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nor any end. And when we speak of Sanatan Dharma we must
take it for granted on the authority of Sripad Ramanujacha-
rya that it has no beginning nor any end. The thing which has
no beginning nor any end must not be any sectarian thing or
limited by any bourndry. In the light of modern seience it will
be possible for us to see Sanasan Dharma asthe business of ail
the people of world nay all the living entities of the universe.
Non-Sanatan religious faith may have some beginning in the
annals of the human society but there cannot be any history of
the Sanatan Dharam because it continues to remain with the
history of the living entities.

When a man professes to belong to a particular type of
faith with reference to the particular time and circumstances of
birth and thus one claims to be a Hindu, Muslim, Christian,
Budhist or any other sect and subsect such designations are
Non-Sanatan-Dharma. A Hindu may change his faith to become
a Muslim or Muslim may change his faith to become a Hindu or
a Christian etc. but in all circumstances such change of religious
faiths does not allow a person to change his eternal engagement
of rendering service to other. A Hindu or a Muslim or a
Christian in all circumstances, is servant of somebody and thus
to profess a particular type of faith is not to be considered as
Sanatan Dharma but the constant companion of the living
being that is rendering of service is the Sanatan Dharma.

In the Bhagwat Geeta there are several references in the
matter of Sanatanam. Let us see one by one some of the
statemeiits of the Geeta and try to take the import of Sanatam
Dharma from the authority.

There is a reference of the word Sanatanam in the 10th
sloka of the seventh chapter in which the Lord says that he
is the eternal fountain head of every thing and therefore, He
is Sanatanam. The Fountain Head of everything is discribed
in the Upanishad as the Complete Whole. All emanations
from the Fountain Head are alsocomplete in themselves and
inspite of many such complete units have emanated from the"
Sanatan Complete the Sanatan Head does not diminish in
quality or quantity. That is the nature of Sanatanam un:
changed. Anything that wears or tears under the influence of
