JUDGMENT

1. Lord Krishna said in Shri Bhagwat Geeta:

(Bhagwat Geeta Chapter 3 Verse 14)

All living beings subsist on food, and food is produced by rains. Rains come from the performance of Yagna or sacrifice, and Yajna or sacrifice is born out of actions that are filled with responsibility towards environment, ecology and society as a whole.

2. A hundred and thirty-two years ago, in 1854, 'the wise Indian Chief of Seattle' replied to the offer of 'the great White Chief in Washington' to buy their land. The reply is profound. It is beautiful. It is timeless. It contains the wisdom of the ages. It is a profound statement on environment. We are tempted to quote the whole of it:

"How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us.

"If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?

"Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people. The Sap which courses through the trees carries the memories of the red man.

"The white man's dead forget the country of their birth w