Posted on: 06 Nov 2021
[Shri Phani asked:- Why should You quote Veda and Gita? We know that you are the human incarnation of God Datta and Your every statement has divine authority.]
Swami replied: - Krishna did not quote any scripture in the Gita and told that He is God meaning that His statements need not be supported by another scripture of God since the Gita itself is the scripture of God. Shankara is also incarnation of God, but, quoted other scriptures of God in His commentaries. Why is this difference between Krishna and Shankara? The reason is that Krishna spoke the Gita orally to Arjuna only whereas Shankara wrote commentaries on palm leaves for the sake of the entire public. Arjuna is having full devotion on Krishna as God and does not require the support of other scriptures of God for the statements of God Krishna. In the case of Shankara, the written commentaries face the public in which all types of people (believers of Shankara as God as well as non-believers) exist. Believers have faith in the divinity of Shankara whereas non-believers do not have such faith and for such non-believers the supporting authority of divine scriptures is necessary. I am following the footsteps of Shankara and not Krishna. All My answers are being typed to be placed in the public website. Since you have full faith in Me, when I talk with you orally, I will not quote any scripture. In fact, quoting scripture or not quoting scripture is not important because if there is full convincing logic in the answer, it can be treated as the word of God because God always speaks the truth with full convincing logic. God is beyond logic and this does not mean that He will speak illogically!