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Shri Datta Swami

Posted on: 05 Feb 2005

               

How can You interpret the Maha Vakyas as similies?

[Don’t you think that the Maha Vakyas or the great statements of the Vedas are above figures of speech?]

Your question shows your ignorance about the Vedas. In the Veda the simile is used in several places. For example Yathorna Nabhihi…Sambhavateeha Vishwam means the world comes from the Lord like a web comes from the spider and like plants that come out from the earth. “Akasavat Sarvagatah” means that the Lord pervades all over the world like space. Thus Alankara Shastra (figures of speech) is seen everywhere in the Veda. Therefore when I interpreted the Maha Vakyas in terms of the figure of speech it is not absurd. Moreover it is quite natural to the trend of Vedic hymns. My interpretation is different from the interpretations of the three Acharyaas because I have to correlate all the three in My interpretation. The first three Maha Vakyas say that the external form of the Lord (human form) is like you, him and myself. The fourth Maha Vakya says that the inner form of the human incarnation is a special knowledge, which is not possible for any other human being. Thus the four Maha Vakyaas speak about the human incarnation of the Lord. Even great scholars hate anything that is before their eyes and love that which is not before the eyes as said in the Veda (Paroksha Priyaah). The Veda says that the Brahman is before your eyes (Yat Saakshat Aparokshat Brahma). This only means the human form of Lord as said in the Gita (Manusheem Tanu Maasritam). Jealousy and egoism obstruct the acceptance of this meaning.

 
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