Passage 3

In English

While Indian culture can be compared to the Ganges, the deeds we do can be compared to the sacred . , the third river, is the spiritual stream that flows in our lives like blood in our bodies. We see that the blood of the Indians is the river, the deeds of Indians is just like the and their cultural life is like the . The combination of these three rivers is the country of India. We cannot say that an Indian is a combination of just flesh and blood or a combination of earth and water. We should regard an Indian as the combination of the three rivers Ganges, and . Many Indians are trying to go in an improper way because they are not aware of the sacred stream flowing in them internally. This stream is full of knowledge. does not represent only literature but also is the Goddess who gives us perfect bliss or . She will root out the impurity in man and make him sacred and pious. This will establish the , and is the stream connecting man with God. We must consider her as the stream flowing internally and never as the stream flowing externally.