Aadhunik Samskrit Kavita Or Maharishi Arvind Ka Aadhyatmik Rashtravaad

Abstract

The natural self-respect of dignity and glory that people have towards their nation's land, population, culture, civilization, history, religion, literature, art, politics, philosophy of life etc. is called nationalism. Poet Maithilisharan Gupta has written-

"jisako nij gaaruv tatha nij desh ka abheemaan hai
vah nar nahin nar- pusu nira hai ya mere lie jarooree saamaan hai” ||
The meaning of the word nation is very broad. In the meaning of 'Rajati Rajate Va Iti Rashtram', the word 'Rashtra' is derived from the root 'Raj Deeptau' and 'Sarvdhatubhya: Shtran' (Aunadic Sutra). National consciousness is situated in the form of a universal routine rather than being representative of any particular place, time or character. This eternal life force, which we are calling national consciousness, resides in the psyche of our countrymen, in their heartland. The feeling of nationalism lives in the minds and hearts of its people. This is the national form of India. The entire Sanskrit literature is full of nationalism, but the irony is that due to not being the language of common people, people are still unaware of the secrets hidden in these texts. Right from the Rigveda to cosmic literature, all the concepts of the nation and its related ideas are full of ideas. In the Vak Sukta of Rigveda, the sage says-
“Truth, O king, and falsehood, and deception, come to the dominion of my nation”
Some poet has said –
“The north which is the sea and the south of the Himalayas
Varsha tad bharatam nama bharati yatra santati:||”
It is written in the Yajurveda that the nation should be independent, benevolent to the people and strive for the welfare of the world.
“Janabhrtya Rashtrada Rashtra Me Datta , Visvabhrtastha Rashtra Da |
Give me the nation , give me the nation in my own kingdom” ||
It is also described in the Shukla Yajurveda –“........yogakshemam na: kalpantam” ||
Also elsewhere –
Ittha hi som inmade brahma cakara vardhanam |
Shavistha Vajrinnojasa prithivya ni:shasha ahimarchannanu svarajyam”||
In the Prithvi Sukta (12/1) and Rashtrabhivardhanam Sukta (1/29) of the Atharva Veda, the sages have described the same:
Abhivritya sapatnanabhi ya no arayata: |
Abhiprutanyantam tishtabhi yo no durasyati ||
The Manusmriti expresses national consciousness as –
This is the firstborn of the country-born
All men on earth will learn their own character.” ||
Modern Sanskrit poets are also reflecting nationalism in their poems.