[Advaita-l] Apaurusheyatva of Vedas bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com Thu
Sep 22 01:13:49 CDT 2011 What is the basis of the belief that
the Vedas are anadi and were not created by Isvara? An answer is
contained in the Vedas themselves. In the Brhadaranyaka
Upanishad(2. 4. 10) ---the Upanishads are all part of the Vedas
---it is said that the Rg, Yajus and Sama Vedas are the very
breath of Isarva. The word "nihsvasitam"is used here. It goes
without saying that we cannot live even a moment without
breathing. The Vedas are the life-breath of the Paramatman who
is an eternal living Reality. It follows that the Vedas exist
together with him as his breath. As said earlier, the exhalation
of Ishwara not only contains mere veda-s but also itihAsa,
purAna, vyAkaraNa, jyOtisha etc. If we take nishvAsitaM is the
only pramANa to prove apaurusheyatva then we have to say along
with veda-s whatever text mentioned in that exhalation is also
aparusheya. But that is not the case here. apaurusheyatvaM has
been exclusively attributed to O