Passage 11

In English

Vedhic rituals are for the welfare of the world

It is wrongly assumed that the had only the one section of the population, one caste, one race, one community in view. This is the result of misreading and mistaken inference. They are concerned, it was said, only with and with the among them. This too is a wrong conclusion Every Vedhic ritual had as its goal the prosperity and peace of the world. The yearn to establish the welfare of the three worlds - the nether regions, the earth and heaven. It is a pity that a narrow outlook is foisted by short-sighted people on such profound texts. The do not allow scope for distinctions on the basis of caste or creed. They assert, "I shall save who-ever keeps me in memory." "I shall be beside whoever is beside me." "Whoever adores me in whatever form and through whichever name, I shall manifest myself before them with that form, bearing that name."