RE: Vishnu first or veda first?

[Guest guest]

dear sri krishnamachari,

 

vedas are co-eternal with God. one does not precede other. vedas belong to

the group of nitya ichha siddha vastukkal ie. are due to the eternal will of

God. so are jivas, prakriti, nitya vaikuntam etc.

 

adiyen Krishna

 

 

Narasimhan Krishnamachari [champakam]

Wednesday, October 09, 2002 7:15 AM

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Vishnu first or veda first?

 

 

Our acharya-s tell us that Vishnu did not "come", and always existed,

exists, and will exist, and veda-s are His breath. So it is not clear where

the doubt is.

 

If one wants to postulate a theoretical question, then the analogy of the

"chicken and the egg", or the "tree and the seed" come to mind.

 

The veda-s and upanishads (e.g., ISAvAsya upanishad) declare that God is

beyond the realm of logic and reasoning, and He is in the realm of

experience that comes from deep devotion. So logical analysis will not lead

to an answer that is satsifactory.

 

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Nanmaaran,

 

In B.Gita Chapter 15, the Lord Sri Krishna says that

from all the Vedas he is to be known, he is the

complier of vedas (vedais ca sarvair aham eva

vedyo.......)

 

I do not think it is right to say that avatars

preceded vedas or vice versa but the vedas and vedic

literatures do predict and provide description of

avatars such as when, where, how the lord will appear.

 

Bala.

[Guest guest]

Dear Shri Narasimhan,

I think that you have got my doubt wrongly. I did not ask (Vishnu or Veda

first). I asked whether AVATARS preceded Vedas or Vedas preceded AVATARs.

If we say that VEDAS preceded, then how come thrivikrama avatar is referred in

Rigveda.

This is my doubt..

Kindly clarify..

Regards,

Nanmaaran