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RSS main Mohan Bhagwat connected Sunday (November 30, 2025) expressed interest implicit the declining usage of Indian languages and parent tongues, saying the concern has reached a constituent wherever "some Bharatiya radical bash not cognize our ain languages".
Speaking successful Nagpur astatine the merchandise of the English mentation of 'Shri Dnyaneshwari', a publication primitively written successful Marathi by Sant Dnyaneshwar, Mr. Bhagwat appealed to nine to introspect connected the erosion of linguistic heritage.
"There was a clip erstwhile connection and regular concern was successful Sanskrit. Now, immoderate American prof teaches america Sanskrit, erstwhile successful world we should beryllium teaching it to the world. Many children contiguous bash not cognize immoderate precise basal and elemental words and often talk astatine location successful a premix of their parent lingua and English," helium said.
"The concern has reached a constituent wherever immoderate Bharatiya radical bash not cognize our ain Indian languages," the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) main said.
He maintained that English-medium acquisition was not to blame, but the reluctance to talk Indian languages astatine location was aggravating the situation.
"If we talk our connection decently successful our home, things would beryllium better. But we bash not bash it," helium said.
Referring to Sant Dnyaneshwar, helium said the saint brought the cognition of the Bhagavad Gita into Marathi for a amended knowing of society.
"Now the occupation is that determination are not capable words successful the English connection that seizure the essence and extent of the thoughts oregon concepts expressed successful our languages. A azygous connection utilized by Dnyaneshwar often requires aggregate English words to afloat conveying the intended meaning," helium said.
Citing an example, helium pointed to Kalpavruksha, the wish-fulfilling histrion from mythology successful Indian tradition.
"How volition you construe Kalpavruksha successful English?" Mr. Bhagwat asked, stressing the limitations of translating culturally affluent concepts into a overseas language. He said specified examples item wherefore Indian languages indispensable beryllium preserved and strengthened.
Mr. Bhagwat further said that Indian philosophical traditions emphasise unity contempt carnal differences.
"Where determination is faith, we each are an look of the one," helium said, recalling however a seer erstwhile told overseas visitors that debating whether determination is 1 God oregon galore was unnecessary since the beingness of the divine itself was central.
Mr. Bhagwat said the Indian contented teaches radical to deliberation beyond idiosyncratic interests and see the payment of families and communities. "This has been told to radical successful antithetic words and antithetic formats," helium said.
Mr. Bhagwat besides said that debates connected whether the Bhagavad Gita emphasises cognition oregon enactment place its holistic approach.
"Like a vertebrate cannot alert without wings, we request 2 wings - cognition and karma - and the vertebrate itself is your faith. Knowledge without religion is similar [demon king] Ravana," helium said.
The Bhagavad Gita has the truth, cognition and summary of each the past, contiguous and aboriginal of the world, helium added.
Mr. Bhagwat emphasised connected translation of past books similar 'Shri Dnyaneshwari' successful English truthful that portion speechmaking it, radical volition besides effort to larn the archetypal text.
"Devotion is truth, it means that we are connected, it is simply a spiritual truth. And, present subject is besides knowing it," the RSS main said. "Earlier, subject utilized to deliberation that each the instauration (in the world) has travel from the basal and due to the fact that of that, each particles and radical are besides different, and it whitethorn look antithetic arsenic well, due to the fact that everyone's behaviour and acquisition is antithetic successful the world," helium added.
"Even successful our country, languages, eating habits, devotion, customs, deities and sects are different, but successful each this, we each are connected astatine 1 spot and that spot connects the satellite arsenic well. We are agreed successful diversity," helium said.
