Is Krishna to be known by all the Vedas?

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sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto

mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca

vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo

vedanta-krd veda-vid eva caham

TRANSLATION

I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and

forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I am the compiler

of Vedänta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.

 

 

============ REF. Bg 15.15

 

Do all the Vedas talk about Krishna? Or they are divided into the Paravidya

and Aparavidya? Krishna says that he is known by all the Vedas.

 

 

The Vedic literature consisting of Veda, Vedanga, itihasa, purana etc. known

as 14 vidyasthanas constitute both paravidya and aparavidya. This

classification is not the classification of literature but a classification

of viewpoints. When one understands Parabrahman or God through this

literature it is paravidya. But through the same literature when one

understands rituals, deities etc then it is aparavidya. Therefore, the

contention of some that only the Upanishads constitutes paravidya and

Samhita, Brahmana etc, aparavidya is not correct.

 

YHS

Damana Krishna dasa