Swami vivekananda quotes in sanskrit language

On Language - Swami Vivekananda - VivekaVani

In this article we'll make a collection of Swami Vivekananda's quotes and comments on Sanskrit language.

Swami Vivekananda on Sanskrit language

Sanskrit and prestige go together in India.

—Swami Vivekananda

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Swami Vivekananda told—
  • God spoke once.

    He spoke in Sanskrit, and that is the divine language.[Source]

  • In our country, owing to all learning being in Sanskrit from the ancient times, there has arisen an immeasurable gulf between the learned and the common folk.[Source]
  • Just look at Sanskrit. Look at the Sanskrit of the Brâhmanas, at Shabara Swâmi's commentary on the Mimâmsâ philosophy, the Mahâbhâshya of Patanjali, and, finally, at the great Commentary of Achârya Shankara: and look also at the Sanskrit of comparatively recent times.

    You will at once understand that so long as a man is alive, he talks a living language, but when he is dead, he speaks a dead language.[Source]

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