Who is Young? (तरुण कोण?)

What is real definition of young person (तरुण)? It's very simple question but no one properly gave me answer, why this happened? Why today's youth is unable to define their life? And funny thing is that, when someone trying to define तरुण (youth) then their answers are so funny. One of my friend said, तरुण means teenagers and a person whose body started to grow beard. And another friend said, young person means one who enjoys his life without any responsibility.

So what you think they all are right or wrong. However but Vedas say they are totally immature answers.

Now see the conditions of today's youth, they become sickly, helpless, addicted and hedonistic. He attracted towards inducement. The life of today's youth become same like poem of 'Solomon Grundy'.

Solomon Grundy, 

Born on a Monday, 

Christened on Tuesday, 

Married on Wednesday, 

Took ill on Thursday, 

Grew worse on Friday, 

Died on Saturday, 

Buried on Sunday.

That was the end, 

Of Solomon Grundy.

Then who is real young person (तरुण)?

The Philosophy of Vedas (उपनिषद उवाच) explains the real meaning of Youth (तरुण). Definition as per words of  उपनिषद् (Philosophy of Vedas);

                                                 सैषानन्दस्य मीमांसा भवति।

                                                   युवा स्यात्साधुयुवाध्यायक:

                                                    आशिष्ठो द्रढिष्ठो बलिष्ठ:।

                                                   तस्येयं पृथिवी सर्वा वित्तस्य पूर्णा स्यात् ।

                                                      स एको मानुष आनंद:।।

                                                                       तैत्तिरीयोपनिषत् ब्रम्हवल्ली २/८

The above verse tells characteristics of ideal young person. But it is in Sanskrit language, means a very big question mark in front of us! Really we all are very hapless we are unable to understand language of our divine father (God).

It's ok, now we continue our topic. So whom we call as young person? As per perspectives of श्रुति(Essence of Vedas) let's try to understand meaning of  young person (Youth, तरूण). Being a young human is more important, it gives pleasure. Therefore youth is classic time of life. If you had ever gone through the story of king Yayati, then you know that when he got chance to asked for something, then he asked for his child's youngness. This shows the importance of young personality.

There is no relation between youth (तारुण्य) and age. Who have developed certain traits in their life they are young people. Youth is an attitude. One hundred and eighty years old Bhishmapitamah is real young person, because he had played the conch before the battle. He lives such a life so that, until the last breath he was young. Now the question is that how to create such attitude? This attitude never gets just by applying fragrant talc powder. But when we try to read, learn and implement live and luminous juice of Upanishads in day today life then we feel that power (not powder) of youth and create such a luminous attitude. To fix this there is only one way that is self-cultivation. Therefore our sage always pronounced स्वाध्यायान्मा प्रमद:।

As Passionateness (उत्कटता) should be in youth also Luminosity (तेजस्विता), asceticism (तपस्वीता) and Aptness (तत्परता) these four qualities be there. Luminosity means braveness. When there is injustice, Ignominy or there is false, at all these places I resist, this attitude is known as luminosity. Young people should be as luminous as Lav and Kush (Children of Ramachandra). The nation which have small, timid, selfish and nomadic youth, how someone call it as nation?  How will it improve? The one who has ambition to grab the sky and powdered the Himalaya he is real young person.

Youth should have asceticism. A sincere person can do penance.  A young person can endure happiness and sorrow, by setting goals in life. Happiness is harder to bear than real hurt. Let's understand the example, there is a boy. He had a heart attack (admitted in hospital).  Luckily he got a million bucks in the lottery but everyone wondered how to tell him this story.  The doctor said, "I will tell the patient slowly. You do not say anything." The doctor spoke to the boy, "Understand, what you will do if you get ten thousand?"  The patient said, "Very good thing will happen."  "What if it was twenty-five thousand?"  "Then I will donate five-seven thousand."  "But imagine what would happen if you got a million bucks?"  The patient said, "Doctor! Fifty thousand of you."  Hearing these words, the doctor's heart was shut.  The doctor knew that the patient had received million bucks in lottery. This is how, doctor unable to endure happiness. Therefore, asceticism is the only name for enduring happiness and suffering. The one whose loyalty lies in happiness or misery is young and the same name is Tapaswita (asceticism). 

In Indian culture we find the great Vibhuti sacrificed for every virtue, for every single goal. Ram went to the forest for the truth.  For fourteen years, Ram gladly went to the forest so that his father's words would not be falsified. Vibhuti like Ram, Laxman, Bharat and Sita have created an Indian culture. In Indian culture, there is no lack of ideals at all. See Hanuman worshiping Bramhachari, Definitely an idol ध्रुव (Dhruv), Child devotee Pralhad, Satyamurthy King Harishchandra, Mahasati Savitri, The gandhari she blindfolds for lifetime. All Indian women which are struggling for equal rights! Please see these sati Gandhari’s equal rights! Really Indian Pantagamy (पतिव्रता) has endless blessings.

Aptness is third important thing should be in life of young people. So, Passionateness (उत्कटता), Luminosity (तेजस्विता), asceticism (तपस्वीता), Aptness (तत्परता) if there four things are there in any person then only he/she called as young. The human happiness is in being young (युवा स्यात्). Therefore a man should always be Young. 

By all these things a man will be young. After becoming young, one can able to enjoy the happiness of human life. All the treasure in this world is belongs to young people only. So try to impliment these things in your life for enjoying the treasure that belongs to you.