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Vedah pratisthah sarve sarve purane natra samsayah This is explained in the following verse -īharata-vyapadesena hyamnayarthah pradarsitah

Hence the solution lies in the Puranas and the Itihasas. Therefore, we may conclude that although the Vedas are perfect sabda-pramana, it is impractical to become thoroughly conversant with the Vedas in this day and age in order to understand the Supreme. What to speak of the entire Vedas or even the 6% that still survives today! At present, amongst the brahmana communities in India, it is generally observed that vedadhyayana simply consists of memorising the text of one of the four Vedas ‘parrot-fashion’, but as we can see from above, there is much more to it than that. 1Īpart from that, it is practically impossible for those born in the age of Kali (who are generally ‘ mandah sumanda-matayo’) to memorise even the slightest thing. This entails primarily learning the basic grammar (which generally takes 12 years or so) and then memorising extra vocabulary in order to decipher the mystical language of the Vedas.

Since the language of the Vedas is enshrouded in mysterious meanings, one must also be willing to sacrifice years of study in order to learn Vaidika (classical) Sanskrit.

Even if the Vedas were complete in there entirety, in order to understand them one must first study the Vedangas which includes Siksa (the science of phonetics), Vyakarana (grammatical rules), Kalpa (ritualistic rules), Nirukta (obscure word meanings), Chanda (Metres for chanting Vedic hymns), and Jyotisa (astrology and astronomy).

We can only find 11 Samhitas, 18 Brahmanas, 7 Aranyakas and 220 Upanisads which constitutes a mere 6% of the entire Vedic canon! This makes a total of 4,520 divisions.Īt present, most of these texts have disappeared due to the influence of time. Thus altogether the 4 Vedas contain 1,130 Samhitas, 1,130 Brahmanas, 1,130 Aranyakas, and 1,130 Upanisads. ‘Previously the Rg Veda was divided into 21 sections, the Yajur Veda into 100 sections, the Sama Veda into 1,000 sections and the Atharva Veda into 9 divisions.’Įach division has 4 minor divisions, namely the Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanisads. Sama-vedam sahasrena sakhanam prabibheda sahĪtharvanam atho vedam bibedha navakena tu This is stated in the Kurma Purana (52.19-20):Įka-vimsati-bhedena rg-vedam krtavan pura

However, there are certain factors that make it practically impossible to study the Vedas in this age: After Srila Vyasadeva divided the Vedas into four books ( Rg, Yajur, Sama and Atharva), his disciples further divided them into 1,130 divisions. They constitute the means of receiving knowledge about the Absolute Truth.

REFUTATION: That the Vedas are eternal and apauruseya is a fact that all sampradayas, including the school of Sankara, unanimously agree with. Therefore, in order to validate your claims, you must give quotes from sruti only. They are auxiliary to the Vedas and hence their statements should be considered as secondary when compared to the statements made in the Vedas. The Vedas are eternal as they emanate from the Lord Himself ( apaurusaya), whereas the Puranas and smrti-sastras, although they give knowledge about God, are authored by men. OBJECTION: In your arguments you have mostly quoted purana-vakya (quotes from Puranic texts) to substantiate your points.