long time ago when i used to read raamcharitmanas, in there saint tulsidaas wrote in a chaupaayi, in kalyug all shashtras will hide themselves under the caves. some people take this hide as being lost forever, being destroyed. but this is not so.
first we have to understand why would shashtras or knowledge hide themselves?
"verily knowledge approached brahmana, 'protect me, i am thy treasure. do not expound me to scornful, nor to the unstraightforward, nor to one who has no self control; thus shall i grow powerful.
in order to protect thy treasure, o brahman : expound me to him alone, whom thou know to be pure, diligent, intelligent, observing the rules of celibate life, and who never bears enmity towards thee." [ nirukta 2.4]
second question is, how those mantras occurred which we call samhitas?
"a seer is ( so called) from his having vision. 'he saw the hymns' says aupmanyava. it is known because self born brahma manifested himself to them while practicing austerities, they become seers, that is characteristics of seer." [ nirukta 2.11]
so basically there was only 'om' eternal. all mantras all sounds are different parts of it. a person do not hear it from other person and there is no need to do so. a seer sees the mantras by his own. there is no point of making book of vedas. one has to find the mantras by himself. and even those who know the mantras, they also have to deliver to those who deserve according to above nirukta passage.
third question is how one will do that? how can one see the hymns?
chandogya upnishad 1.3 says about the method,
"6. One should meditate on the letters of the word Udgitha (i.e. ut, gi and tha). Ut is the prana, for a man rises (uttishthati) by means of the prana. Gi is speech, for speeches are called girah. Tha is food, for all this subsists (sthita) on food.
7. Ut is heaven, gi the mid—region and tha the earth. Ut is the sun, gi the air and tha fire. Ut is the Sama—Veda, gi the Yajur—Veda and tha the Rig—Veda. To him who thus meditates speech yields milk and milk is speech. He who knows this and meditates on the letters of the Udgitha becomes the possessor of food and the eater of food."
lastly i would like to define what is veda.
brihadaranyaka 5.1.1
"Om. Infinite is That Brahman, infinite in this manifested universe. From the Infinite Brahman proceeds the infinite. After the realization of the Great Identity or after the cosmic dissolution, when the infinity of the infinite universe merges in the Infinite Brahman, there remains the Infinite Brahman alone. Om is the Akasa Brahman—the primeval akasa. It is the akasa containing air, says the son of Kauravayarn. It (Om) is the Veda—thus the knowers of Brahman know; for through it one knows what is to he known."
after this verse, no one can say vedas are lost. it would be completely baseless assertion that if we don't have some mantras in modern time ( however that's debatable claim again ), then vedas are lost. vedas are not lost nor destroyed. knowledge can't be destroyed. it's found. unlike other religions we don't claim some books as book sent by god that we need to preserve. it's not a book that can be burnt or buried. it's all in upper consciousness and we have to find by ourselves. knowledge is not sold in market for some 300 or thousand bucks. knowledge is real wealth and to get that wealth we have to do tapasya, meditation.
- YVV
first we have to understand why would shashtras or knowledge hide themselves?
"verily knowledge approached brahmana, 'protect me, i am thy treasure. do not expound me to scornful, nor to the unstraightforward, nor to one who has no self control; thus shall i grow powerful.
in order to protect thy treasure, o brahman : expound me to him alone, whom thou know to be pure, diligent, intelligent, observing the rules of celibate life, and who never bears enmity towards thee." [ nirukta 2.4]
second question is, how those mantras occurred which we call samhitas?
"a seer is ( so called) from his having vision. 'he saw the hymns' says aupmanyava. it is known because self born brahma manifested himself to them while practicing austerities, they become seers, that is characteristics of seer." [ nirukta 2.11]
so basically there was only 'om' eternal. all mantras all sounds are different parts of it. a person do not hear it from other person and there is no need to do so. a seer sees the mantras by his own. there is no point of making book of vedas. one has to find the mantras by himself. and even those who know the mantras, they also have to deliver to those who deserve according to above nirukta passage.
third question is how one will do that? how can one see the hymns?
chandogya upnishad 1.3 says about the method,
"6. One should meditate on the letters of the word Udgitha (i.e. ut, gi and tha). Ut is the prana, for a man rises (uttishthati) by means of the prana. Gi is speech, for speeches are called girah. Tha is food, for all this subsists (sthita) on food.
7. Ut is heaven, gi the mid—region and tha the earth. Ut is the sun, gi the air and tha fire. Ut is the Sama—Veda, gi the Yajur—Veda and tha the Rig—Veda. To him who thus meditates speech yields milk and milk is speech. He who knows this and meditates on the letters of the Udgitha becomes the possessor of food and the eater of food."
lastly i would like to define what is veda.
brihadaranyaka 5.1.1
"Om. Infinite is That Brahman, infinite in this manifested universe. From the Infinite Brahman proceeds the infinite. After the realization of the Great Identity or after the cosmic dissolution, when the infinity of the infinite universe merges in the Infinite Brahman, there remains the Infinite Brahman alone. Om is the Akasa Brahman—the primeval akasa. It is the akasa containing air, says the son of Kauravayarn. It (Om) is the Veda—thus the knowers of Brahman know; for through it one knows what is to he known."
after this verse, no one can say vedas are lost. it would be completely baseless assertion that if we don't have some mantras in modern time ( however that's debatable claim again ), then vedas are lost. vedas are not lost nor destroyed. knowledge can't be destroyed. it's found. unlike other religions we don't claim some books as book sent by god that we need to preserve. it's not a book that can be burnt or buried. it's all in upper consciousness and we have to find by ourselves. knowledge is not sold in market for some 300 or thousand bucks. knowledge is real wealth and to get that wealth we have to do tapasya, meditation.
- YVV
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