Posted on: 11 Aug 2021
[Smt. Anita Renkuntla asked: Swāmiji, Pādanamaskāram 🙏🙏🙏🌷 Thank You for everything You have bestowed upon me. I have got a few doubts while reading a discourse. You have revealed that Veda was told by Lord Brahmā to angels who were souls existing in energetic incarnation. The preacher and the receiver were in the same medium called energetic form. But the epics like Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābharata and Bhāgavatam were written by Sage Vālmīki and Sage Vyāsa, who were human beings. These three epics are more relevant to humanity than Vedas. But why are Vedas given more importance compared to the epics?]
Swāmi Replied:- God Brahmā is the energetic incarnation of God Datta. God Brahmā told the Vedas to the Sages, who were the greatest human devotees. Epics were written by Sages only. God Brahmā did not tell the Vedas to angels and angels are not at all energetic incarnations. In the Vedas, there were no insertions because they were protected by oral recitation from one generation to the other. Hence, the Vedas are the topmost authority. Epics were polluted by the insertions done by ignorant followers. Hence, epics are not standard authority unless they are logically analysed deeply. Even the Vedas shall be logically analysed because the interpretations are different as done by several human beings. Any authority shall be logically analysed.