CHARVAKA-SYMBOL OF ANCIENT RATIONALISM !

# na swargo na apwargo va na aiv aatma par lokika,

   na aiv varn aashram aadinam kriyashch phaldayika,

  agnihotram tryo vedas tridandam bhasm ghontham,

 budhi poorsh heenanaam jevika dhatr         nirmata ;

# pushochey nihata swargam jyotish tomay gameshyte,

  swpita yajmaanain tatr kasmaan na      hinsyatay;

# mratnam api jantonaam shradam ch trapti karnam,

 ghachhtami ha jantonaam vertham pathye kalpanam ;

# yadi ghachhait param lokam deh aadesh vinargata,

  kasmaat bhoyo na ch aytee bandhu sneh sam akola ;

# tryo vedasy kartaro bhand dhorta nishachara           ,

   jarfari turfari ityadi panditanaam vacha smartam   ; [Charvaak Darshan,page 4,* ].

EXPOSITION :-

There is no heaven, no final liberation, nor any soul in another world,

Nor do the actions of the four castes, order, &c, produce any real effect,

The Agnihotra, the three Vedas, the ascetic’s three staves, and smearing oneself with ashes —

 these are but means of livelihood for those who have no manliness nor any self respect/esteem.

If a beast slain in the Jyothishtoma rite will itself go to heaven,

why then does not the sacrificer forthwith offer his own father?

If the Sraddha produces gratification to beings who are dead,

then why not give food down below to those who are standing on the house-top?

If he who departs from the body goes to another world,

how is it that he come not back again, restless for love of his kindred?

The three authors of the Vedas were buffoons, knaves, and demons.

All the well-known formulae of the pandits, jarphari, turphari, etc.

* As quoted by Dayanand Sarswati in Satyarth Prakash, page 381-382.