The Rājya Sabhā is the Upper
House of the Parliament of India. It consists of 250 members out of which
twelve are nominated by the President of India. The rest are nominated by the
State Legislature.
The
word Sabhā occurs in the Vedas. It meant an assembly of scholars. It also
denoted the hall where the assembly met.
India issued a commemorative stamp on the 200th Rājya Sabhā Session on
11.12.2003. The First Day Cover is imprinted with a beautiful śloka which
conveys the concept of Sabhā as contained in the Māhābhārata, 5.35.49 (with
slight variations) and Hitopadeśa, 3.61 --
There is
no Assembly where there are no elders, those who do not elicit Dharma are not
to be considered as elders. What is not truth can never be righteous;
and even righteous truth from a cheat is no truth!
"That is the message of the sloka, worth being
inscribed as the writing on the wall in all places where people meet to
discuss matters of human interest such as, the U.N.O., Parliament,
Senate, Assembly and Sabhā!" -- so said the great Sri Chandrasekharendra Sarasvatī - Śri Śaṅkarācārya of Kānchi Kāmakoti Pītha.
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