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January 2024

वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् | अहोरूपमहो ध्वनि: |

By C. N. Vaze, Chartered Accountant
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Friends, in the present article, we will discuss two well-known shlokas. The first one is:

अयं निज: परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम् |

उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् ||

Literal meaning —

‘This person is mine, while this person is a stranger — this type of thinking is that of narrow-minded people. On the other hand, for people with liberal thinking, the whole earth (world) is one family.

This is a great message from our rich Indian culture. Our philosophy is ‘inclusive’ and not ‘exclusive’. No other country or community has ever thought of treating all the people in the world as family members. This thought is deeply rooted in Indian hearts. Of late, due to vicious politics, people are promoting or encouraging communalism, separatism, a divide between two sects, two groups, two ideologies, etc. They have vested interests in it. Our ancient sages never thought along these lines.

Indians never invaded any country. Indians won over others through their trade, quality products, education, and above all, honesty and affection. We had no specific religion, no single founder, and no single religious book

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