"Vedic Delight - Documentary Film on Oral Vedic Examination"

[putran M]

Namaskaram,

A documentary on a Vedic competition organized by Om Charitable Trust:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vAVAndtBgY

"These scholars are very reluctant to seek financial aid and recognition from the government, because with academic recognition and funds from the government, they will be compelled to follow the syllabus decided by those officials who have not studied in the traditional discipline."

I look at this video and think in contrast a quote of Monier-WIlliams:

"When the walls of the mighty fortress of Brahminism are encircled, undermined, and finally stormed by the soldiers of the Cross, the victory of Christianity must be signal and complete. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Monier_Monier-Williams?uselang=ja"

In the battle of dharma vs adharma, the pandavas were 5 and the kauravas 100. The difference was that Arjuna and his brothers wanted only Krishna; Duruyodhana gleefully took His armies. For the brahmin and/or traditional Hindu, to stand with Krishna is to abide by one's svadharma as taught in the tradition and not forsake it, no matter the ominous odds. Very difficult today, but the video shows that shraddha and the refusal of a few to surrender it is still (by Ishvara anugraha) breathing life in this "Brahminism" that the missionary mind considered then and considers now as the backbone of the Hindu civilization. 

thollmelukaalkizhu

[V Subrahmanian]

Thanks Putran ji for the post and the link.  I have attended a few of Om Charitable Trust's annual Vedic Examination Meet at Chennai. From all over India Veda students come here along with their Adhyapaka-s and engage in a variety of activities for three days including exams, quiz, a Sanskrit skit, etc. It is a very ennobling experience. This video features Om Charitable Trust's events.

regards

subbu 

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