Passage 5

In English

We, also have various names like Dwaitha, Adwaitha, Visishta Adwaitha for the schools of philosophy propounded by great teachers who propounded them. Some have taken Bharatha to mean a school of philosophy prominent in this country. However, the historians who have given all these interpretations never associated the name Bharatha with the Vedas. On the contrary, mostly they have taken the view that Bharatha is not a word which has any connection with the Vedas. They have been arguing that Bharatha signifies fire. They have been preaching Agni Bharatha establishing the identity of fire with Bharath. This fire was looked upon by them as something which arises in a yajna or a ceremony and they thought that Bharatha was a name appropriate to the fire that is generated in the yajna. But if we enquire into the connection between agni that is generated in a yajna and Bharath, we come to the conclusion that there is no connection at all. But they argued that there is a connection between the priests and Bharatha. They have established further that there is a particular class of people called Bharathas among the Aryans.