INVC,,
Delhi,,
The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari released the book “Prithvi Sukta” written by Shri N.C. Joshi, Secretary, Rajya Sabha at a function here today. Addressing on the occasion, he said that Prithvi Sukta, which is part of the Atharva Veda is in the tradition of hymns to the forces of nature contained in a chronologically much earlier work, the Rig Veda. Understanding the treasures of planet earth and means to exploit and utilise them in a sustainable manner has been central to human civilization. Our earth system with its complex inter-linkages between the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the biosphere and the ecosphere provides us with water and land resources, ecological, water and energy resources. The Atharvaveda, and its Prithvi Sukta, has an entire hymn of sixty three verses dedicated to Mother Earth.
