Invoking Rig Veda in Constituent Assembly
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF INDIA DEBATES
(PROCEEDINGS)-VOLUME II
Monday, the 20-21 January, 1947
Shri Algurai Shastri (United Provinces: General):
All the human ideals of ages--equality, fraternity and brotherhood--are embodied in this Resolution. In the eighth. 'Mandal' of the 'Rig Veda' is a hymn which says:
"All human beings are equal. The King should have the same regard for his subject that a mother has for her sons."
I am glad that all such higher ideals, we have been taught for ages, are enunciated in the Resolution and therefore I am here to support it.
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The Resolution visualises a State where there is no dearth of food and cloth and distribution is equitable. It embodies scientific socialistic ideals when it says "to each according to his needs and from each according to his capacity". All the ideals of a State conceived in the 'Bhagwat' are embodied in the Resolution. It is the sacred duty of a State to provide its people with all their necessities, says the 'Bhagwat':
Annadeh Samuibhagah Prajanam Yathahitah.
The Resolution affirms the equality of men. We wish to eliminate all class distinction existing at present. The behaviour of men with one another should be on the basis of equality. The Resolution affirms this equality and hence I support it. The Resolution does not visualise the creation of a State which will remain isolated from the world and indifferent to its good and bad. But it says that this great land, independent according to its ancient principles, will fulfil its aspirations for advancement and prosperity. Our country and all its resources shall be used for the good of the world and we will have our relations with the world on the basis of the fundamental principal of human welfare and equality.
We shall try to live up to the high human ideals enunciated in the 'Rig Veda'--
Devahitam Yadayuh.
Our powerful, advanced and flourishing State shall not exist for its own welfare; rather it shall use all its resources for the welfare of the world. The Resolution places before us a very noble ideal. The most important feature of the Resolution is that it declares that the State we are going to create will have its complete independence of which it has been deprived. To preserve the independence thus regained, we shall protect the State well . The determination embodied in the Resolution is consistent with the ancient high ideals enunciated in the 'Rigveda'--Indrastwa Bhiraksatu.
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The Resolution visualises a State where there is no dearth of food and cloth and distribution is equitable. It embodies scientific socialistic ideals when it says "to each according to his needs and from each according to his capacity". All the ideals of a State conceived in the 'Bhagwat' are embodied in the Resolution. It is the sacred duty of a State to provide its people with all their necessities, says the 'Bhagwat':
Annadeh Samuibhagah Prajanam Yathahitah.
The Resolution affirms the equality of men. We wish to eliminate all class distinction existing at present. The behaviour of men with one another should be on the basis of equality. The Resolution affirms this equality and hence I support it. The Resolution does not visualise the creation of a State which will remain isolated from the world and indifferent to its good and bad. But it says that this great land, independent according to its ancient principles, will fulfil its aspirations for advancement and prosperity. Our country and all its resources shall be used for the good of the world and we will have our relations with the world on the basis of the fundamental principal of human welfare and equality.
We shall try to live up to the high human ideals enunciated in the 'Rig Veda'--
Devahitam Yadayuh.
Our powerful, advanced and flourishing State shall not exist for its own welfare; rather it shall use all its resources for the welfare of the world. The Resolution places before us a very noble ideal. The most important feature of the Resolution is that it declares that the State we are going to create will have its complete independence of which it has been deprived. To preserve the independence thus regained, we shall protect the State well . The determination embodied in the Resolution is consistent with the ancient high ideals enunciated in the 'Rigveda'--Indrastwa Bhiraksatu.
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