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The system of values of life is an important factor that welds the people of a Country into a Nation. Some such important values within the purview of Dharma are,  

The system of values of life is an important factor that welds the people of a Country into a Nation. Some such important values within the purview of Dharma are,  

# Duty towards others

# Duty Orientedness (कर्तव्यप्रधानता)

# Achara (आचारः ॥ Code of Conduct)

# Code of Conduct (आचारः)

# Respect for Womanhood  

# Respect for Womanhood (स्त्रीत्वसत्कारः)

# Samanata (समानता | Equality)  

# Equality (समानता)  

# Krtajnata (कृतज्ञता | Gratitude)  

# Gratitude (कृतज्ञता)  

# Daya (दया | Compassion)  

# Compassion (दया)  

# Simple Life reflecting sparing use of Natural Resources  

# Simple Life reflecting sparing use of Natural Resources  

# Seva and Paropakara (सेवा परोपकारः च | Service)  

# Service (सेवा परोपकारः च |)  

# Tyaga (त्यागः | Sacrifice)  

# Sacrifice (त्यागः)  

# Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् | World is one Family)<ref name=":2" />

# World is one Family (वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् |)<ref name=":2" />

=== Duty Towards Other Living Beings ===

=== कर्तव्यप्रधानता || Duty Orientedness ===

Bharatiya culture and civilization attached primary importance to duty. The society established by the ancestors in Bharata is duty based in which the right given to an individual is the right to perform his duty. It is this philosophy which is the essence of the Bhagvad Gita that is declared in the verse,<blockquote>कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते |<ref>Bhagavad Gita, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83 Adhyaya 2].</ref> ''karmaṇyēvādhikārastē |''</blockquote>Meaning: Your right (adhikara) is to perform your duty.

Bharatiya culture and civilization attached primary importance to duty. The society established by the ancestors in Bharata is duty based in which the right given to an individual is the right to perform his duty. It is this philosophy which is the essence of the Bhagvad Gita that is declared in the verse,<blockquote>कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते |<ref>Bhagavad Gita, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83 Adhyaya 2].</ref> ''karmaṇyēvādhikārastē |''</blockquote>Meaning: Your right (adhikara) is to perform your duty.

also indicate that special provisions had been made in favour of women in many respects. They have been separately elaborated in the article Rights of Women.<ref name=":2" />

also indicate that special provisions had been made in favour of women in many respects. They have been separately elaborated in the article Rights of Women.<ref name=":2" />

==== SAMANATA (EQUALITY) ====

=== समानता || Equality ===

The Vedas constituted the primordial source of Dharma. The Charter of Equality (Samanta) incorporated in the Rigveda, the most ancient of the Vedas, and in the Atharvanaveda are worth quoting.<blockquote>अज्येष्ठासो अकनिष्ठास एते सं भ्रातरो वावृधुः सौभगाय ||</blockquote><blockquote>''ajyēṣṭhāsō akaniṣṭhāsa ētē saṁ bhrātarō vāvr̥dhuḥ saubhagāya ||''</blockquote>Meaning: No one is superior (ajyestaso) or inferior (akanishtasa). All are brothers (ete bhrataraha). All should strive for the interest of all and should progress collectively. (sowbhagaya sam va vridhuhu).

The Vedas constituted the primordial source of Dharma. The Charter of Equality (Samanta) incorporated in the Rigveda, the most ancient of the Vedas, and in the Atharvanaveda are worth quoting.<blockquote>अज्येष्ठासो अकनिष्ठास एते सं भ्रातरो वावृधुः सौभगाय ||</blockquote><blockquote>''ajyēṣṭhāsō akaniṣṭhāsa ētē saṁ bhrātarō vāvr̥dhuḥ saubhagāya ||''</blockquote>Meaning: No one is superior (ajyestaso) or inferior (akanishtasa). All are brothers (ete bhrataraha). All should strive for the interest of all and should progress collectively. (sowbhagaya sam va vridhuhu).