प्रमाण-नेत्रम्

The canon places pramāṇa (warrant, evidence, reliable means of knowing) as the ‘eye’ of the seeker. This is not a denial of faith; it is a diagnosis of blindness. Faith (śraddhā) is permitted as support, never as substitute. The mantra names the pathology: andhā śraddhā — faith that refuses tests, forbids questions, and demands submission. In Param Veda, science is not worshiped; it is practiced as humility before reality. A claim is sacred only insofar as it survives contact with the world: observation, measurement, reproducibility, and honest revision. This is the anti-propaganda engine: propaganda thrives where questioning is punished. The second line makes inquiry (praśna-vicāraṇā) a lamp. A lamp does not insult darkness; it simply reveals what is there. So questioning is not rebellion; it is service to the common world — the only world where multiple faiths can meet without coercion.