✨Slavery in Vedas✨
There are random articles on the internet which interprets the term दास, दासी as Slaves or "female Slaves". They try to prove this similar to the western slavery. Lets have a look at their claims:-,
Yesterday,Someone DMed this to me. I wasn't able to find the original source.
I looked at all the similar claims and I found out that all the articles have imagined "slavery" and injustice just by the word Dasā and provided nothing to substantiate their claims.
Be it the references from the rigveda samhita or the brahman of the samhita( ऐतरेय) They just mention the term दास or दासी. They do not mention what is done to them,what are their Works.
It can't be called slavery. It is "servitude"
दास्यते भृतिरस्मै दासति ददात्यङ्गं स्वामिने उपचाराय वा दास:।(वाचस्पत्यम्)
Vachaspatyam says that one who is given Salary, and who dedicates his part (Body) for the treatment (Seva) of the Master (in exchange for Salary), is called Dasa.
The household works are the work of Dasas.
यश्चैषां स्वामिनं कश्चिन्मोचयेत् प्राणसंशयात्।
दासत्वात् स विमुच्येत पुत्रभागं लभेत चेति॥(N.S 5.30)
If a Dasa saves the life of his Swami,he becomes equivalent to the son. Not only this ,He gets property rights too.
Compare this with Slavery of west(right)
