People usually ask the question that, Does vedas contains science? Those who understand the meaning of Vedas see science in it. Are vedas really scientific? 

Vedas are full of science, each veda mantra contains the hidden science. If we take an example from the first mantra of Vedas, there is science in it too. The meaning of the first mantra of Rigveda is that ‘there is a self effulgent fire’, which is present before the creation the creation of the universe. All this science is in each and every mantra of Vedas. 

Does all the four vedas have science?

The four vedas are full of scientific knowledge. There is science in every mantra of Vedas. The science hidden in the Vedas is not easily understood by the common man. Only those who have divine vision and have a good understanding of grammar can understand the vedas.

No Science in the Vedas?

Why do people think that there is no science in Vedas?

The simple answer is that they do not understand the gist of the Vedas. Unless we know the true meaning of the mantras, how will we be able to find out the science inside it?

Some people believe that there is no science in the Vedas. This is because they did not understand the mantras of the Vedas. To find science in the Vedas, one needs a good understanding of grammar and mantras.

How to find that there is science in Vedas?

Before knowing whether there is science in Vedas or not, we need to know What is Veda? If we talk in brief then Veda is knowledge, in different words then it is a science. We have mentioned in earlier articles that Vedas are the storehouse of knowledge. The Vedas being the repository of all knowledge does contain what we could and would call science.

Scientific knowledge in the Vedas.

Whether there is science in the Vedas or not, let us know the Vedas from the beginning. The first mantra of the Rigveda, says there was a self-effulgent fire in the beginning. Further mantras tell that the earth revolves around the sun. And the sun has tied Earth and other planets through attraction. From the first mantra of Rigveda to the last mantra, it’s full of science. It is not that this science is only in Rigveda, science is hidden in all the four Vedas. This science is understood only by those whose vision is very subtle, who is a seer of mantras, who are sages and who have knowledge of mantras, knowledge of Vedic grammar and good understanding of mantras.

Science in the Mantras –

There was a self-effulgent fire in the beginning. 

– Rigveda 1.1.1

“This earth is devoid of hands and legs, yet it moves ahead. All the objects over the earth also move with it. It moves around the sun.

– Rig Veda 10.22.14

“The sun has tied Earth and other planets through attraction and moves them around itself as if a trainer moves newly trained horses around itself holding their reins.”

– Rig Veda 10.149.1

What do these mantras convey?

Is this not a science? It is clear from these mantras that science is hidden in the Vedas. On this question that ‘whether there is science in the Vedas or not?’ Only those people doubt those who have not read the Vedas or who do not understand the mantras of the Vedas.

Conclusion:

Vedas are full of science, each mantra of the vedas contains hidden science. All the scientific developments that took place in ancient times were based on the science of Vedas. The basis of ancient mathematics, science of plastic surgery, ayurveda, ancient vocabulary and grammar etc. was directly and indirectly based on the Vedas.