| Realization of divine comes through Vedic knowledge, devotion and meditation: Swami Ram Swarup Ji | | On 63rd day of 78-day four Vedas Yajna at Ved Mandir, Yol, Swami Ji highlights eternal wisdom of Vedas and path to spiritual liberation | |  Early Times Report
YOL (HIMACHAL PRADESH), June 13: On the 63rd day of the ongoing 78-day Yajna dedicated to all four Vedas at Ved Mandir, Yol, Swami Ram Swarup Ji, Yogacharya, delivered a profound discourse based on Atharvaveda Kanda 10, Sukta 8 and Shvetashvatara Upanishad 1/14, explaining the eternal Vedic path to realizing the Supreme Being.
Addressing devotees, Swami Ji drew an analogy between fire hidden within wood and the Divine Presence concealed within every individual. He explained that although fire exists in wood, it remains invisible until the wood is ignited. Similarly, the formless, self-effulgent, omnipresent and omnipotent God resides within all beings but is realized only through sincere spiritual practice.
Quoting the Upanishadic teachings, Swami Ji said that when a seeker makes the body the lower arani (sacrificial wood) and the sacred Name of God the upper arani, and engages in meditation and repetition of the Divine Name, the friction generated through such spiritual discipline reveals the hidden presence of the Supreme within. This realization, he noted, is not merely an Upanishadic concept but is firmly rooted in the eternal wisdom of the Vedas.
Referring to Atharvaveda Mantras 10/8/17 and 10/8/20, along with teachings from other Vedic texts, Swami Ji emphasized that one who chants the Name of God according to Vedic injunctions and embraces righteous action (karma), worship (upasana), and knowledge (jnana) ultimately attains liberation and becomes one with the Divine.
He further stated that all true and beneficial knowledge has its origin in the Vedas. Citing the 23rd mantra of the same Kanda, "Enam Sanatanam Ahuh" (He is called Eternal), Swami Ji highlighted that the term "Sanatan" is explicitly mentioned in the Vedas, affirming the timeless and everlasting nature of God.
Describing the Supreme Being as eternal, unborn, deathless and beyond decay, Swami Ji said that the Vedas-being beginningless, infinite and imperishable knowledge revealed by God-continue to inspire humanity towards truth, righteousness, devotion and ultimate liberation.A large number of devotees participated in the Yajna and listened attentively to the discourse, gaining valuable spiritual insights from the ancient Vedic teachings. |
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