The Story of Sanskrit
Over millennia, Sanskrit was refined as an instrument of Yoga. By the 6th Century B.C. it had been perfected, and was ready to be laid down formally. The genius Panini was born for that purpose.
Sir Kenneth Clark in his "Civilisation" lists a handful of epochs . . the Renaissance, ancient Greece, Rome . . . as highly energized times that saw a tremendous acceleration of creativity and elevation of thought . . . In spite of his personal awe of the accomplishments of the Italian Renaissance, Clark admits that perhaps the greatest golden age the world has ever known is 6th century BC India.
Why has Sanskrit endured?
Panini's grammar, Ashtadhyayi "remains the most correct and complete grammar ever written and is considered a model for all grammars". It's the source and inspiration for the development of modern linguistics. It has preserved Sanskrit in its pristine form for all time.
The poetic instrument of Sanskrit generated a tidal wave of nurturing wisdom, the blessing of ancient Rishis who divined a perfect language to sustain a love for knowledge.
This truth is pristinely preserved through a purity of word and grammar that makes an ancient verse or sutra crystallize within like a photograph in sharp focus, as if no time had passed. Sanskrit has endured because it perpetually generates an energized clear state of mind that secures a front row seat to the magnificent expressions of great seers.
As one becomes more proficient in Sanskrit there’s an acceleration of insight.. Basking in a light that beams down through hundreds of generations over milennia, the lover of Sanskrit selectively extracts and refocuses the truth uncovered in monumental literary works like the Vedas, Upanishads, the great epics of Yoga – the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Gita, Puranas, Sutra literature like the Yoga Sutras, sciences like Grammar and Ayurveda, works of great Kavis like Kalidasa and sages like Shankaracharya. This truth transforms one’s life and creates the certainty of freedom.