Vāk devī : aham rāṣṭrī samgamanī vasūnām (Ṛgveda 10.125).Trans. I am Rāṣṭram taking pilgrims’ on a progress with wealth.
dhruváṃ te rā́jā váruṇo
dhruváṃ devó bŕ̥haspátiḥ
dhruváṃ ta índraś cāgníś ca
rāṣṭráṃ dhārayatāṃ dhruvám (Ṛgveda 10.173.5)
Trans. Steadfast, may Varuṇa, the Rājā, steadfast, the Divine Bṛhaspati
Steadfast, may Indra, steadfast too, may Agni keep the steadfast Rāṣṭram.
In this Rgvedic statement, Rāṣṭram is emphasized as the epitome of ‘steadfastness’.
Vājasneyi Samhitā (10.4) explains the form, structure and function of Rāṣṭram:
This refrain is repeated several times, describing the attributes of Rāṣṭram.
Āpah parivahiṇī stha Rāṣṭradā Rāṣṭram me datta svāhā
Āpah parivahiṇī stha Rāṣṭradā Rāṣṭramamuṣmai datta svāhā
parivahiṇī stha -- Place with (ocean) waves
apām patirasi – Place adjoining the ocean (apām pati)
apām garśnosi – Place moistened (endowed) with water
sūryatvacas stha – Place covered by sunshine
māndā stha – Place with gladdening (potable) waters
vrajākṣita stha – Place with marked roads, cattle-sheds, enclosures or herdsmen stations
vāśā stha -- Place with plants (arable land)
śāviṣṭhā stha – Place with resolute, mightiest (craftsmen)(cf. RV 5.29.15)
śakvarī stha – Endowed with artificers
janaśnṛta stha – Place with agriculturists (anṛta)
viśvaśnṛta stha – Place with culture (cultivator tradition) of pitṛ-s.
vṛṣṇa ūrmirasi stha -- powerful wave (cutting like a sword)
vṛṣa senosi stha -- powerful battle-array (cutting like a spear)
artheta stha -- place with work opportunities to create wealth
ojasvatī stha -- place filled with water, vigour, lustre
viśva bhṛtam -- place bearing, nourished by the dharma of pitr-s
āpah svarāja stha -- place with self-luminous, resplendent rays of the sun and water (springs)
These are the endowments of a Rāṣṭram.
Rāṣṭradā Rāṣṭramamuṣmai means ‘Rāṣṭram (in exchange for this prayer), for this (generation) and for generations’.
Rāṣṭrī can be summarized as a path, a grouping of nations washed by the waves of oceans and endowed with people working together on a pilgrimage, yātrā of generations. This is the path of abhyudayam and nihśreyas (social welfare and union with paramātman).
Two such groupings with a common cultural quotient evolved over millennia, can be recognized: European Community, Indian Ocean Community.
Indian Ocean CommunityA theory for wealth of nations: Market economics overturns Adam Smith and Karl Marx [Paperback] Author: S. Kalyanaraman
Book description http://tinyurl.com/akmtwko
In the context of economic theories of political economy, market capitalism dominated by a network of corporations defines global capitalism which makes society subservient. Economic history of two millennia provide a framework for delineating a relativist theory for wealth of nations governed by Sreni dharma to cope with greed and corruption. The metaphor of varaha, upholding the earth provides an outline for sustaining wealth of nations. Reviewing holistic-ethical development models and role of social capital, the dominant role has to be assigned to household economics which provides for rebuilding economic theory founded on a global ethic to correct market fundamentalism and to create and strengthen European Community and Indian Ocean Community as Rastram, grouping of nations. Such a theory will promote and sustain wealth of the grouped nations.
About the Author. Dr. S. Kalyanaraman is Director, Sarasvati Research Center, President, Ramasetu Protection Movement in India and BoD member of World Association for Vedic Studies. His research interests relate to rediscovery of Vedic Sarasvati River, roots of Hindu civilization, decoding of Indus Script, National Water Grid and creation of Indian Ocean Community. He has a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines. He is a multi-lingual scholar versed in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit, Hindi. He was a senior financial and IT executive in Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines and on Indian Railways. His 18 publications include: Indian Lexicon - a multilingual dictionary for over 25 Indian languages, Sarasvati in 15 volumes, Indian Alchemy - Soma in the Veda, Indus Script Cipher, Rastram, Indian Hieroglyphs, Indian Ocean Community. He is a recipient of many awards including Vakankar Award (2000), Shivananda Eminent Citizens’ Award (2008) and Dr. Hedgewar Prajna Samman (2008). Website: http://sites.google.com/site/kalyan97
Product Details. • Paperback: 264 pages • Publisher: Sarasvati Research Center, Herndon, VA (December 11, 2012) • Language: English • ISBN-10: 0982897162 ISBN-13: 978-0982897164 http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/12/book-announcement-theory-for-wealth-of.html
Table of Contents
Economic theories & Political economy 4
Market capitalization of listed companies (% of GDP) in world 31
Global crisis and the decline of market fundamentalist form of capitalism 35
Network of corporate control of economic activity in the globe 43
The network corporate 51
Less than 1% of Companies in Control 54
Global capitalism attempts to make society subservient 57
Economic history of two millennia 61
A relativist theory for wealth of nations 99
Śreṇi dharma: coping with greed and corruption 147
Upholding the earth for wealth 159
Five dimensional economic model of Subramanian Swamy 209
Social capital model of Vaidyanathan 214
Household economics
-- Rebuilding economic theory founded on the household 220
Market fundamentalism needs the corrective of a global ethic 227
European Community and Indian Ocean Community as Rāṣṭram, grouping of nations 241
Index
End Notes
S. Kalyanaraman
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