An Analysis of Scientific Facets Depicted in Prasthānatrayī

Sanskrit

There are various schools in Indian Philosophical System which are helpful for human beings to know the real condition of a human existence and the ultimate goal of their life. Mainly these are divided into two categories: Āstika Darśana which includes Vedānta, Yog, Mīmāṁsā, Sāṁkhya, Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika; and Nāstika Darśana, it consists with Jainism, Buddhhism and Cārvāka. Vedānta School of Philosophy comes first among them. This school talks about oneness behind of all the worldly things. According to this a power which works as the motivator for all the worldly process is one in the form of consciousness. Though that power is not visible through eyes; but can be realized at the level where a man reaches after a stage, which is not possible for general humans. Prasthānatrayī is a category of those texts which are helpful to know basic elements of Vedāntic philosophy. As the term Trayī indicates itself; there are three texts in it as Upaniṣad (Śruti Prasthāna), Gītā (Smṛti Prasthāna) and Brahmasūtra (Nyāya Prashātna). There are so many verses in Prasthānatrayī which are praised by many scientists of modern scientific era. In nineteenth century, scientists Albert Einstein, J. Roberts Oppenheimer, Erwin Schrodinger, Paul Dirac, Louis de Brogli, Niles Bohr etc. realized some startling results in their experiments and further, they contributed a lot to establish new paradigms in the scientific world. They accepted the importance of Vedāntic facets and applied them in their scientific experiments. At the time of “Trinity Test”, the director J. Robertopenheimer recited a famous Shloka of Shrimadbhagvadgita and that is a nice example for this. As Divi Sūrya Sahasrasya bhavet Yugpat utthitāḥ. Yadi bhāh sadṛśī syāt bhāsastasya mahātmanaḥ. -Gita 11.12 So, in this work, an attachment towards rich knowledge tradition will be analyzed.

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