Passage 3

In English

The theme of today’s discourse is to acquaint you with the meaning of the word . For the and the Vedic religion, this word is synonymous with all the contents thereof. However, many historians who have given the meaning of this from time to time, have adopted an alternate path and have also inserted into the commentary their own notions and ideas and have thus made available a distorted version to the people. Although this word has infinite number of meanings and could be interpreted in infinite number of ways, these commentators have given it a colour and meaning which, in each case, depended on the individual taste and individual experiences.