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Some fanatic Hindus who are unaware of the violent passages in their book often mock other
religious texts by misinterpreting them. They have no idea how violent Vedas are. Vedas are
terror manual which turns humans into savages. Many tribes were destroyed as a result of the Meat Consumption and
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god (Blasphemy), one who oppresses a Brahmin etc. There are several passages in Vedas
Contradictions in the
which calls for death of disbelievers. I am mostly using Arya Samaji translations of Satya Vedas
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Das Trivedi, Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Shripad Damodar Satvalekar, and orthodox
translations of Swami Karpatri and Shri Ram Sharma Acharya (Gayatri Parivar) and I will be
using Griffith’s translation as well followed by Hindi translation of Hindu scholars. In the
Vedas you will find numerous words to denote non-Hindus such as Adeva, Adevayu which
means Godless, anindra which means against Indra, Ayajyu, Ayajvan which means
unsacrifcing, Abrahman, Anyavrata which means followers of other gods, apavrata, avrata
which means riteless, devanid which means haters of gods, Brahmadvish which means haters
of devotion and those who denounce Vedas.

Rig Veda 9.13.9 “May you (O love divine), the beholder of the path of enlightenment,
purifying our mind and destroying the infidels who refuse to offer worship, come and stay in
the prime position of the eternal sacrifice.” Tr. SatyaPrakash Saraswati

Rig Veda 7.6.3 “May the fire divine chase away those infidels, who do not perform worship
and who are uncivil in speech. They are niggards, unbelievers, say no tribute to fire divine and
offer no homage. The fire divine turns those godless people far away who institute no sacred
ceremonies.” Tr. SatyaPrakash Saraswati

Rig Veda 9.63.5 ”Augmenting the strength of resplendent self, urging the waters and
rejuvenating all noble acts and destroying the infidels.” Tr. SatyaPrakash Saraswati

One who does not offer Sacrifice is inhuman

Rig Veda 8.70.11 “May your friend, the cloud, hurl that infidel down from heaven who differs
from us in rites and rituals, is inhuman, who does not observe fire sacrificials, and who does
not show reverence to Nature’s bounties.” Tr. SatyaPrakash Saraswati

Rig Veda 7.97.9 “O Lord of knowledge, this laudation is for you…destroy the godless and the
malice of our enemy.” Tr. SatyaPrakash Saraswati

Killing Avrata,

Rig Veda 9.73.8 “…he, the all-wise, looks over all worlds; he censures those who are hostile
in action, and who do not offer sacrifices and render no public good.” Tr. Svami Satyaprakash
Sarasvati

Rig Veda 1.84. 8 When will he trample, like a weed, the man [Infidel] who hath no gift for
him…

Yaska writes,

Nirukta 5.17 When, with his foot, will he trample the unworshipping man like a mushroom

Rig Veda 8.64.1-2 “May our hymns please you; O lord of resolute will power, please display
your bounty. May you drive off the infidels. May you crush with your foot the niggard churls
who offer no homage. You are powerful; there is none so powerful as you are.” Tr.
SatyaPrakash Saraswati

Rig Veda 5.2.10 “May you roaring flames, O adorable Lord, be manifest in the sky as sharp
weapons, to destroy infidels. In his exhilaration may his shining splendour inflict destruction.
The godless hands try to bind him from all sides but do not succeed.” Tr. SatyaPrakash
Saraswati

Rig Veda 9.79.10 “The powerful flowing elixir…It is the conferer of wealth, the king of
vigour; It crushes malignities and harasses the enemies.” Tr. SatyaPrakash Saraswati

Rig Veda 8.76.11 “Both the heaven and earth shudder when you, O the resplendent Lord,
uttering your fearful roar, crush down the infidel.” Tr. Satya Prakash Sarawati

Atharva Veda 5.21.3 ‘Let this war drum made of wood, muffled with leather straps, dear to all
the persons of human race and bedewed with ghee, speak terror to our foemen.”Tr. Vaidyanath
Shastri

Rig Veda 9.19.6 ‘May you bring near to us those who stand aloof; may you strike terror into
our foes; o pure flowing elixir, please transfer their riches to us.” Tr. SatyaPrakash Saraswati
and Satyakam Vidyalankar

Yajur Veda 17.33 “He is an ideal commander of the army, who is swift, keeps his arms
sharpened, fearless like a strong bull, a zealous killer of foes, strikes terror in men…” Tr. Devi
Chand

Atharva Veda 4.31.7 “Let the King [Varuna] and Manyu, the warm emotion give us the wealth
of both kinds-earned and gathered. Let our enemies overwhelmed with terror in their mind and
spirit and defeated in their design run away.” Tr. Vaidyanath Shastri.

Yaska Acharya also writes about terror,

Nirukta 10.21 …These are hemistichs. Like a spear hurled, it inspires terror (among enemies)
or courage (among friends)…

Yajur Veda 7.36 “We learned persons accept as our ruler, thee, the introducer of new plans for
our advancement, the master of loyal subjects, the embodiment of virtue, the most advanced in
noble qualities and acts, the queller of the irreligious…” Tr. Devi Chand

Yajur Veda 7.44 “…This fourth warrior, full of delight, should subdue the irreligious foes.” Tr.
Devi Chand

Yajur Veda 13.12 “O king, make progress in thy duty of administration, extend happiness to
the virtuous. O terrible chastiser, burn down the irreligious foes. O splendid person, humiliate
and consume utterly like dried up stubble, him, who encourages our foe.” Tr. Devi Chand

Atharva Veda 11.2.23 He who dwells fixed in the atmosphere, smiting the blasphemers of the
god that do not sacrifice, to him be reverence with ten sakvarî−stanzas!

Killing Women and Children

Atharva Veda 11.2.21 Do not covet our cattle, our men, our goats and sheep! Bend thy course
elsewhere, O strong god (ugra), slay the offspring of the blasphemers!

Atharva Veda 5.20.4-5 “Let this war-drum victorious in the battle, loudly roaring and
becoming the means of seizing whatever may be seized, be seen by all. Let this war-drum
utter wonderful voice and let the army-controlling man capture the possessions of the
enemies. Amid the conflict of the deadly weapons let the woman of enemy waked by the roar
and afflicted run forward in her terror hearing the resounding and far reaching voice of the
wardrum, holding her son in her hand.” Tr. Vaidyanath Shastri.

Rig Veda 10.118.8 So, Agni, with thy glowing face burn fierce against the female fiends,
Shining among Uruksayas.

VEDIC GOD STEALS

GOD STEALING LIKE A THIEF

Rig Veda 1.103.6 “To him, who is the performer of all deeds, the possessor and giver of
strength, the truly powerful Lord, we offer devotional prayers. He a highwayman, snatches
wealth from the godless exploiters and gives it to honest devotees.” Tr. SatyaPrakash
Saraswati

Griffith’s translation,

Rig Veda 1.103.6 “…The Hero, watching like a thief in ambush, goes parting the possessions
of the godless.” Tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Rig Veda 1.93.4 Agni and Soma, famed is that your. prowess wherewith ye stole the kine, his
food, from Paṇi…

Rig Veda 9.61.25 “The elixir of divine love flows onward, chasing the malignant, and driving
off the withholders of wealth and thus it proceeds to the holy abode of the resplendent Lord.”
Tr. SatyaPrakash Saraswati

Rig Veda 7.19.9 ‘O bounteous Lord, pious devotees, skilled in reciting hymns, sing their songs
to you for your adoration. May you select us also to join them who by their homage to you,
have become entitled to appropriate the riches of infidels‘. Tr. Satya Prakash Saraswati

Rig Veda 8.75.12 ‘Leave us not in this conflict as a bearer of load; snatch up the wealth of
infidels and give it to us.’ Tr. Satya Prakash Saraswati

Rig Veda 5.4.5 “…May you come to bless our fire ritual. May you having scattered all our
adversaries, bring to us the possessions of our foeman.” Tr. SatyaPrakash Saraswati

Here god is prayed to eliminate the rivals and to bring their wealth. Yaska writes on this verse,

Nirukta 4.5 “Having destroyed all assailants, bring to us the treasures of our enemies, i.e.
having destroyed the forces of our adversaries, bring to us the treasures or the food from the
homes of our enemies.”- Nirukta 4.5

ALL NON HINDUS ARE DEMONS, BARBARIANS.

The reason it is important to know who are Demons in Hinduism is because Hindu apologists
find no problem with violent verses in the Veda because it says to kill ‘Demon’, they just say
that these verses are referring to Demons and not to non-Hindus and try to get rid of the
argument. As I said earlier Hindu apologists usually takes violent verses in lighter vein
because it says to kill demons. Vedas are said to be eternal, now the question is if those verses
were applicable only to Demons then it means that those verses have become useless now. So
why God revealed such verses for limited period of time in the eternal book?

Swami Dayanand Saraswati wrote,”The Dwijaas( the twice-born) – Braahmanaas, Kshatriyas,

Vaishyaas are called Aryas, while the Shudras are called Anaryas, or Non-Aryas.”ATHARVA
VEDA 19:62. In the face ofthese Vedic authorities how can sensible people believe in the
imaginary tales of the foreigners. In the Devaasurawars, Prince Arjuna and King Dashrathaand
others of Aryavarta used to go to the assistance of the Aryas in order to crush the Asuras. This
shows that the people living outside Aryavarta were called Dasyus and Malechhaas… Besides,
Manu also corroborates our position. He says, “The countries other than Aryavarta are called
Dasyus and Malechha countries.” MANU 10:45, 2:23. The people living in the north-east,
north, north-west were called Rakshasas.” Satyarth Prakash, by Dayanand Saraswati, Ch 8,
page 266, Tr. Chrinajiva Bhardwaja

Dasyu and Rakshasa mean demon. Here Swami Dayanand quoting Manu Smriti says that all
people living outside Aryavrata and those who do not belong to four castes are demons
(Rakshasa, Dasyu) and barbarians (Mleccha). According to Hindu Dharma all the non Hindus
are demons and barbarians. Here is the full translation of Manu Smriti,

Manu Smriti 10.45 All those tribes in this world, which are excluded from (the community of)
those born from the mouth, the arms, the thighs, and the feet (of Brahman), are called Dasyus,
whether they speak the language of the Mlekkhas (barbarians) or that of the Aryans.

Now some say that this doesn’t refer to Non-Hindus but to caste Hindus who lost their status
on account of their neglecting their religious rites which lead them to loss of caste. They aren’t
convinced even after providing explanation by their own scholar. Maybe they didn’t read
verse 43 of this chapter 10 which says that by neglecting sacrifices the Dvijas made their
successive generation fell to the status of Shudra not Dasyu. If Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaishya
and Shudra losing their caste made them Dasyu, the question is why they aren’t regarded as
outcaste but as Dasyu? Because verse 43 and 45 aren’t correlated. Verse 45 is plain and clear
that those tribe outside the pale of four Varnas are Dasyu and non-Hindus aren’t included in
the four castes. Manu Smriti 10.45 also refutes the claim of apologists who claim that Dasyu
means non-Human beings since Manu 10.45 states that Dasyu can be from four castes also
who has abandoned their Vedic religion (if we go by the explanation of apologists) since they
claim that Dasyu refers to demons only. Hindu scriptures from Veda to Purana mentions
demon, so where are all those demons now? Dayanand Saraswati wrote,

“You can still see that the description of Raakshasas given therein tallies with the ugly
appearance of the negroes of today.” Satyarth Prakash, by Dayanand Saraswati, Ch 8,
page 266, Tr. Chrinajiva Bhardwaja

So he is comparing Rakshasa with present day Negroes (black people) we can ascertain from
this line that people living in north east and north west were not really monsters but were
native people who are described in such racist manner. Swami Prabhupada also wrote,

Swami Prabhupada writes: “…An atheist is called a demon, and it is a fact that even a person
born of good parents can turn into a demon by bad association…” Swami Prabhupada on
Srimad Bhagavatam 3.3.6
http://vanisource.org/wiki/SB_3.3.6

An Indologist wrote about Dasyu,

“The picture of the dasyu that emerges from these passages is quite different from that of the
raksas. There is nothing about taking the form of a bird and flying by night, no mention of
disrupting sacrifices, and no connection with black magic. The dasyus seem to be human
beings of a different race from the Aryans and of a different (adevic and abrahamanic)
religion. The mention of the proper names of various dasyus who are defeated for (or by)
certain Aryan princes (e.g. Dabhiti) also makes the dasyu sound more like historical figures.
There are occasional mentions of taking land from the dasyus (RV 4.38.1). The mention of
dasyus in connection with fortresses (pur-) is also a characteristic which is in contrast to the
raksases. Raksases do not build fortresses and fight from them. It seems quite safe to agree
with the general conclusion of Vedic scholars that dasyu refers to the indigenous people of the
land whom the invading Aryans conquered or absorbed.” by Wash Edward Hale, p.154,
Asura in Early Vedic Religion, Published by Motilal Banarsidass Publisher, 1986.

Moreover the Aryans were engaged in battle against the Dasyus and the reason given is
Dasyus sings no [Vedic] hymns; Dasyus are riteless, Dasyus have alien laws; Dasyus differs
from rites and rituals and doesn’t observe fire sacrifices; Dasyus are faithless, niggars, without
belief, sacrifice and worship. The main reason given to fight them is that Dasyus do not offer
any gifts to Vedic deities and Indra was often invoked to wage a war against the Dasyu. Refer
my article Killing infidels in Hinduism for references. Dasa and Dasyu has been
synonymously used in the Vedas. The Persian word Dahae maybe related to the Dasyu tribe
mentioned in the Vedas. “The Dahae were a Scythian people of ancient Central Asia. A
confederation of three tribes – the Parni, Xanthii and Pissuri – the Dahae lived in an area now
comprising much of modern Turkmenistan. The area has consequently been known as
Dahestan, Dahistan and Dihistan” [end quote]. The word Parni is also believed to be the
Iranian word for Panis tribe. The Panis and Dasyu may be have been closely related to each
other that’s the reason they are mentioned together in Rig Veda 7.6.3; 5.34.6. Many
Indologists have also opined that Dasa were a tribe of humans not demons. Apologist
pathetic response would be that Dasyu in the Veda are described as having numerous eyes and
hands which is a proof that they were demons. Even Rishis who are said to be humans are
described in some texts as of having three heads, Vedic deities as of having face of horse,
animal getting pregnant after drinking semen of Rishis, does that prove that Rishis and Vedic
deities were also demons? Hindus have a long history of using epithets against other religions,
the Aryans used to consider Dasyu as Anasa which literally translates to noseless but it
actually means flat nosed.

Now let’s move on to Panis tribe. Panis too are described as Demons, but Yaska in Nirukta
also calls them Merchant (Nirukta 2.17). Panis tribe were rich traders and they were
consistently attacked by Aryans to plunder them since they did not patronize the priests who
then invoked Vedic gods to attack Panis. Apologists gives lame excuse, when defending verses
about killing and plundering Panis tribe, all that they say is Panis were demons and doesn’t
explain the part where Aryans plundered them and were the first to fight the Panis tribe. If
they were demons then why Aryans were so eager to get their donations? Veda reiterates that
Panis brings no gifts to Vedic deities, so why crave for their wealth if they were so demonic in
nature? Veda also mentions a member of Panis community named Bribu who is praised in Rig
Veda 6.45.31 because he is said to have gifted many cows to Rishi Bhardwaj (Manu Smriti
10.107) in which he is referred to as a carpenter. Now all of a sudden a Panis member is
praised, what’s the reason? Because the reason to kill and plunder them is clearly given in
Atharva Veda 20.93.2 that the Panis brings no gifts, had they given donations like Panis Bribu
then they would’ve been spared and would’ve also been praised in the Vedas. Panis were rich
merchants, they also had carpenters they used to rear cattle, engaged in trade and amassed
wealth. These are the characteristics of humans not demons.

Kikata too were plundered like Dasyu and Panis tribes because they didn’t observe Vedic
rituals and didn’t make donations to Vedic deities. Veda also mentions Zoroastrians and calls
them demons (Asura). The Asuras mentioned in Vedas are non other than Zoroastrians. They
are actually Ahura worshippers (Zoroastrians). Vedic religion and Zoroastrianism are roughly
of the same age they have many similarities like Vedic Yagna is called Yasna in
Zoroastriniasm, Soma is Homa, Deva in Veda are positive while Daeva in Zoroastrianism is
neutral to negative, Zoroastrian text also mentions Aryans. From Rig Veda Mandal 1 to 7,
Vedic deities are also called as Asur but the definition when applied to Vedic deities is
‘Mighty’. When the Aryans moved from Central Asia to India they brought with them the
memories, thus the word Asura is used till Rig Veda Mandal 7 as a praiseworthy word. And
then it was turned negative and was also used later to describe enemies residing in eastern part
of India such as Bengal and Assam like Asura king Naraka of Pragiyotisapura in Assam or
Mahishasura. There’s also a tribe in India named Asur people who claim themselves to be
descendants of Mahishasura.

People of Lanka in Ramayana has been described as Demons. Hanuman burned hundreds of
demons inhabiting Lanka for no fault of their when Ram’s enmity was towards Ravana and
not towards inhabitants of Lanka. Ramayana makes no mention of humans residing in Lanka
but refers to the people of Lanka as demons. Go to Sri Lanka and tell me how many demons
you found there or at least try to find their bones.

Now let’s move on to the Puranas, which is the most important point here. Many Puranas
especially Vishnu Purana book 3 chapters 17 & 18 states that demons embraced Buddhism
and Jainism. The reason I quote Vishnu Purana again and again is because two chapters of this
scripture are dedicated in denigrating Buddhism and Jainism and gives a picture of how
Hinduism perceives other religions. Hindu text says that demons embraced Buddhism. Their
disciples and disciples would continue to preach this religion. Now as you may know
Buddhism’s history is not unknown like Hinduism’s. We know who its founder was and when
Buddhism was founded, we know that its founder really existed and was not a mythological
figure. Buddhism was founded in the 6th century B.C. It was a time when humans had started
recording history. So you tell me did any Greek, Roman or any traveller ever recorded that
demons used to live in India and they embraced Buddhism as stated in Hindu scriptures? So
what Hindus did is nothing but demonization of their enemies. Hinduism recognizes many
tribes and Dasyus, Panis, Yavana… were among them and they have been demonized because
as mentioned in Manu (10.45) all those who do not belong to four castes are Dasyu and
Malechas. Now some also justify violent verses of Vedas saying that all violent verses about
killing godless, riteless, those who do not offer gifts actually refers to demons and not to
human beings and that demons were averse to humanity. An Asura named Rambha who was
the father of Mahishasur was a devotee of Vedic deity Agni. Vishnu Purana bk 3 ch 17-18
states that demons were Vedic followers who couldn’t be killed unless they apostatizes from
Vedic Dharma and embraces other religions like Buddhism and Jainism. So what these
incidents prove is that even demons could follow Vedic religion but still that wouldn’t make
them Hindus or Humans since Hinduism believes in birth based and only those belonging to
four castes can be considered Vedic followers. So this refutes the claim that demons were
averse to Devas or Humanity.

It is mentioned in Sutras,

Apastamba Sutra, Prasna I, Patala 9, Khanda 27.11 The expression Krishna Varna, ‘the black
race,’ is truly Vedic. In the Rig-veda it usually denotes the aboriginal races, and sometimes the
demons.

Vedas also states that the one who offers no worship is inhuman, wicked, evil, miser etc.,

Rig Veda 9.20.5 “Preserve us from the reproach of every one, who makes no offerings, is
vicious and wicked and who utters ill words, so that we may be free (from anxiety).” Tr.
SatyaPrakash Saraswati

Shouldn’t Ishwar be friendly with entire creation? Why Ishwar is friendly only with those who
make offerings? Was it invented by Rishis to get wealth in the name of god? What about the
poor people who don’t even have money to feed their children. Will Ishwar forgive them or
punish them as he commands to kill those who doesn’t pour gifts.

Beheading the Demons (Non Hindus)

Krishna Yajur Veda 6.2.10 “…Here do I cut off the neck of the Raksas, who hateth us, and
whom we hate’, he says; there are two people, he whom he hates and he who hates him; verily
straightway he cuts their necks…”

Atharva Veda 1.7.7 O Agni, bring thou hitherward the Yatudhanas bound and chained. And
afterward let Indra tear their heads off with his thunder-bolt.

Yajur Veda 5.26 By impulse of God Savitar I take thee with arms of Asvins, with the hands of
Peahen.Thou art a woman. Here I cut the necks of Rakshasas away. Barley art thou. Bar off
from us our haters, bar our enemies…

Rig Veda 6.26.3 Thou didst impel the sage to win the daylight, didst ruin Śuṣṇa for the pious
Kutsa.The invulnerable demon’s head thou clavest when thou wouldst win the praise of
Atithigva.

Rig Veda 8.14.13 With waters’ foam thou torest off, Indra, the head of Namuci, Subduing all
contending hosts.

DEATH TO THOSE WHO DOESN’T POUR GIFTS TO ISHWAR

Rig Veda 6.44.11 “Give us not, O showerer of benefits, to the wicked. Relying upon your
friendship, O Lord of riches, may we remain unharmed. Many are the boons you distribute
amongst men; may you demolish those who make no libation, and root out those who present
no offerings.” Tr. SatyaPrakash Saraswati

Rig Veda 1.176.4 Slay everyone who pours no gift, who, hard to reach, delights thee not.
Bestow on us what wealth he hath: this even the worshipper awaits.

PLUNDERING THE PROPERTIES OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT OFFER GIFTS

Ishwar commands to plunder the property of people who do not offer gifts and then to kill
them.

Rig Veda 1.81.9 …Discover thou, as Lord, the wealth of men who offer up no gifts: bring thou
to us this wealth of theirs.

Atharva Veda 20.93.2 Crush with thy foot the niggard churls who bring no gifts. Might art
thou: There is not one to equal thee.

Rig Veda 9.22.7 “Thou, Soma, boldest wealth in kine which thou hast seized from niggard
churls: Thou calledst forth the outspun thread.” Tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith

English translation by Arya Samaji scholar,

Rig Veda 9.22.7 “O elixir of bliss, you hold the wealth of kine which you win from the greedy
persons; you are the force behind the extended thread (of creation).” Tr. Svami Satya Prakash
Sarasvati

This verse refers to the Panis tribe, according to some scholars the Panis tribe were also part
of the Vedic society but were plundered and killed because they made no offerings to Ishwar,
this is why they are considered Niggards. But Yaska gives a different meaning, Yaska writes
that Panis tribe were Demons. One is not to be deluded by the usage of the word Demon here
as Demons and Barbarians are those who does not follow the Veda or who lives beyond the
boundaries of Aryavarta. The Vedic followers are commanded here to crush the Panis tribe
only because they make no offerings to Vedic Gods. There are more evidences to show that
tribes were plundered and killed just because they made no offerings to Vedic gods.

Atharva Veda 20.56.6 These people, Indra, keep for thee all that is worthy of thy choice.
Discover thou, as Lord, the wealth of men who offer up no gifts: bring thou to us this wealth
of theirs.

Plundering Godless (Adeva)

Rig Veda 10.138.4 He boldly cast down forts which none had e’er assailed: unwearied he
destroycd the godless treasure-stores. Like Sun and Moon he took the stronghold’s wealth
away, and, praised in song, demolished foes with flashing dart.

Following is the Hindi translation by Arya Samaji scholar Shripad Damodar Satwalekar

Dark races

Rig Veda 7.5.3 “Through your fear, O universal fire, the dark evil forces, though of many
minds, come under a control, having abandoned their possessions. Adorable Lord, may you
shine upon all men and blaze, consuming the cities of their foes.” Tr. Svami Satyaprakash
Sarasvati

Another clear translation,

Rig Veda 7.5.3 “For fear of thee forth fled the dark-hued races, scattered abroad, deserting
their possessions, When, glowing, O Vaiśvānara, for Pūru, thou Agni didst light up and rend
their castles.” Tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ishwar Behaving like a Thug

Rig Veda 7.93.5 “When two large, mutually defiant hosts, emulous in corporal vigour, contest,
may you destroy the godless in favour of the god fearing and in favour of the person who
pours out devotional sentiments.” Tr. SatyaPrakash Saraswati

Rig Veda 4.25.7 (Indra), the drinker of the effused Soma, contracts no friendship with the
wealthy trader who offers not any libation ; he takes away his wealth ; destroys him when
destitute; but he is a special (friend) to him who presents the libation and oblation.

Rig Veda 5.34.8 When Indra, the possessor of opulence, discriminates between two men, both
wealthy, and exerting themselves (against each other) for the sake of valuable cattle, he takes
one of them [The one who performs Yajna] as his associate, causing (his adversaries) to
tremble, and the agitator (of the clouds), together with the Maruts, bestows upon him herds of
cattle.

Other verses shows that Ishwar provides protection to those who make offerings to him, but
Ishwar slays the person who doesn’t worship or make offerings. Why is Ishwar behaving like
a thug? Shouldn’t Ishwar be equal and friendly to everyone irrespective of their offerings? All
the verses I quoted above orders to kill those who make no offerings, there are several
instances in Vedas wherein tribesmen were killed just because they made no offering to
Ishwar,

Rig Veda 3.53.14 “O bounteous Lord, of what avail are the cattle of infidels to you. Neither
they yield milk nor do these faithless persons kindle sacred fire. May you bring wealth of
these unbelievers to us and give us possession of people of low mortality and crush them.” Tr.
SayaPrakash Saraswati

This verse is referring to the Kikata tribe who were plundered by Vedic heroes and killed.
Maharishi Yaska explains this as,

Nirukta 6.32 What are the cows doing in Kikata? Kikata is the name of a country where the
non-Aryans dwell. Non-Aryan tribes are (so called because it is said),’What have they done?
Or their assumption is that religious rites are useless. They neither get the milk to mix with the
soma, nor kindle fire.

Here the Vedic god is invoked to plunder the cows of of Kikata people and to plunder the
wealth of the king of Kikata tribe. As I said earlier, many tribes were plundered and looted by
Vedic gods just because they made no offering to Ishwar, Kikata and Panis tribes are few
examples. Here is another translation by Arya Samaj,

Rig Veda 3.53.14 “O learned king! you possess admirable wealth, what do the cattle do among
the atheists because they have no faith in the Vedic teachings and rites or in place inhabited by
them. They yield no milk to mix with the Soma, and do not perform the Yajna with the ghee of
the cows. Therefore, bring them to us, so that we may use them for hospitality (giving the milk
mixed with Soma) to teachers and preachers. Give us wealth taken away from the wicked
persons for the use of those who hailing from a good family come to us. Remove far away
from us a man who uses his power for doing mean or inglorious acts or keep him under us.”
Tr. Acharya Dharma Deva Vidya Martanda

Swami Dayanand Saraswati wrote on this verse, “As the cows do not grow among the
wicked atheists, in the same manner, Dharma and other virtues do not grow among the persons
lacking faith. Among the enlightened persons atheists can never have the upper hand.
Therefore, good scholars should blot out atheism.” Tr. Acharya Dharma Deva Vidya Martanda

KILLING THOSE WHO HATE ISHWAR AND WHOM ISHWAR HATES

The entire hymn of Atharva 2.19 is dedicated in burning those who hate Ishwar and to whom
Ishwar hates,

Atharva Veda 2.19.1 Burn thou, O Agni, with that heat of thine against the man who hates us,
whom we hate.

Atharva Veda 10.5.15 “…By him we attack on him who hates us and whome we abhor. We
overthrow and slay him through this knowledge, through this act and through this fatal
weapon.” Tr. Vaidyanath Shastri

Atharva Veda 10.5.25 …from earth we bar him who hates us and whom we hate.

The Arya Samaj commentary states that a, ‘Man [Brahmin] should satisfy himself by killing
his enemies with the miraculous powers given by God’.

Rig Veda 3.53.21 “O resplendent Lord, brave and opulant, protect us this day against our foes
with many and excellent defences, may the vile wretch who hates us fall before us; May the
breath of life depart from him whom we hate.” Tr. SatyaPrakash Saraswati

Yajur Veda 15.15 This one in front, golden-tressed, with sunbeams; the leader of his host and
his chieftain are Rathagritsa and Rathaujas, and Puñjikasthalâ: and Kratusthalâ his Apsarases.
Biting animals are his weapon, homicide his missile weapon; to them be homage: may they
protect us, may they have mercy upon us. In their jaws we place the man whom we hate and
who hates us.

Atharva Veda 10.3.3 This charm shall conquer and cast down thy foemen. Be thou the first to
slay the men who hate thee.

Is it right to kill someone just because they hate you or Ishwar? What kind of God is Ishwar
who commands to kill the person who just hates him. The above verse explicitly says to be the
first one to kill those who just ‘Hate’ you. Is this justifiable? If you just oppress a Brahmin you
are liable to be killed according to Vedas, but the Brahmin can kill you, deprive you of your
property, there is no sin in this, but oppressing a Brahmin is a grave sin in Vedas,

‘Atharva Veda 13.3.1 ‘…O Rohita (King) agitate destroy and entangle in snares the man doing
wrong to Brahman.” , Tr. Vaidyanath Shastri.

Atharva Veda 12.5.52 Rend, rend to pieces, rend away, destroy, destroy him utterly. Destroy
Angirasi! the wretch who robs and wrongs the Brahmans, born.

Poor Shudra’s fate is to be oppressed by Brahmins,

Manu Smriti 8.417 A Brahmana may confidently seize the goods of (his) Sudra (slave); for, as
that (slave) can have no property, his master may take his possessions.

Maharishi Manu says that a Brahmin can even kill anyone who hurts him without bringing
notice to the King,

Manu Smriti 9.31-33 A Brahmana who knows the law need not bring any (offence) to the
notice of the king; by his own power alone be can punish those men who injure him. His own
power is greater than the power of the king; the Brahmana therefore, may punish his foes by
his own power alone. Let him use without hesitation the sacred texts, revealed by Atharvan
and by Angiras; speech, indeed, is the weapon of the Brahmana, with that he may slay his
enemies.

KILLING THOSE WHO REJECT AND HATE VEDAS

Atharva Veda 12.5.62 “Rend, rend to bits, rend through and through, scorch and consume and
burn to dust, the one who rejects the Vedas”

[This verse is translated from the Hindi Bhasya]

Arya Samaj commentary states:

“Godly persons shall always be ready to kill irreligious people”

[Kshemkarandas Trivedi (Arya Samaj) on Atharva Veda 12.5.62, page 576] [Source:
http://aryasamajjamnagar.org/atharvaveda_v2/pages/p576.gif ]
He writes on Atharva Veda 12.5.54

‘‘Vedic followers should destroy infidels“- Kshem Karan Das Trivedi on Atharva Veda
12.5.54, page 574 [Source: http://aryasamajjamnagar.org/atharvaveda_v2/pages/p574.gif ]

Hindu god Vishnu says,

Vishnu Purana 3.17 When the glorious Vishnu heard their prayers he emitted from his person
an illusory form wliich he gave to the celestials and said. “This illusory form shall so deceive
the Daityas, so that being led astray from the path of the Vedas, they may be put to death ; for
all gods, demons and others, who shall transgress the authority of the Veda, shall perish by my
prowess which I exercise for the preservation of the universe. Go then ; be not affraid ; this
illusory form shall go before you. celestials, it shall be of great service to you, this day.

Veda also commands to kill the enemies of Vedas,

Atharva Veda 2.12.6 …Burn down the enemies of Vedas.

Griffith has translated the word Brahmadvish as “Haters of Prayer/devotion” which is also
correct but the definition “Those who hate Vedas” is precisely correct, other correct definition
is ‘Enemies of Vedas’. Dayanand Saraswati founder of Arya Samaj gives the following
meaning,

“Brahmadivsh = The enemies of Vedas and Ishwar.

[Rig Veda Dayanand Saraswati Hindi Bhasya, Mandala 2, page 323]

Vidya Martanda also endorsed his Guru’s definition,

[Rig Veda, By Acharya Dharma Deva Vidya Martanda, Vol 3, p.469, Published by
Sarvadeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, April 2002 Reprint]
Satya Prakash Saraswati defines Brahmadvish as,

[Rig Veda Samhita, by Satya Prakash Saraswati and Vidyalankar, Vol 4, page no 1294,
Published by Veda Pratishthana, New Delhi, 1977]
Swami Prabhupada the founder of ISKCON gives the following meaning,

‘‘One who is envious of the Vedas, of a qualified Brahmana or of the Brahmana caste is called
Brahma-dvis”

[Krishna The Supreme Personality of Godhead: A Summary Study of Srimad-Bhagavatam’s

Tenth Canto, Part 2, by A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, page 304, Publisher
Bhaktivedanta Trust, 2003 Edition]
Besides Pandit Jaydev Sharma also translates it as ‘The enemies of Vedas’, Almost every
commentator and translator has given the same meaning.

Rig Veda 2.23.4 “O God and learned person! you take the people to the target through the path
of religion and justice and protect them. If you commit a sin, the soul or God is not infested
with it. Those who denounce the Vedas and God, you cast your anger on them. Therefore, we
should admire your greatness.” Tr. Acharya Dharma Deva Vidya Martanda (Arya Samaj).

Atharva Veda 20.93.1 …destroy the enemies of Vedas

Rig Veda 6.22.8 …burn down the enemies of God, Vedas and the malice…

Rig Veda 6.52.3 …cast your destroying weapon for the destruction of the enemies of Veda,
wealth and crops.

Atharva Veda 20.96.4 …he slays, unasked, the enemies of Vedas.

Rig Veda 6.22.8; 6.52.3, Atharva veda 20.96.4; 2.12.6 are translated into English from the
Hindi Bhashya.

KILLING THE BLASPHEMERS

Rig Veda 6.72.1 …ye killed all darkness and the Gods’ blasphemers.

It is mentioned in Bhagwad Purana (Srimad Bhagvatam)

Srimad Bhagvatam 4.4.17 Sati continued: If one hears an irresponsible person blaspheme the
master and controller of religion, one should block his ears and go away if unable to punish
him. But if one is able to kill, then one should by force cut out the blasphemer’s tongue and
kill the offender, and after that one should give up his own life.

ISKCON scholar writes on this verse,

“If possible she should have cut out Daksha’s tongue because he blasphemed Lord Siva. In
other words, since Lord Siva is the protector of religion, a person who vilifies him should be
killed at once, and after killing such a person, one should give up one’s life…The instruction
set forth here in Srimad-Bhagavatam is that one should not tolerate at any cost the activities of
a person who vilifies or blasphemes an authority. If one is a Brahmana he should not give up
his body because by doing so he would be responsible for killing a Brahmana; therefore a
Brahmana should leave the place or block his ears so that he will not hear the blasphemy. If
one happens to be a Kshatriya he has the power to punish any man; therefore a Kshatriya
should at once cut out the tongue of the vilifier and kill him. But as far as the Vaisyas and
Sudras are concerned, they should immediately give up their bodies.” [
http://vanisource.org/wiki/SB_4.4.17 ]

Rig Veda 6.61.3 Thou castest down, Sarasvati, those who scorned the Gods…

Rig Veda 2.23.14 Burn up the demons with thy fiercest flaming brand, those who have
scorned thee in thy manifested might…

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