Śānti Veda · The Work of Just Peace
शरणागत-रक्षा
śaraṇāgata-rakṣā
Mūla · Original verse
Sanskrit
Anvaya
Plain English meaning
Protecting the person in terror is an obligation of the whole world. By giving refuge, food, and safety, peace is enlarged.
Kāvya
Poetic rendering
The stranger at the threshold carries no less a universe of memory because the storm erased the address of home.
Manana
Contemplation
Hospitality requires fair screening and shared responsibility, but vulnerability must never be exploited for political hatred or indefinite neglect.
Prayoga
Civilizational practice
Provide immediate necessities, lawful status, family unity, education, health care, work, and a path toward safe return or dignified belonging.
Param Veda Upaniṣad · One-to-One Bhāṣya
Sit near the question
The companion moves from words and meaning to inward reflection, public application, boundaries against misuse, dialogue, and practice.
Padārtha · Key terms
bhayārta — one afflicted by fear; paritrāṇa — protection; kartavya — duty; āśraya — refuge; bhojana — food; rakṣā — safety
Anvaya · Sequence of meaning
Protecting the person in terror is an obligation of the whole world. By giving refuge, food, and safety, peace is enlarged.
Bhāṣya · Commentary
The person seeking refuge first appears not as foreigner, burden, or instrument, but as a human being under threat. Immediate duties concern life: safety, shelter, food, health, family unity, and fair hearing. Peace expands when terror is not permitted to erase personhood at a border or threshold.
Loka-saṃgraha · Civilizational application
A durable refuge system needs lawful status, timely decisions, safeguarding, education, health care, work, language access, community participation, and a path toward safe return or dignified belonging. Responsibility should be shared so that hospitality does not collapse under isolation.
Maryādā · Boundary against misuse
Protection permits fair identity and security checks; it does not permit indefinite neglect, exploitation, family separation without necessity, or political hatred directed at a whole displaced population. The same evidentiary and dignity standards apply.
Praśna–Uttara
Teacher and student
Prayoga · Practice
- 1 Ensure immediate necessities are not withheld during status determination.
- 2 Give displaced people a formal voice in the services and settlements affecting them.
Saṅgati · Canonical correspondences