Validity of Vedas

Purvapaksha:

Some Vaidhikas claim validity for Vedas based on rituals like

Pumsavana. When Pumsavana is performed it is supposed to bless

the couple with a male child. When sometimes that does not happen

it is said that the ritual may not have been performed correctly.

But this argument does not hold water as other on-vedic or even

athiestic people can also use it to support their views. A

non-vedic religious person can use his prayers and an athiest

can just use some mombo jumbo words or nothing at all and still

have a 50% chance in getting their wish fulfilled.

So vedic validity based on pumsavana is invalid.

Siddhanta:

As the Vedic God is everywhere, God of any other religion cannot

be external to or even different from the Vedic God. So any prayer

or ritual to any other God reaches Vedic God only and they are

answered by Vedic God only. So the claims from other religions

stands refuted or is consumed by Vedas.

But athiests have a point when they question Vaidhikas or people

of any other religion about the validity of their rituals / prayers.

Whether it is Pumsavana ritual or any prayer, the possibility is either

the intended result will happen or not. This is true for an atheist

who never resorts to any ritual or prayer. But still it is hard

to either prove or the disprove the validity of rituals / prayers.

But the validity of vedas lies in the fact that they have their

origin/abode/destination in God as the absolute Self who abides

in all. This universal Self has the ability to validate or invalidate

anything in the world but can never invalidate itself. This recognition

of the existence of God in the form of the supreme Self in every being,

is the basis for the golden rule of morality which even athiests

with an inclination for morality have to accept.

The golden rule of morality states that one needs to treat others

as onself. This requires some level of sacrifice of one's own needs

for the sake of others. The Vedic ritual of Yagya is nothing but

a sacrifice, where the material objects are sacrificed in the fire

that is supposed to reach and propitiate the gods.

 

Infact every human perception or actions like eating, drinking and

so on, is a sacrifice by the Self and for the Self. Sacrifice done

for the sake of 'others' brings true happiness for the Self.

Thus the validity of vedic morality based on God as the inner Self

and yagya or sacrifice as the means to attain the same cannot be

denied by truth seeking humans.

Namaste

Suresh