After the destruction of the world, god is said to have created the universe and simultaneously gave the knowledge of four Vedas to four rishis. It was important because in the absence of vedic knowledge, human beings would remain ignorant.

The first mantra of Rigved is: “Agnimeedy Purohitam.” It says that a person should want to worship god and must remember him before doing anything in life because he destroys all the sorrows, problems and diseases.

Vedas are the invaluable treasure of education of every worldly subject. This is why, medical science is also a part and parcel of vedic knowledge.

Atharvaved mantra 2/9/5 preaches that god is the creator and he nurses us. So he is empowered to destroy all the diseases and is said “Su Bhishaktamaha” i.e. the best doctor. This is why doctors tell the relatives of highly critical patients that they have done their best, rest lies in the hands of god. In view of the above, the destruction of the Coronavirus also remains in the hands of the almighty to an extent.

Vedas preach that the base of human life is brahmacharya. So, Atharvaved mantra 8/5/2 preaches that when a person maintains firm brahmacharya, then strength is generated in his body which kills all the microbes that cause diseases. Further, Atharvaved mantras 8/5/10, 11, 12 preach that brahmacharya generates the best medicine within the body to kill all types of disease causing germs. So the virus cannot affect anyone who maintains brahmacharya. But in the absence of vedic knowledge, brahmacharya cannot be maintained

In previous yugas, everyone used to follow brahmacharya, perform daily Yajyen/agnihotra, which purified the air, water and food. If we consider Yajurved mantra 1/1, it says that if we practise agnihotra/Yajyen daily, then all the infectious diseases can be destroyed.

 Mantra 1/2 gives full assurance that agnihotra/Yajyen purifies the air and thus, destroys pollution. Therefore, it becomes hard for the virus to exist. But to our bad luck, unlike previous yugas, people are not aware of the vedic knowledge and as a result are unable to help themselves from various serious diseases.

The idea of vedic knowledge is that if public makes learns vedas, including performing daily agnihotra/Yajyen with ved mantras, from learned acharya there will not be any kind of disease as Yajyen purifies the universe. It is called the best deed of the world.

In this mantra, the almighty preaches/orders the learned people to perform Yajyen daily. We have oversighted the eternal knowledge of Vedas. This will lead to several diseases. Vedas preach that the best deed for benevolence of all beings is the performance of daily agnihotra/Yajyen. (Yajurved mantra 1/2 refers)

See, what a wonderful knowledge exists in Yajurved mantra 1/3 that the Yajyen holds the world, purifies the universe and preaches about the almighty.

It is very important for the leaders of the nation to learn vedas and perform daily agnihotra/Yajyen. Despite of various efforts by the medical authorities the world could not get a cure for Corona.

(The author is Swami Ram Swarup, Yogacharya, the Chief Editor of Ved Ishvareeya vani, a bi-annual Magazine).