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How old are the Vedas,no one knows. HMV ,the gramophone company  had once published a pamphlet giving the history of the gramophone record. . Thomas Alva Edison ,who invented the gramaphone wanted to record the voice of an eminent scholar on his first piece. So he recorded the voice of Max Muller, a great personality  of England and the speech was played  to the Audience..This  first recorded speech of Max Muller was in a language which the European scholars had never heard. Max Muller then explained that what he had spoken, “Agni Meele Purohitam”  was Sanskrit language  and it was the beginning sloka of Rig Veda..

Why did Max Muller choose this? Addressing the audience Max Muller said" Vedas are the oldest text of the human race. In the most primordial time, when the people did not know how even to cover their bodies and lived by hunting and housed in caves ,Indians had attained high civilization and they gave the world universal philosophies in the form of the Vedas” When “Agni Meele Purohitam” was replayed the entire audience stood up in silence as a mark of respect for the ancient Hindu sages. 

The meaning for the audio you are listening to is :

"Oh Agni ,You who gleam in the darkness,to You we come day by day,with devotion and bearing homage"

So be of easy access to us ,Agni , as a father  to his son,abide with us for our well being "

Dr Albert Einstein was also an admirer of Hindu Thoughts." We owe a lot to Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made..” I have made the Gita as the main source of my inspiration and guide for the purpose of scientific investigations and formation of my theories.”