Hinduism
Everyone in this world is in pursuit of happiness, though they have little idea as to what is an absolute happiness or what action or entity can bring them happiness.
No one can decipher the word ‘happiness’ and neither they can offer single definition to it.
Happiness is a relative term that changes its meaning from person to person and from one experience to another. Many intellectuals have tried to address this prosody
Hindu culture is undoubtedly the most ancient culture in the world. It is very difficult to fix a particular time-frame as to when this culture has come into existence. But it has remained as force to reckon with for more than five millenniums.
What is Unique about Hinduism
Our experience says that everything in this world must be investigated by adopting the right ways and methods. Many efforts have been put in the past and are being continued in the contemporary times to understand every aspect that exists on our planet. This urge to know everything has made the modern science to grow by leaps and bounds through inventions, discoveries and breakthroughs. Unforgettable milestones were achieved in several fields. But there are many subjects that are like juggernauts and still remain as unresolved mysteries.
Religious believes start simmering around these unfathomable secrets and try to answer them in their own mystical ways most of which may not find the scientific support.
Hinduism is somewhat unique in its approach in deciphering the hidden secrets of human life. The seers and sages of ancient India have seen many things without telescopes or microscopes yet made vivid descriptions of celestial bodies and fetus!
Ancient Indian sages have compiled Garbha Upanishad (Sacred doctrine of fetus or womb). It discusses about how the conception happens and the various developmental stages of fetus. More surprisingly, it talks about what fetus ‘thinks’ while resting and developing in the womb! That is more fascinating, isn’t it? Similarly, the festivals of Hinduism too are peculiar in their original mean which may not reflect in their celebrations.
Akshay Trithiya
One of the prominent festivals in India, Akshay Trithiya has got many variations and stories attached with it. But what is the real meaning of celebrating Akshay Trithiya? Let us see it in the next few paragraphs of this article.
Meaning & Purport of Akshay Trithiya
In Samskrutam (Sanskrit language) Akshay means imperishable and Thritiya indicates the day three of either full moon or no moon fortnight of Hindu lunar calendar. Thus we can draw a very generic meaning of “The Imperishable Third Day”. But is that all we can know from this phrase?
Not at all but there is more to it. Sanskrit language is the most encrypted language amongst all the languages in the world. Every word and alphabet shall carry many meanings and need to be deciphered carefully.
The word Akshay also denotes the Supreme Godhead i.e. Vishnu who is the absolute imperishable one. Thus we can derive another meaning that His presence can be felt in multitude on Akshay Trithiya (the third day of Bright half day of the Hindu month Vaishakha), because Akshay also means endless. It is the day on which one has to meditate, worship and praise the Lord Vishnu endlessly to gain His grace in abundance.
But today the meaning of Akshay Thritiya has been minimized to mere buying of gold. It has been considered as an auspicious day to start new business or to conduct house warming ceremony etc. These are some of the ecstatic moments for anyone but the purport of the festival should not be lost in the lust for material comforts.
So, let us celebrate this Akshay Thritiya by digging little deeper into our souls!
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