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Light of Truth (Satyarth Prakash) in English

This entry is part [part not set] of 10 in the series Vedic Literature

We are attaching the English translation of Satyarth Prakash or Noor-e-Haq for public consumption. No book has influenced the direction of modern Bharat than this magnum opus by Swami Dayanand Sarswati published first in 1883. Some of the practices and trends of today that seem so ordinary were in fact initiated in recent times from inspirations of this book. Some of the examples are: Equal Social, Religious and Political Rights for women, Rejection of birth-based caste discrimination, Cow Protection Movement, Concept of Swadesh and Freedom Movement and establishing that True Religion and Science go hand in hand. Not to say about Back to Vedas message!

Ram Prasad Bismil wrote in his autobiography that Satyarth Prakash overturned his life!

This English translation has been done by Dr Chiranjiva Bhardwaj. While it is impossible to translate such a deep meaning work in English which is a much shallower language when it comes to expressing spiritual concepts, the translator has done a commendable job. However there are certain areas where the translator has not been able to adequately represent the views of the author. In fact I personally believe that a revised translation cum commentary on Satyarth Prakash as per modern life and language is much needed. Nonetheless we request all serious lovers of Vedas or Truth-seeking to read this book at least once. For gaps in translation, we strongly recommend you to have the Hindi text edited by Pt Yudhisthir Meemansak available from Ramlal Kapoor Trust, Sonipat.  In the interim you can also compare with Hindi edition available on this site.

Satyarth Prakash – Light of Truth

Satyarth Prakash or Light of Truth

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  1. Hi,

    thanks for your great teachings, please make this in TELUGU as well as 10 crore people speaks, it is really benificial to our Dharma.

  2. +Agniveer
    This poor book which you want you reader’s to read will destroy their mentality.
    It is useless book and Moolshankar has used Nonsense approach in his book. For instance –
    Can God prove 1=2
    If Yes then it’s not 2
    It no then not god
    Proved

    This type of useless logic is found throughout the book.

    Even the basics like *Dis God created us* is so much contradictory that the English translator of Satyart Prakash writes in Footnotes and added his writings to Satyart Prakash to try solving the problem.

    Last 2 chapter’s are dedicated against Christianity and Islam respectively. Very poor approach has been used.

    All Questions got answered by Muslims and Christians. You can read HAQ PRAKASH BAJAWAB SATYART PRAKASH.

    He claimed things contrary to what agniveer says like
    Niyoga
    Prophet Muhammad pbuh in Vedas etc etc.

    The book in short is useless!

    • you be happy and read your desert cult book which believes earth is a flat surface and humans created 6000 yrs back

    • After reading Quran many times I have reached to conclusion Allah is most false God Imagined by fool people. Islamic God (Allah) too obsessed for get him worshiped that he sends people in hell if he fails to get it.

      Hindu also have false notion of God. They believe too in falsehood which has nothing to do with God. All Legendary who had good characters and did great things for society declared as God’s reincarnation by Hindu.

      • Abdu,

        Hinduism is not a religion but a philosophy. Our vedic books are like science. It is personal journey seeking truth. Purans are not vedic scriptures but these are all mythological stories. Majority of hindu people have never read any vedic books, rather just blindly followed some rituals that they learnt from their parents, that’s the reason they are confused. God cant’ be confined to any person, entity or thing. Pl read Satyarthparkash. You might like it.

      • @abdu & gopi,

        Let me put aside my beleifs and do a rational analysis. The God concept in Vedas is well I would say is absolute monistic, for argument sake let’s say it is monotheistic.
        Whatever it may be, God in reality is beyond human comprehension. God is beyond senses and even imagination (mind). The Vedic religion did not ask us to worship a God who is some smoke or ball of light,but personification of God is indeed present in Vedas. The purusha sukta in vedas (Krishna yajur veda- Thythireeya brahmana, & Rig veda) describes the cosmic man Virad Purusha whose organs are the worlds. From whom entire universe and everything for that matter originated.

        In Vedas Indra, Agni ,Rudra or sometimes called as Shiva, Vishnu appears. Some interpret them as separate gods, some as personification of God and all as equal. The trimurti concept comes in Vedas as Indra,Surya ,Agni..Agni is identified as Rudra or Shiva. I am not saying we must go with literal meaning ,but personification of God as some analogy to make usunderstand is indeed present in Vedas.

        Regarding rituals, all Homas involve worship ofAgni with flower, water,sandal water and then mnatraparishekam (seek permission) is followed by actual homa of havis,ghee or any other.

        Agni is sometimes considered as priest(Agnim ile “purohita”), carrier/messenger (Agnim “Dootam” vrineemahe) of God. Sometimes Agni himself is God or God’s interface. Havis (boiledrice) to all Gods or personifications such as Vishnu, Shiva or Mithra-varuna, aswinis etc are submitted to Agni.

        In Later period,In Ganapathy homa, after mantra parishekam, Lord Ganapathy is brought to Agni. This is the beginning of idol worship as Agni became the make shift idol for Ganapathy.

        Even when food is offered to Gods, Godesses, in case there is no idol(as in temple) at Brahmin houses, a lamp is lighted which becomes the God’s make shift idol.

        Later fire was replaced by stone idols.

  3. Abdu,Gopi,
    In short a rational analysis of evolution of Hinduism is below:-(Btw I am a believer following puranic stories literally. Do not believe in what I said below)

    1. God is beyond senses and imagination.
    2.Personification of God (This is analogous. need not be taken literally ) to Rudra,Shiva, Vishnu, Aswinis, Pusha, Indra etc
    3. Offerings to God are offered to Agni(fire). Agni will take to other Gods or if all below forms are same, this is the mode of worship and Agni takes offerings to each forms /personifications of God.

    4. Later came concept of whichever God you worship brought to Agni first before Homa.From carrier, Agni became a seat or make shift idol for God.

    Later Agni is replaced by stone idol

    5. Puja deviates from Vedic rites in many places in india; not all.

    I have seen power in temples where puja are performed per Vedic rites and practices derived fromVedic homas. This is my personal experience.

  4. @Agniveer / Hindu/ others

    I do not know where to ask this question but I am really very interested to know Vedic thought about existence of Tantra Vidya (Black Magic) after reading Dr. Ali Sina thoughts and belief in existence of Shaitan (god of black magic) please have a look at this article of Dr. Sina and write your opinion. There are many books also in India too on Tantra Vidya. I think there are mantra in Veda too where devotee pray to God to save from the Tantriks Maya.

    http://www.faithfreedom.org/is-black-magic-real/

    • Sir Abdu,
      Even I face the issue . After a while only posts are getting reflected in the site. I know why you call it tantra vidya, but in our place tantra vidya means the agama shastras by which a great seer or person performed great austerities establish God’s presence in idol . In hindi serials and cinema I know tantrics are some amresh puri coming in black gown and doing some magic.

      Anyway jokes apart, I have heard many stories on black magic. Some deities are worshipped and they (mantravadis) get some powers. But this will lead to their destruction in the end.

      In my place even muslims were once masters of this art. There were many stories. Personally I neither believe nor disbelieve. I don’t care about it. It’s irrelevant and nonsense belief in today’s world. But a bit of advice, handle with care.

      But definitely it is not something you can learn sitting in US remotely. Also I have no contacts

      But check with the same guy- http://www.mkramachandran.org/contacts.html

  5. Writing again from different ID because comment does no publishing
    @Agniveer / Hindu/ others

    I do not know where to ask this question but I am really very interested to know Vedic thought about existence of Tantra Vidya (Black Magic) after reading Dr. Ali Sina thoughts and belief in existence of Shaitan (god of black magic) please have a look at this article of Dr. Sina and write your opinion. There are many books also in India too on Tantra Vidya. I think there are mantra in Veda too where devotee pray to God to save from the Tantriks Maya.

    http://www.faithfreedom.org/is-black-magic-real/

    • @abdu ex muslim,read satyarth prakash,swamiji has dealt with this,, now tantra isdiviedinto2 parts white tantra andblack tantra,white tantra is purely vedic and has beuatifulvedantic thoughts in it,,they r means to occult powers ,to fight black energies.see vedas are too deep ,the vedic hymns have 3 meanigs one ritualitic ,mystic and spritualistic..tantra ismystic aspect,,all great weapons andarms that u hear in mythology , are outcome that only ,,each hymn ofveda has mystic powers as wellasspritualistic,,if depens on u which aspect u r focussing,,thats y even agniveer says true veds r not that r written , they r ved samhitas,,orginalvedas are cosmic virations which u sholoud hear from guru and chant ,and newkindof revelations will come to u ,its oure science,,tantra was actually scientific aspectof vedas,,evenvasistha ,parshuram ,ram,krsna they were all great tantriks (scientists),,but as kaliyug got ushered these mystic and pure powers goot extinct,,this is ruleifiswar invedas, whatever power u acquire if u misuse it it gets extinct,,therefore whatever mystic powers ,weapons thesepplgot they only used for humanity ,eample india is also nuclear power ,but our nuclear policy is peaceful use of uranium ,not otherwise,asuknow nuclear weopons are based on principles of physics,which can e misused,,but incontrast mystic powers of tantra are based on vedic principles,an it cant be misused ,one misusing it will harmhimself the most..nowall this tantric sciencegot extinct inkaliyuga and superstions have taken precedence and then a ig nautanki called vama marg or left hand tantra which is anti veicwasborn an tets like kamasutra typesemerged ,,for details read satyarth prakashaout their flawedideology and tantra invogue today aremainly uddhist injuctions ,they r all cheap type woood practices ,to gain authenticity they make claims that itsa vedic hymn and blah blah,inreality they r fools.only adeep yogi andpractictioner of astangyog iseligibleforved

    • even u want u can ecomea true taantric by mastering mystic aspect of vedas,but its has certain conditions..1)find a vedic guru ,who masters rigved or ataharved(they are gyaan kaand ).2)leave meat ,alcholandpractice eepastang yog withyour guru ,, hewillteach u of to gain yogic power,,ut u mediate ,contemplate ,think andbuild onmystic aspect of thesehymns,,uknowwhenayogiisinsamadhi ,he ecomesmantra drishta,,its when u will be insuch state ,u will be witnessing various dynamics,,of nature then u may get ordiscoveror eveninvent some great weopons, orcomeout withgreat scientific idea or medicinal idea ,u know ayurveda is developed on by ppl mastering atharvedda, sother r also tantriks u thought on meicinalaspects,,isnt unwellman getting well after having some churan a kind of tantrism,tantra isbasically appicationofvedicprinciple,The word “tantra” is derived from the combination of two words “tattva” and “mantra”. “Tattva” means the science of cosmic principles, while “mantra” refers to the science of mystic sound and vibrations.eventhere isprajatantra ..likethat ,,but allu read nowdays its allcrapandnothing to ovedas,they r pouplar becauseof sex involved in it ..they call it sex yoga,,its popular by oshofollowers and its total chutzpa,,y using veic hymns they rjust trying to get ligitimization,ecause in hindu vedas are revealtions andwordsofgod,nowtooany immoral thing u have todoit in name of god,,and reagrding muslims tantra,seethere r rarely very few peer babas,,see any personwhocanyany meansconnect toetrnalworldthorughmeditationgains thesepowers,,and thispoweris toeused onlyforgoodotherwiseit harms person mmisuisngit themost and gets extinct,soeven muslim with high levelofconsciousness andconnecting power gains this if hecontemplatesonmysticaspect ofnature,,,this isallaouttantra..nothing else,alllufindonnet and reality orwidely isallcrap,,original tantra isextinct..

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