theist Posted October 29, 2002 Report Share Posted October 29, 2002 Vedas personified. What does that term refer to? And how does it relate to the idea of a continuing,enfoldening revelation of the nature of Godhead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raga Posted October 29, 2002 Report Share Posted October 29, 2002 "Vedas" here refers to the shrutis. The Gaudiya acaryas have explained that the Brahma Gayatri herself, the Mother of the Vedas, performed penance and attained siddhi in the form of Kama-Gayatri. If the Mother of the Vedas can gain more depth into her personality, why not the Vedas themselves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahnava Nitai Das Posted October 29, 2002 Report Share Posted October 29, 2002 The Vedas personified refers to veda-purusha, who is the speaker of the Vedas beyond the conversations of the rishis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinash Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 Isn't Lord Brahma known as Veda personified? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theist Posted October 30, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 I found this.It appears to be a term used in varying contexts. From SB1.19.23 purport The human beings on earth are situated at the beginning of the intermediate worlds, but living beings like Brahma and his contemporaries live in the upper worlds, of which the topmost is Satyaloka. In Satyaloka the inhabitants are fully cognizant of Vedic wisdom, and thus the mystic cloud of material energy is cleared. Therefore they are known as the Vedas personified. Such persons, being fully aware of knowledge both mundane and transcendental, have no interest in either the mundane or transcendental worlds. They are practically desireless devotees. In the mundane world they have nothing to achieve, and in the transcendental world they are full in themselves. Then why do they come to the mundane world? They descend on different planets as messiahs by the order of the Lord to deliver the fallen souls. On the earth they come down and do good to the people of the world in different circumstances under different climatic influences. They have nothing to do in this world save and except reclaim the fallen souls rotting in material existence, deluded by material energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 yes that is right, The pure devotee on the maha bhagavat stage can be known as the personification of the vedas. While a devotee may be pure, the maha bhagavata has is full of the knowledge and conclusions of the vedic truths. The shastra advises the seeker to search for such a person and surrender to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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