Guru Gangeshwaranandji Maharaj

Indian Culture is the oldest in the world. Its source is the VEDAS.

It is obligation on each and every Indian to see that they survive, otherwise the future generation would never forgive them.

In fact the culture of any nation is like a burning torch which each generation receives from the former and transfers to the next, brighter than before. Therefore each and every HINDU house must have a text of Vedas.

Vedas are the symbol of unity and integrity. The message of the Vedas should be spread throughout the world.

The message of the Vedas is beneficial to the whole world, because according to the Vedas the whole world is like a nest, where birds with different feathers come and reside.

Guruji was very fond of Vedas

People thought that the Vedas are very difficult and the aim of Guruji was to simplify the meaning of the Ved Mantras.Guruji used to say that the simplest are the Vedas.Leaving aside the 16 Brahmanas which contain about 80, 000 Mantras, the 4 Samhitas of the 4 Vedas contain 18, 257 Mantras.

Out of the 18257 Mantras we have:

2483 for Agni
3363 for Indra
1261 for Som
474 for Marut Dev
609 for Ashwini Kumars
2335 for Ayur Ved
227 for Rudra
194 for Usha
1137 for Aditi/Aditya/Savita/Surya
2354 for Vidhwe Deva
balance for 125 devas

There are totally 268 Devas out of which there are 151 main Devas which are all Vibhutis of Bhagwan: RigVed 1-64-42 which says: EKAM SAD VIPRA BAHUDA VADANTI: meaning: Saints call One only as Many.

Westerners like Rudolph, Roth, Max Mueller, Griffith, Bloomfield, Peterson, Auckland, Keith and McDallen put in a lot of effort on the Vedas. They translated, sieved a lot of Ved Mantras. When Roth and Max Mueller finished their studies of the Vedas, their Guru Rudolph asked them to promote the Vedas in Europe as Guru-dakshina.

The aim of human life is to accumulate the Love of God.

There is a lot of meaning hidden even in the number of chapters of the different Vedas like the number of Avatars, Leelas, etc..

There are 3 types of Leelas:

Vastiviki Leela (The real Leela) - like in Golok amongst Krishna + Radha + Gopis
Vyavharik Leela (social leela) - like in Vrindavan
Pratibhasik Leela (feelings) - Leela in Bhavna Rajya

A Bhakt says "Hey Krishna, I am not concerned whether you are in Golok, or doing social leela in Vrindavan, but in Bhavna Rajya whenever I want I can have your darshan.

Even the first Mantra of the Rigved has a meaning of Shri Krishna, or Hanuman can also be deduced as another meaning.

Now in the Vedas,

RigVed - 10 Mandals - implies 10 Avatars

Atharva Ved - 20 Mandals - implies 10 Avatars + 10 Leelas = 20

Yajur Ved - 40 Mandals - implies 10 Avatars +
(3 types of Leelas x 10 Leelas) = 10 + 30 = 40

Sam Ved - 9 + 7 = 16 Chapters - implies 16 Purna Kalas of
Shri Krishna = 6 Gunas + 10 Leelas = 16
Shri Krishna says: In the Vedas, I am SamVed - which points to 16 Kalas as above.

Guruji used to say that even if you say or listen ( in Guruji's recorded voice ) to the 1st Mantra from each Ved you get the benefit of all the four Vedas. If you cannot say all 4 Mantras then at least say the Gayatri Mantra (mentioned below):

AGNEEMELE PUROHITAM

YAGYASYA DEVAM RITVIJAM

HOTARAM RATNADHATAMAM

RIGVED : 1-1-1

EESHE TWORJE TWAM VAAYAVASTHA

DEVOVAM SAVITA PRARPAYAT

SHRESHTATAMAYA KARMANA AAPYA

YADVAMAGDHANYA INDRAYA BAHAGAM

PRAJAPATEERANA MEEWA AYAKSHAMA

MAAWASTEN EESHAT MADYASHANSO

DHRUVA ASMIN GOPATAU

SYAAT BAHVEERYA YAJMAANASYA

PASHOONA PAAHI

YAJURVED : 1-1-1

AGNA AA YAHI VEETAYE

GRIRANO HAVYA DHAATAYE

NEEHOTA SATSI BARHISHI

SAMVED : 1-1-1

YE TRISHAPTAA PARIYANTI

VISHWAA ROOPANI BIBHRADA

VAACHASPATIRBALA TESHAAM

TANVO ADHYA DADHAATOO MEIN

ATHARVAVED : 1-1-1

GAYATRI MANTRA:

OM BHOOR BHUVA, SWAHA TTATT SAVITTUR VARENEYAM
BHARGO DEVASYA, DHEEMAHI DHIYO, YO NAH
PRACHODDAYAATT

RIGVEDA: 3-62-10