S: Pranam Swamiji, I got beaten from the first day I entered my husband house in roksadi (gauna), I got beaten for 30 years, now I I am afraid my daughter will have the same fate. How can I avoid this? Pranam Guruji
Swami Ram Swarup: My blessings to you, my daughter. I am really sad to listen about your plight. If you try to register a complaint against your husband in the police station, I think police will surely do the needful. Secondly, you can also seek justice from NGO/women cell. I am astonished that you have been bearing the trouble for the last thirty years. Please try to seek justice from Police-station, NGO or court, as you deem fit. What about your parents. Whether they take care of you or not. Why don’t you tell all the situation to your parents. It is not good to bear the injustice at this stage when you have a daughter. You are right that your daughter has also been experiencing torture when she sees you being beaten up. My heartiest blessings to you and your loving daughter, my daughter.
Jai: Is this true “Devas are always looking to the supreme abode of Vishnu” (tad viṣṇoḥ paramaá¹ padaá¹ sadÄ paÅ›yanti sá¹»rayaḥ Rig Veda 1.22.20)?
Swami Ram Swarup: According to Vedas, Vishnu means Omnipresent God, Who is Formless.
Idea of Rigveda mantra 1/22/20 is as the living beings become able to see all the shapes of worldly matters with eyes in the presence of sunlight similarly, learned by attaining the Vedic knowledge and following it, become able to realize God and attain salvation. In the absence of realization of God and attaining salvation, nobody is able to get pleasure in life. Here the meaning of Vishnu is Omnipresent, Almighty, Formless God and not vishnu whose image is being worshipped.
Jai: Which of the following theories is true?
Advaita
Vishishtadvaita
Dvaita
Dvaitadvaita
Achintya Bheda Abheda
Swami Ram Swarup: According to eternal knowledge of Vedas, only Traitwad as quoted above is acceptable by the ancient and present rishis.
Jai: Did Yogeshwar Krishna have 16108 wives?
Swami Ram Swarup: No.
Jai: Can a sanyasi use modern technology?
Swami Ram Swarup: Scientific technology, if not against the Vedas and sanyas dharma, can be used.
Jai: Were nuclear weapons used in the Mahabharata?
Swami Ram Swarup: No.
Jai: Can you prove that atheism is wrong (please do not quote from the vedas)?
Swami Ram Swarup: Sorry, without Vedas neither ancient and present Rishi nor do I exist.