57Central Asia they came into India
2:00through kyber Pass which is located in
2:03hindukush mountains they entered into
2:06northern part of India and started
2:09subjugating the natives of India they
2:12came up with horses chariots
2:15sophisticated iron weapons and started
2:18subjugating the natives of India now
2:21unable to meet their challenges the
2:24natives of India move towards southern
2:27part of river nada
2:30specifically they move towards the
2:32southern part of
2:34India and in that case when they move
2:36towards southern part of India It is
2:39believed that they settled in southern
2:41part of
2:42India the people or the tribes that came
2:45from Central Asia got settled in
2:47northern part of India and the tribes
2:50that got settled in northern part of
2:51India were referred as
2:54Arians the word ARA finds mentioned for
2:5836 times in the schloka
3:00or heims of
3:01rig dravidians got settled in the
3:04northern part of India sorry southern
3:06part of India the place where Arians got
3:09settled is referred as
3:12arara or sapta synu or
3:16brahmaa whereas where the dravidians got
3:19settled was referred as DVID Naru now
3:22one simple question that arises in the
3:25mind of an every
3:27aspirant if Indus Valley Civilization
3:29was was being destroyed by different
3:31reasons for example earthquake flooding
3:35change in the course of river and so on
3:38whom did the Aran
3:40subjugate so probably certain historians
3:43also believe that the natives of India
3:46who Moved towards the southern part of
3:48India were initially also the part of
3:51Indus Valley
3:53Civilization and this theory for the
3:55first time was given by a German
3:58historian whose name was was Max
4:01Mueller this is also referred as Max
4:04Mueller Theory or Arian Invasion Theory
4:08I'll repeat the points again in short
4:10guys please pay attention carefully so
4:12that all your doubts get
4:14cleared certain tribes from Central Asia
4:17entered into India they entered into
4:20India through kyber Pass which is
4:22located in Hindu Kush
4:25mountains they came up with
4:27sophisticated iron weapon horses
4:30chariots and they started subjugating
4:32the natives of
4:34India the natives of India unable to
4:36meet their challenges move towards
4:39southern part of river Narada
4:41specifically to go towards the South
4:43India the people who got settled in the
4:46northern part of India were referred as
4:48Arians the people who got settled in
4:50southern part of India were referred as
4:53dravidians Arians were tall Fair skinn
4:57whereas dravidians were speci
4:59specifically they were dark skinned
5:01people and that's why Arians connotated
5:05ridans as Das or Das use the word Arya
5:10finds mention for 36 times I'm repeating
5:14the word ARA finds mentioned for 36 time
5:17in R WC HS and the word ARA means of
5:21noble origin of high
5:24origin this theory is referred as Aran
5:27Invasion Theory or Central Asian
5:30Invasion Theory and this was given by a
5:33German historian named as Max
5:36Mueller correct now as per Swami Dand
5:40Saraswati Arians came from Tibet as per
5:44Bal gangadhar tilak G the Arians came
5:46from the poles that is they came from
5:48the Arctic and as per Nazis the Arians
5:51are
5:52German this is nothing but Central Asian
5:55Invasion Theory hope so the points are
5:57clear till here
6:00now where do we come to know about the
6:03Arians
6:04from we come to know about the Arians
6:07from vdas now let's understand this with
6:11the help of a very simple chart and this
6:14chart is very very important because if
6:18you just have a glimpse of this chart
6:20there's no need to memorize the concepts
6:22like is rigd shuti or
6:26smriti is viang shti or smti is ramayana
6:31or Mahabharata that is one of the
6:33greatest epics of ancient India is a
6:36shuti or smriti please pay attention
6:39carefully just observe the chart and
6:42just listen to me carefully all your
6:45doubts would be cleared guys okay moving
6:49ahead W the word w has been derived from
6:53Sanskrit word Vidya Vidya basically
6:57means knowledge and there are two kinds
7:00of knowledge par Vidya and apar
7:04Vidya now what is apar Vidya apar Vidya
7:08is materialistic knowledge correct like
7:12for example in today's world if I need
7:14to have a lot of Fortune a lot of money
7:18in that case I'll worship Lord Ganesha
7:21I'll worship goddess Lakshmi I'll
7:23worship Lord kuir I'll worship them with
7:27the help of
7:28mantras true true so that is nothing but
7:31I'm doing this for materialistic gain
7:35that is apar
7:37Vidya par Vidya something which is
7:40beyond our imagination that is nothing
7:43but par Vidya for example if I say you
7:48this is a
7:49marker correct you can say that yes it's
7:53a marker because you can sense it you
7:56can touch it you can write with the help
7:57of this but if I see
8:00this is soul can you sense my soul this
8:03is beyond my
8:05imagination that is nothing butar
8:09Vidya okay moving ahead AAR Vidya is
8:13divided further into two
8:15categories secular and sacred secular
8:20basically means it encompasses the
8:22principle of all different religions but
8:26sacred basically mean it is confined to
8:28one particular religion
8:30since it is it is confined to Hinduism
8:34that's why Vedas are
8:38sacred now comes the sacred part it is
8:42further divided into shuti and smriti
8:45very important concept please pay
8:47attention carefully shti and
8:51spti shti what we have heard smriti what
8:56we
8:57memorize one of the finest example
9:00currently I'm having an interaction with
9:02you guys I'm speaking something you're
9:06listening that is
9:08shti after listening whatever you
9:11interpret memorize and write it down
9:15that is
9:16smriti got it I repeat shti one what is
9:21heard and smti one what is
9:25interpreted okay so Vedas are shti and
9:31there are four
9:32Vedas
9:33riged
9:35samed yajur and a I repeat there are
9:40four basic major vdas rig samed yajur
9:47and AA moving further these Vedas are
9:51basically classified into two categories
9:53that is Karm Mar and Gan
9:56Mar further a apart from this in the end
10:01of the Gan Mark you will find two major
10:03aspects that is araka and aanisha now
10:07what are
10:08aranas aranas are nothing but Forest
10:11book and they are also the part of
10:13process what kind of process let me
10:16explain you that as per different
10:20upanishads specifically jabble upanishad
10:23every human has to go through four
10:25stages of Life the first stage of life
10:28is brahmacharya where his prime
10:31responsibility is to acquire
10:34knowledge the second stage basically
10:37apart from brahmacharya goes with Gast
10:39asham in ghast asham one's Prime
10:43responsibility is to fulfill his worldly
10:46duties then comes
10:49W for example if I fulfilled my all
10:52worldly duties now I will start moving
10:55towards the forest and I when when I
10:57start moving towards the forest
10:59I will completely renounce my worldly
11:02life after completely renouncing my
11:05worldly life in that case I will
11:08meditate I'll start to know about
11:12myself and I'll stay in the forest when
11:15I stay in the forest I'll pen down
11:17certain books and these books are
11:19referred as
11:22arakas so what are arakas there was a
11:24direct question in the upsc prelims
11:27examination you can Google it you can
11:29see the pyqs you'll come across a
11:32statement what are
11:35arakas arakas are nothing but Forest
11:39books correct in that case aranas are
11:43also referred as what aranas are
11:46referred as Book of Secrets the secrets
11:49in Hindi is referred as rahasia and
11:52we'll understand in the coming lectures
11:54why it is referred as Book of
11:56Secrets coming further is pishan
12:01try to break this etimology into two
12:04parts oop and
12:07S up means nearby sad means
12:13sit sitting near the guru's feet to gain
12:16knowledge is
12:18opener and there are 108 opener among
12:22which eight 11 are the most important
12:24ones and are referred as
12:28mishar correct now upanishads are also
12:32referred as
12:34vant why they are referred as vant
12:37because they reveal the ultimate phase
12:39of life and they come in the end of the
12:42weedas that's why upanishad are referred
12:45as
12:47Vidant hope so the part this part is
12:51clear okay moving further please pay
12:56attention smti now with every V there is
13:01something called as an uped aurade dhur
13:04gandhar stat we are going to see them in
13:07quite depth and detail but all these upu
13:11are a part of smriti and I've told you
13:12previously itself the difference between
13:14shuti and spti shuti that one is
13:19specifically shti shti basically means
13:22yes what is heard spti basically means
13:26what is memorized and interpreted
13:29got it so your up all these are up are a
13:34part of
13:35SP then comes
13:39Vang again try to break this atmology
13:42into two parts W
13:45Ang there are different parts of vas for
13:48example if W is a structure of the body
13:52its Eyes Ears Nose tongue these are
13:56nothing but Vang
13:59and there are six part of it Sika vakar
14:03n Chand Joes
14:07andp one of the finest example you might
14:10have heard about something called as
14:12Sola sansar or sash karmas or the 16
14:16karmas right from the birth of child
14:18till the death there's a process called
14:21as solar sanskar you might have heard
14:23about this this find mentions in
14:26CP which is a part of w
14:29D Coming further puran there are total
14:3318 puran 18 mahapuran and 46 auran and
14:37there are two great epics of India
14:40ramayana and Mahabharat ramayana was
14:43being composed by sage
14:46waliki and Mahabharat was being composed
14:48by S
14:49vas ramayan B and there's a difference
14:52between ramayan and RAM charit
14:55Banas okay ramayan was being composed by
14:59s
14:59waliki and RAM charit Manus was
15:02basically being composed by whom it was
15:04being composed by tulsidas
15:08G hope so this table is
15:11clear correct now I'll give you one of
15:14the finest example if you memorize a
15:17stable just before going to the
15:19examination if you have a glimpse of
15:21this stable there's no need of
15:23memorizing whether R isti whether Aras
15:28are SM or shti directly you can see that
15:31Aras Aras are part of Gan Mark part of
15:35shti got it comes for
15:37example nuk nuk basically means
15:41etimology is it it's a part of Wang Wang
15:44is a part of smriti so nup is
15:47smriti just have a glimpse of this I'll
15:49give you 30 seconds guys please have a
15:51glimpse of this table because it's very
15:53important from the exam
15:55perspective then I'll move towards the
15:57further part
16:03done moving ahead
16:07guys now let's understand each vas in
16:11quite depth and
16:14detail
16:17rig try to break this etimology into two
16:21parts pay attention carefully very
16:23important ones and I'll also tell you
16:25how it is important from the perspective
16:26of examination specifically prelims
16:30examination
16:31rig break this etimology into two parts
16:35rig plus
16:37vade rig means praising the
16:40DT and V means as I've already told you
16:43w means Vidya that is knowledge so how
16:47will you praise the D through knowledge
16:49of
16:50mantras through knowledge of schls
16:53through knowledge of HS so rade
16:56basically means praising the D through
17:00HS okay entire rigu is composed of
17:061028
17:081,28 hes and
17:1210,552
17:13mantras I repeat entire rigu is composed
17:18of 1028 HMS and
17:2110,552
17:23mantras rigu is also a hidden treasure
17:26guys I'll also tell you in the end how
17:30now rigd is basically composed of 10
17:33mundles it is divided into 10
17:36books okay now mundle 1 and mundle 10
17:42speaks about the origin of the universe
17:45how this universe got created how it get
17:48destroyed so mandle 1 and 10 speaks
17:52about the origin of
17:54universe then comes mundle 2 to7 now
17:59mundle 2 to7 are called as family books
18:02now why they are called as family books
18:04because they were composed by the Ries
18:07of the same family they were composed by
18:10the sages of the same
18:13family okay then comes mundle 3 mundle 3
18:19it has been asked in upsc examination
18:21multiple times the famous gatri Mantra
18:26which was composed by Sage
18:29vishwamitri okay finds mentioned in
18:32mandle three of
18:34Ru guys do you know one fact there's a
18:37very interesting story associated with
18:40sage vishwamitra who was one of the most
18:43venerated Ries or sages of ancient India
18:46does anyone know about
18:48this yes guys the original name of sage
18:53vishwamitra was King Kosik he was a king
18:56and once upon a time he went hunting
18:59into jungle and when he went hunting
19:01into the jungle at that time he saw a
19:05Hermit a Hermit of a sage was and he saw
19:08a cow the cow's name was kamenu he was
19:12very fascinated towards the cow and now
19:15he wanted to have that cow at any cost
19:18since he was a king he went to Sage Vish
19:21and respectfully and politely initially
19:23he asked Sage was to submit that cow to
19:26him specifically Raja Kik but sish
19:30politely replied that this cow does not
19:33belongs to me it belongs to the dasas or
19:36the deas or the
19:37DTs and in that case I run a gurukul
19:41year where I teach a lot many students
19:44and this cow is basically used for
19:46feeding those students so I cannot hand
19:49over this cow to you
19:51Rajan in that case King Kosik got
19:54infuriated he got very angry he sent a
19:58lot many forces to destroy sage wases
20:00and acquire that cow kamenu but sish he
20:04had lot many spiritual Powers due to his
20:07Penance
20:08activities in that case he there the cow
20:12the kamu cow it created lot many
20:15soldiers due to its spiritual powers to
20:17fight the forces of whom Raja Kosik and
20:21finally Raja Kosik Was
20:23Defeated Raja koshik then approached vam
20:26dve and asked who is
20:30Vish how did he acquire these spiritual
20:32Powers then V they said that wases is a
20:36brahmarishi he's very close to the dvas
20:40very close to the dees and he has
20:42acquired such Powers because of his
20:45Finance because of his spiritual
20:47activities that he has performed for the
20:49DTs from now onwards Kosik decided to
20:53renounce his worldly life and live a
20:56life of an A kitting through his finance
20:59activities he also became a specifically
21:03brahmarishi and is referred as
21:05vishwamitra who composed the famous
21:08gatri
21:09Mantra got the point now so the famous
21:13gatri Mantra narrated by S vishwamitra
21:16finds mention in mundle 3 of
21:21red got it moving ahead mundle n is
21:26dedicated to s that is God of plants or
21:31intoxicants then comes mandle 10 in
21:35mandle 10 there is a part called as
21:38purusas
21:40Su I repeat in mandle 10 there is a part
21:44called as purusas Su wherein you can
21:47find the distinctions of four different
21:50cast or the wna system origin can be
21:53traced back to purusas suta which is a
21:57part of Mand 10 of
22:00R which suggests that every human being
22:04or for that sake every being is born out
22:07of different parts of
22:09Brahma
22:11example Brahman is Created from the
22:13mouth of Brahma chhatria is Created from
22:16the shoulders of Brahma W is Created
22:18from the thighs of Brahma and sudra is
22:21Created from the feet of Brahma so the
22:24origin of warna system can be traced
22:27back to p Su which is a part of mandal
22:3010 of
22:32Ru majority of the dees majority of the
22:37Gods mentioned in rig are nature Gods as
22:42I've told you previously itself in rigu
22:44there are one28 HMS
22:47correct out of this one28 HMS 250 HS are
22:52dedicated to Indra God of strength god
22:55of war god of rain he is also referred
22:59as
23:00purander 200 HS are dedicated to
23:03Agni I repeat 200 HS are dedicated to AG
23:08that is god of fire now I'll tell you
23:10one of the significance of AG now for
23:15example whenever you take an anushthan
23:18anushthan basically means whenever you
23:19take a wow that I'll perform these
23:22mantra for 10,000 times okay now
23:25whenever you perform that Mantra or
23:27whenever you deite that mantra for
23:2910,000 times out of 10,000 time one10 of
23:35the mantras should be dedicated to AGI
23:38why because AGI is acting as an
23:42intermediary between the
23:44yajan yajan basically means the person
23:47who is performing those rituals and the
23:50D okay so that is the major significance
23:53of AG so 200 HMS are dedicated to AG
23:58third thir important d s Mandel N9 as we
24:01discussed earlier s 120 HMS are
24:04dedicated to
24:05S okay moving F further the word ga
24:10because cow had a lot of significance
24:12during the Vic age and the word ga
24:16appears for 176 times in RWC HS and the
24:22word ashwa ashwa is a Sanskrit word for
24:25horse the word Ash appears for 315 times
24:30in RWC
24:33HS okay there are text associated with
24:37various Vedas and these text are
24:40referred as
24:41brahmanas so the major text that are
24:44associated with rigd are ATA Brahman and
24:48kosaki
24:50Brahman I repeat ATA Brahman and kosaki
24:56Brahman hope so the points are clear
24:58here guys I can understand overloaded
25:01with information but I'll repeat again
25:04so that all your points get cleared
25:07please pay attention carefully I'm 100%
25:10sure if you watch the video till the end
25:13majority of your doubts will get clear
25:15concerning
25:16vas okay I'll repeat the points again
25:20guys pay attention carefully within 30
25:21seconds I'm going to repeat the entire
25:23rig
25:25again rig breaking this ology into two
25:29parts that is rig plus Wade rig
25:33basically means praising the D through
25:35Hinds the entire rig is composed of 10
25:38mundles that is divided into 10 books
25:40mandle 1 and 10 speaks about the origin
25:42of Universe mle 2 to7 are called as
25:45family books because they were composed
25:48by the Ries of the same family mle 9 is
25:51dedicated to s that is God of plants or
25:54intoxicant in mundle 10 there's a part
25:57called as purusas SU where we find the
25:59mention of cast system or warna system
26:01for the first time wherein it is
26:03mentioned that everyone is born out of
26:06the various body parts of Brahma that is
26:09Brahman is born out of mouth of Brahma
26:12shatri out of shoulders VES out of
26:15thighs and sudra out of
26:17feet the most important details in the
26:20rig are Indra the first important D is
26:23Indra that is uh he is God of
26:26specifically Warlord rain God also
26:30referred as purandar and 250 HMS are
26:32dedicated to Indra AG 200 HS are
26:35dedicated to AGI 120 HMS are dedicated
26:39to whom 120 HMS are dedicated to
26:41specifically if I speak s God of plants
26:43or
26:45intoxicant and in that case if we
26:48consider the most famous mundle is
26:50mundle 3 which was composed by Sage
26:55vishwamitra initially Raja or King
26:59Kosik okay and here we find the famous
27:02gatri
27:03Mantra okay as I told you in the start
27:07itself guys that in the end I'll tell
27:10I'll tell you rig is basically a house
27:14of treasure
27:16how in rigd there are different supas
27:20which mention about various aspects
27:22which have which our scientists have
27:24discovered
27:25recently like for example I'll give you
27:27one of the example in a particular suta
27:30in rig it is mentioned that before the
27:34creation of the solar system or before
27:36the creation of this universe the
27:38universe or this entire system was a
27:40part of one system and there was an
27:44explosion which led to creation of
27:46multiple universes which led to creation
27:49of oceanic bodies which led to creation
27:52of solar system and what do the
27:55scientists call this today as Big Bang
27:57Theory
27:59it is mentioned in certain suta of
28:02R second major example in our solar
28:05system we observe that we we have an
28:08heliocentric theory what is heliocentric
28:11theory in that case every planet rotates
28:15around the sun the sun is at the center
28:18of every planet this finds mention in a
28:22particular suta of rig there are so many
28:25hidden treasures in rig we cannot even
28:28even
28:29imagine that's why you might have heard
28:31about the statement of Bal gangadhari
28:34and Swami danan sarasti G Swami danan
28:37sarasti G gave a cry and what was that
28:39back to
28:41vas so the points are clear till here
28:47guys now moving ahead with s hope so R
28:51is clear okay moving ahead with PM Faith
28:57again
28:58break this etimology into two
29:01parts Salon plus V salon basically means
29:07music and W as discussed earlier
29:10basically means Vidya that is knowledge
29:13the knowledge of Music the origin of
29:17Indian music can be traced back to
29:21samade and the musical instrument WIA
29:24finds mention in Sam
29:28okay the musical instrument Vina finds
29:31mention in
29:32Sam now let's understand two important
29:37Concepts which are a part of
29:39Sam one is
29:41STO and one is
29:44STO I repeat sto and
29:48sto now what is St I'll give you one of
29:51the finest examples about this let me
29:54give you a small example of uh ramcharit
29:57maras
29:58okay for example Ram charit Manus is
30:01basically divided into seven parts and
30:04one of the famous parts of it is Sundar
30:06Khan correct now after recitation of a
30:10particular stanza there is reputation of
30:12one
30:13stanza or there's a reputation of one
30:16statement or one SLO and that reputation
30:20is called as
30:22sto I repeat reputation of Mantra is
30:26referred as sto
30:29and come then comes sto now what is STO
30:34sto is basically the process for
30:36recitation of Mantra mentioned in
30:40s okay now let's understand this process
30:44for example if you are performing a
30:46particular Y at your home and you have
30:49invited 11 pundits or 11 brahmans to
30:52perform that yaj in that case they
30:55started reciting the
30:56Mantra okay
30:58the initial part of the Mantra would be
31:01in a low
31:03pitch then the middle part of the Mantra
31:06would be high
31:07pitch after a particular point of time
31:10among those pandits or the brahmans the
31:13chief priest is going to recite the
31:15mantras
31:17alone and during the end of the Mantra
31:20everyone recites the Mantra in a very
31:22high
31:23pitch I
31:25repeat the Mantra recitation process
31:28starts in a low
31:30pitch then every Brahman recites a
31:33mantra or every priest recite the Mantra
31:36in a high
31:37pitch after a particular point of time
31:41the chief priest recite that Mantra
31:44alone he repeats that Mantra alone and
31:48in the end all the priest and the Mantra
31:51in a very high pitch and this process is
31:55called as
31:56sto now let me make you understand again
31:59one thing the different parts of sto as
32:02I've told you previously the initial
32:04part of the Mantra is in low pit
32:07prastavana second part of the Mantra
32:10high pitch
32:12pratihar then comes the chief priest
32:15repeats the Mantra
32:17upad and the Mantra is ended in a very
32:20high pitch by all the priest that is
32:22called as Nidan so these four are the
32:26part of sto
32:28and what is to the process for
32:31recitation of the
32:34Mantra points are clear I'll repeat the
32:37points again sto sto basically means
32:40what sto basically means the reputation
32:44of a
32:45mantra and sto basically means what the
32:48process for recitation of that
32:50Mantra got it again important thing uh
32:55as we have discussed about the brahmans
32:56associated with rade similarly there are
32:59brahmans associated with samade and they
33:02are important from prelims perspective
33:05many times question have been asked in
33:07the examination these are the brahmans
33:09associated with which
33:11W okay so let's come the first one is
33:16psh sadish Taha talak jinia these are
33:22the important brahmans associated with
33:25Sam psh
33:28sadish
33:30J Taha and
33:33talak brahmans associated with S I can
33:37understand guys initially it is a bit
33:38tougher to remember them but if you pay
33:40attention carefully if you keep on
33:42revising these Concepts I'm 100% sure
33:44about this you'll easily memorize them
33:47okay what a wonderful statement by a Vic
33:50scholar David frolle what a wonderful
33:52statement for example if any question
33:54arises in your upsc means examination
33:57concerning
33:58rig or Sam and that is from the
34:01perspective of art and culture start
34:03your answer with such a beautiful
34:05statement given by David fry wonderful
34:08statement guys and that statement is if
34:11rig is a word samed is a
34:15song If rig is knowledge samade is
34:20realization and if rig is wife samade is
34:25husband
34:28got it I'll tell you one more fact guys
34:32in bhagwat Gita it has been directly
34:34mentioned that Krishna himself said says
34:38SOS me in simple words if there are four
34:42Vedas I am
34:46s clear guys any query any doubt moving
34:55further yajur
34:58again here we have a very beautiful
35:00story associated with yajur okay see
35:03guys throughout our series of History
35:06you will observe one pattern we are
35:09going to follow a very simplistic
35:10pattern that will help you guys a lot
35:13story fact and
35:16concept why because it becomes quite
35:19easier to remember the fact and concept
35:21when it is associated with the
35:23story and here we have hundreds of
35:26stories throughout ancient India
35:27hundreds of stories in medal India which
35:30will actually which are actually
35:31interesting and help you out in gaining
35:33something new okay moving to
35:41yajur break this atmology into two
35:45parts okay
35:49now break this atmology into two parts
35:52Yus and
35:54W Yus basically means y
35:59and V means knowledge the performance of
36:02yagnik sacrifices finds mention in
36:07yajur okay now I'll give you one of the
36:10fine there are two stories I'll tell you
36:12now please pay attention
36:15carefully Once Upon a Time Raja dashad
36:19King Dash he was performing Ash the
36:22yagna and when he was performing Ash
36:25yagna he invited Sears and sages from
36:27from different venerated Sears and sages
36:29from different parts of
36:31India all the sages were being invited
36:34except one Sage or one Rishi referred as
36:37uddalak
36:38Rishi now Once Upon a Time uddalak Rishi
36:41was sitting under a tree and he observed
36:44that lot many sages and sees were moving
36:47in a particular direction he had a
36:49glimpse of that scene now he caught one
36:53sage and asked him where are you guys
36:55going he informed him that Raja Dash has
36:58per Raja dashh is going to perform Ash
37:01yagna and he has invited all the
37:03venerated sages from different parts of
37:05India and we are a part of that you are
37:08not invited he said no although he was
37:11he wasn't invited he went walak Rishi
37:14went to the ash yag that was being
37:15performed by Raja Dash as he went there
37:19he said that before starting the
37:22yagna before starting the yagna I have
37:24two to three questions immediately Raja
37:28he felt on the feet of Rishi udak he
37:30said that I'm really sorry for not
37:32inviting you because it skipped my mind
37:35I had no intentions to hurt your
37:37spiritual Powers he said there's nothing
37:39wrong in that if you have not invited me
37:41that's that's not an issue but I have
37:43two to three major
37:45question he said now Raja Dhat was like
37:48we have sages from different parts of
37:50India they are highly knowledgeable they
37:53have attained a lot of spiritual Powers
37:55through through their finance activities
37:58some or the other is going to answer the
37:59question of
38:00Rak and the question was like what is
38:04the soul of
38:05yagna first
38:07question second question what is the
38:10Crux of the
38:12yag third question what is the mouth of
38:15the yagna or what is the face of the
38:18yagna nobody could answer this question
38:22nobody udak Rishi then answered these
38:25questions the mouth of the yagna is Agni
38:30fire second was what is the soul of the
38:34yagna the soul of the yag is
38:37swaha and the third basic aspect the
38:40third basic question was what is the
38:41Crux of the yagna charity because in the
38:45end of the performance of this yagna one
38:48has to perform charitable
38:51activities so from here onwards the Yik
38:54practices became more famous
38:57wasn't this an interesting story moving
39:00further again very important story about
39:03these two
39:05Vedas yajur is further divided into two
39:09parts Krishna yajur and shukl
39:14yaj Krishna yajur is also called as
39:18black
39:19yajur and shukl yajur is also referred
39:22as white
39:24yajur every historical text has
39:26mentioned about this that there are two
39:29parts of yajur Krishna yajur and
39:33shuk but none of them or very few text
39:36have mentioned about why Krishna yajur
39:39is called as black
39:40yajur why shuk is called as white y very
39:45few text have mentioned about that and
39:47there's a very beautiful and interesting
39:49story associated with it pay attention
39:52carefully it's just a two-minute story
39:54very interesting and your all doubts
39:56would be clear white is called as black
39:58Y and white Y Pay
40:03attention after compilation of all the
40:06Vedas it was believed that s vas he
40:10taught All The Vedas to his
40:12disciple okay after compilation of all
40:15the Vedas s vas taught All The Vedas to
40:18his disciple and as a part of gurukul
40:20tradition it was a duty of disciple to
40:23start his own school and spread the
40:25knowledge to the other people
40:28one among the disciple was vam payan I
40:31repeat one of the Disciples of s vas was
40:35vam payan he started his own school and
40:39started spreading the knowledge of Vedas
40:41to his
40:42disciple now another disciple of wam
40:46payan was Rishi
40:49yalak I repeat the guru the initial Guru
40:53was vas his disciple was whom vam payan
40:58and then comes the disciple of vam payan
41:00Rishi he was
41:03yakim now after a particular time there
41:06was a curse on Rishi vam payan of
41:08killing his
41:09nephew and now Rishi vam payan wanted
41:14wanted his disciples or students to take
41:16that curse upon Him everyone accepted
41:19except
41:20Yak Yaki said that although you are my
41:24Guru although you are my teacher but
41:26this curse has been bestowed upon you
41:29and you should bear that I'm not going
41:31to bear that uh what we say curse he got
41:34very infuriated bash payen by the
41:37behavior of his student and in that case
41:39he said that whatever knowledge that you
41:42have attained give it back to
41:44me as per various mythological
41:47scriptures specifically the Vishnu puran
41:49it says that yalak Rishi vomited the
41:53entire
41:54yajurveda and since the vomit was black
41:57black in color it is referred as Krishna
42:00yajur or black
42:03yajur now comes another
42:06part this behavior of his Guru vasham
42:09payan created a lot of confusion in the
42:12mind of yalak kirishi and now he wanted
42:16to gain back the knowledge that he had
42:18lost
42:18initially now he went to Lord
42:21sua the Sun God and ask him to bestow
42:25the knowledge of The Vedas Lord Surya
42:27gave him the knowledge of yajurved again
42:30and that is called as Shukla yajurved or
42:34white
42:36yajur guys hope so the story was quite
42:39interesting isn't that so so basically
42:43it is divided into two parts Krishna and
42:46shukl moving further specifically if we
42:50speak in VC there are various Vic
42:52practices or various yagnas that have
42:54been mentioned ashw yagna rajya yagna
42:56vaj yag shagna pragna sag and so on asag
43:03for example if I a soul ruler if I am
43:07the Maharaja D or if I'm the chakra
43:11chakra means one universal ruler of all
43:14the four
43:15directions in that case I'll perform Ash
43:18yagna in this yagna I'll start the Yik
43:21process I'll release a horse and in that
43:24case wherever the horse goes I I assume
43:28that the kings of that territory have
43:30accepted my
43:32suity but if anyone stops that horse
43:37he's ready to fight a battle with me so
43:40why is Ash yagna performed so that no
43:43other ruler or or the king will stop
43:46that horse
43:49Ash Raja dash one of the famous Raja Das
43:53who finds mention in one of the famous
43:55iasas of India ramayan finds mention in
43:59ramayan has performed Ash yag Lord Ram
44:03he has performed
44:04asag and the horse was being stopped by
44:07his own Sons love and Kush correct rajya
44:12and vaja yagna in this case these are
44:15two types of yagnas now listen to me
44:17carefully for example if I'm a ruler of
44:20a particular territory I have conquered
44:22another territory in that case the
44:25people of another territory should
44:27accept me as their new ruler in that
44:29case I perform rajya yag andag for
44:34example if I'm a ruler and now if I'm if
44:37I'm going to get retired I'll choose
44:39somebody to assume my throne for example
44:43if I'll choose my son to assume my
44:44Throne I'll perform that
44:47yag one of the famous movies you might
44:49have seen guys bahubali too isn't that
44:52so moving ahead s yagna s basically it
44:56is a a yagya which is dedicated to Lord
44:58Vishnu and basically you might have
45:01heard about this Brahma he is referred
45:03as a Creator Vishnu is referred as a
45:06sustainer and protector of the universe
45:08and Lord rudra that is Shiva is referred
45:10as a
45:11destroyer so this s yagna is basically a
45:15prayer to Lord Vishnu by the people to
45:18protect them to protect their cattle to
45:21protect them from different social evils
45:24and so on so all all these are yek
45:27practices that that are mentioned in
45:29yajur the brahmanas that are associated
45:32with yajur are T Brahman matani Brahman
45:35satat Brahman I repeat T Brahman maani
45:40Brahman and satat
45:44Brahman got it moving ahead guys and
45:47various things are also used in yajur
45:49for example you might have seen that if
45:51you if you might have performed the
45:52yajna or if you have seen a particular
45:54performance of yajna you might have seen
45:56that c seeds are used ghee is used
46:00butter is used butter the Sanskrit word
46:03for butter is grit rice is used and the
46:07Sanskrit word for rice is tandul akat or
46:12V I repeat tandul akat or
46:16V then specifically if you might you
46:19might have seen that there are certain
46:21seeds that are also used apart from cesm
46:23seeds Jo which we which we call it as y
46:27the Sanskrit word is
46:29y hope so the points are clear about a
46:34guys so these are the important aspects
46:37about
46:38rig Sam and
46:41yajur I can understand as I'm repeating
46:44this point again I can understand it is
46:46overloaded with information but guys it
46:48is very important from the exam
46:50perspective and it is quite necessary
46:51for you guys to memorize them I'll try
46:54to simplify them with the help of
46:56stories don't worry about this okay
46:59moving ahead
47:02atar a is also referred as AAR
47:08angira now why it's called as AAR angira
47:11because it was composed by two rishis
47:13aaran Rishi and angiras Rishi since
47:18major part of this W was being composed
47:20by aaran Rishi it is called as
47:25atar okay since major part is composed
47:28by atar rash is called as
47:30a majority of the Vic Scholars do not
47:35consider aara as a part of WC
47:39structure why because they believe that
47:42AAR is a book on black
47:46magic that is why they believe in vedat
47:49there are three Vedas R Sam yajur they
47:52do not consider a as a WC book but it is
47:57also a part of Veda it is not only a
48:00book on black magic guys it also speaks
48:02about different aspects like how to cure
48:05different
48:05diseases we'll come to that part as well
48:08aw is basically composed of 20 books it
48:12also speaks about different forms of
48:13diseases like what are the major reasons
48:16for diseases first is creamy the
48:18diseases caused by virus the diseases
48:21caused by bacteria the diseases caused
48:23by protozoa example dangu malaria
48:27Corona crey then comes do these are
48:31diseases caused by V pit and cuff now
48:34what are V pan there are certain
48:36elements present in our body which
48:38actually maintains the immunity level of
48:40the body and in that case is there is a
48:43disbalance in these what we say elements
48:45it will create a disease that is do I'll
48:48give you one of simple example if you
48:50visit a homeopathic doctor or if you
48:53visit an aurvedic doctor what does he
48:55speaks Wat pit cuff and so on correct so
49:00that is nothing but do witchcraft black
49:03magic diseases caused due to Black Magic
49:05and then comes
49:07heredity heredity means basically
49:09diseases that are caused by which are
49:11passed from generation to
49:13generation correct like for example
49:16sickle cell
49:17anemia correct it is hereditary disease
49:21you might have heard about night
49:23blindness
49:24baldness these days you might be finding
49:26in various products on the internet to
49:28cure these herity diseases as well like
49:31baldness correct so as per a there are
49:36three to four major causes of diseases
49:39crey caused by insects protozoa virus
49:43bacteria Dosh caused due to elements
49:46present in our body witchcraft black
49:49magic somebody has perform something
49:51wrong on you then comes heredity
49:55diseases caused due to generation to
49:57generation and there are cure of these
49:59diseases various diseases have been
50:01mentioned and the Cure of the diseases
50:02are also mentioned in other way for
50:04example Ashi bang bone fracture Ashi
50:07means bone bang means break bone
50:12fracture takman fever C cuff rot R means
50:17Heart Rot heart failure heart attack
50:21correct apit constipation problem con
50:25concerning digestion and so on yakma
50:28tuberculosis all these diseases have
50:31been mentioned in
50:32a and their cure are also mentioned in
50:36AAR guys can you imagine at this time
50:39like these days we have different
50:41surgeries you might have heard about uh
50:43knee replacement surgery hip joint
50:45replacement surgery different surgeries
50:47you might have heard about correct and
50:49these are so expensive surgeries at that
50:52time that at that time also there were
50:55certain surgerical practices that were
50:56privileg you can Google it guys there
50:59was a princess name as
51:01Vishal okay at that time she had a
51:04prosthetic limb surgery can you imagine
51:07the surgerical techniques at that time
51:10way back around I'm speaking around 1500
51:12BC 2000 BC can you imagine that okay
51:17coming back coming further
51:21sat
51:22n truth alone triumps and not
51:27falsehood is a part of Munda upanishad
51:31and Munda upanishad has been derived
51:36from I
51:41repeat truth alone Tums and not the
51:45falsehood finds mention in Munda
51:49upanishad which is a part of
51:53aara and the Brahman associated with AAR
51:56are sat Brahman I repeat satat
52:00Brahman hope so guys the points are
52:03clear yes please let me know the four
52:06vas we have studied riged samed yajur
52:10and AAR we have come across three to
52:13four important stories which were quite
52:14interesting correct guys that will help
52:17you a lot in memorizing the facts as
52:19well
52:21okay the session is not too big I'll
52:24take more 5 minutes of yours guys I
52:26won't be taking much time more 5 minutes
52:29of yours and I'll complete the first
52:31part of Eric
52:32Civilization now as we have studed
52:35brahmans are
52:36text so the brahmans associated with r
52:39are and Kiki Brahman part of revision
52:43Sam are psh sadish J Taha and talak
52:49yajur area matani and satat Brahman and
52:55the Brahman associated with AAR are is
52:58gopath
52:59Brahman hope so the point is clear these
53:02are important guys you can check out the
53:04pyqs there have been ample amount of
53:06questions being asked on
53:08this have a look at it I'll give you 10
53:17seconds moving ahead
53:22samita I'll tell you I'll explain this
53:25concept with the help of a
53:28example okay because examples are the
53:31best way to understand
53:33anything true
53:36now for example uh during Diwali
53:40celebrations okay uh you are performing
53:43a Puja at your home specifically during
53:46the lakmi pujan and you are calling a
53:48particular uh Brahman to perform or a
53:50priest to perform that Puja for you
53:53now what will the Brahman suggest first
53:57the first Brahman will suggest you what
53:59all things are required for the
54:01performance of the Puja okay now he'll
54:05come at your home and he'll start the
54:06process now VII basically means
54:10performance of
54:11rituals okay now the Brahman first of
54:14all for example if you're performing a
54:16lakmi Puja he'll start praising the Lord
54:19Ganesha first Dei Saraswati and Davi
54:21Lakshmi then he'll recite the mantras
54:24for them then he'll explain the
54:26significance of those mantras VII after
54:30VII arwad Earth means meaning
54:34significance the reason behind these
54:36mantras so arwad purp why these
54:41practices were performed in ancient
54:43times he will explain you
54:46that then prashansa prashansa means
54:50praising the D reciting the mantras in
54:52favor of the D correct for example if
54:55you want money you'll praise Davi lakmi
54:59you'll praise Lord Ganesh you'll praise
55:01Lord kuir correct so that is nothing but
55:04prashansa ninda ninda year does not mean
55:09criticizing
55:11anyone ninda basically means what all
55:15needs to be stopped these day modern
55:17astrologist when you visit them what do
55:19they suggest you for example uh
55:22specifically specifically I believe in L
55:24but I do not believe major in astrology
55:26but but you might have heard about this
55:28that they say
55:29what these astrologers for example if
55:32you have a bad Saturn do not wear black
55:35clothes give charity to the poor people
55:39correct secondly apart from that do not
55:42consume alcohol or meat particularly on
55:44Saturdays so these are what you are
55:47being stopped from doing certain things
55:50that is
55:51ninda censure
55:53condemn you have been stopped from doing
55:56anything which is
55:58wrong ninda hatu hatu basically means
56:02reasons for performing these rituals why
56:04these rituals are
56:06necessary got the point I hope you
56:08understood the example and with the help
56:09of example you understood the six
56:11concept VII arwad purp prashansa ninda
56:18and finally the reasons for performing
56:20them hu so guys hope so you understood
56:24the first part of Vedas hope the session
56:26was interesting hope you like the
56:29stories tomorrow or maybe within few
56:32days we'll come up with another series
56:34for Vic civilization part two please
56:37stick to the series because here I'm
56:39going to complete the entire ancient
56:41India with the help of Beautiful Stories
56:44full of stories and these stories are
56:47interesting as well as informative both
56:50so please stick to the Channel please do
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56:53English hi this is aloa I'll take take
56:56your leave thank you and have a
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