Sage of Kanchi –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya!

Paramacharya continues, wealth and richness is the source of momentary happiness, in the same manner these two are essential for the performance of righteous deeds which could bring permanent bliss, any moral deeds which bring happiness and goodness is called righteousness, its piousness will follow the individual even after his/her death, any righteous deed without any personal motive will bring Moksham, it purifies the intellect of the individual.  Dharmapramanam are scriptures which elaborates the righteous deeds and its fruitful results. These sacred scriptures are four Vedas, Meemamsa, Nyaya, Puranas, and Dharmashasthras, and Veda and Vedangas are the embodiments of supreme spirit.  Therefore the twice-born has the prime responsibility to learn these scriptures, secondly learn with the purpose of gaining knowledge,  thirdly understand the essence and apply into his life, and fourthly inspire others to learn and follow the same.  It is the essence of knowledge, therefore who is proficient in all these scriptures are considered as scholarly, which could provide the highest of the piousness known as Moksham.  Vedas are held highly significant position in scriptures,  these are nectar like sacred chants  divided into four branches such as Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharvana, Vedanga has six auxiliary disciplines in Vedic culture such as Shiksha/phonetics, pronunciation, Chandass/meters, Vyakarana/grammar, Niruktha/explanation of words, Kalpa/procedures for Vedic rituals, Jyothisha/astrology as well as astronomy.  Hence recitation of Vedic chants should be done with utmost clarity and devotion, every sound and pronunciation produces auspicious and extremely powerful vibes in the atmosphere, it should be handled with great care.   Women are not allowed to recite any of these Vedic chants because they are already in charge of the abundance of responsibilities such as making arrangements for the performance of spiritual as well as religious rites.