Most Ancient Aryan Society

Author(s): Ram Chandra Jain
Publisher: Institute of Bharatalogical Research Sriganganagar Rajasthan

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( 243 ) The Brahmāryan adversaries, Vștras, Rākşaşas, Paņis, Dāsas, Dasyus and other are maligned in Rgveda as
... Brahmadvişāḥ, the haters or adversaries of Brahmadvişāḥ
sa! Brahma. They did not follow the Brahma way of life, were opposed to sacrifices and hated the Brahmāryan acts of plunder and violence". They are rightly termed as enemies of Brahma. They were afflicted, slain and exterminated. They were not opposed to Prayer but to the very institution of Brahma whatever it signified.
All the creatures, the cows, the horse and the man reside in Brahma Kāla is the only everlasting reality.
It is the lord of all including Brahma. Brahma Brahma-A Universal is embraced by Kāla, from Kāla sprang the Organisation
**ement water, sprang the regions, the Brahma?. This depicts the geological phenomena of life on earth. Water is first. Solidified waters take the form of earth. Then life starts on earth. Brahma refers to all life primarily; then to human society.
The thirty-sixth Book Yajurveda contains formulæ— chiefly prayers for long life, unimpaired faculties, health, strength, prosperity, security, peace and contentment of the Pravargya ceremony which is a preparatory rite of the Soma Sacrifice. Here the Sky, the Air, the Earth, the Plants, the Trees, Devas, the Brahma, the Universe and the Peace herself are said to bestow peace. Here Brahma is subordinated to Universe and Peace. From Sky to Devas and Brahma are visible manifestations of the earthly existence. Brahma is lower than universe and peace. Nothing but Peace can bestow peace. Brahma implies a constituent of universe ; a human society.
Brhaspati is Brahma of the Devas and by Brahma, he unites the Yajña. Devas increase the strength and prosperity