| Title : How Ancient are the Vedas |
Author : Mr Rasik Bhihari Manjul |
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I get dizzy when somebody asks me about the age of the Vedas. The thing is like that. The opinion of the Westerners just can’t be trusted as it is mixed with religion discrimination and spiritual knowledge. What if we get the proof about the age of Vedas in the Vedas itself? Since the Vedas have been carried forward by an oral tradition we will have to believe in it first, in order to date it back somewhere.
When did the Vedas originate, which since ages have been recognized in the form of hymns, Brahma, Shruti, Amnaya, Chhandas, Nigam and Pravachan? To get to know this, I think, no other proof other than the Vedas should even be considered. There are only two proofs available in the Vedas of its age. They both clearly indicate that all the four Vedas originated from the Param Purush Yadnya bhagvan.
The ancientness of the Vedas: Vedas clearly state that all the four Vedas were formed at the time of the creation of this universe only, this and only this is the truth. The biggest proof for this is the Purush Sukta, which originated in the beginning of the universe, it was a part of the Vedas. Purush Sukta is the part of the creation of the universe.
The proof of astrology: The astrologers of our country unite to say that since the beginning of the universe till the year 1996 we can say that the days that are counted are: 1 thousand million, 98 crore, 58 lakhs, 51 thousand twenty one and 146 days. Now you can make out for yourself, how ancient our Vedas are.
Modern thought: The modern thoughts about the ancientness of Vedas are a bit weird. The fact that there is a mention of Vedas in each and every book of this universe is proof enough that the Vedas are ancient. The scholars of today do not believe that the Vedas originated at the same time of universe itself. They do not believe that the human being existed even before lakhs of years. Some scholars from India believe that Vedas existed since the Satyayug.
General evidence: Today science will at least believe that many scholars think that Vedas did exist before millions of years. It is difficult to trace the expanse of the Vedic culture. Since the Vedas have had an oral tradition, it is very difficult to say what changes have occurred in the Vedic literature. It has become essential to preserve the tradition of Vedas and its grammar. The Vedas, which were for a long time in darkness, came into bright light because of the Smritis and critic written down to know and understand Vedas. So Swami Dayananda Saraswati has always believed that the real part of the Vedas that is the literature and the hymn part, has been created by God.
The attempt of Puranas: When the sages and scholars did not understand the ancientness of Vedas, then the Puranas tried to redefine Vedas with the help of knowledge, science, penance, story of the universe etc. The fact is that the Puranas were constructed in order to understand the Vedas by means of small stories and theorems. One of the meaning of Puranas is old or ancient, which in a way tells us about the ancientness of Vedas.
The Vedas originated with the origin of the universe. This is found mentioned for the first time in the Matsyapurana, which says that Vedas originated from the four faces of Brahma.
Editions of Vedas: Interestingly there are references in the Matsyapurana of newer editions of Vedas. In the 144th Adhyaya of Matsyapurana we find the mention of this in Dwapar. One author has understood this and thus explains it in the following words:
"Matsyabhagawan has narrated the story of the future, but it appears that in the long tradition of Satyayuga and Dwapar, in all the ‘Chaturyugas’, only one Veda remains and that is the Yajurveda. This also keeps on repeating due to the incompetence of people and their short life.
In Dwapar there are many divisions and branches. The vision, memory and generation of the sages is misunderstood. The hymns are scattered, the sequence of the Brahmins and Kalpanasutras is disturbed, there is a difference between notes and their sequence. So the sages have edited Vedas again and again. Yajurveda is understood as a whole and then there are two subparts of the same, they are Shukla and krusha. In the same way they are misunderstood in the Ruk Yajusammat. In Kaliyuga then it will be totally destroyed."
The result of the ‘Simhavalokniya’: This edition clearly indicates that the Vedas have been edited many times and newer forms have emerged. By the grace of Bhagwan Vedavyas (who is himself an incarnation of Vishnu) at the end four final and systematic versions of Vedas have always emerged. The Vedas are written, published and edited in every age and it takes its complete form in the Dwapara. This is the story of the making and changing of Vedas.
The witness of Mahabharata: In the Shalya parva of Mahabharata, there is a story in which it is mentioned that when the sages stayed out of India due to famine over here, they had forgotten the Vedas. At this time Dadhichi and the son of Saraswati ‘Saraswat’ had taught Vedas to many sages, which were elder than him. Dattatreya also propagated Vedas. To date back 500-600 years the sage Sayanacharya was doing the same job.
The education of Vedas did not prevail so strongly in the South except for some rituals here and there. So the founder of Aryasamaj Swami Dayananda Saraswati did the same kind of work, which Vedavyas had done at the end of Dwapar. According to my opinion Vedavyas and Dayananda were divine men with great vision. The disciples of Dayananda were the same as Vedavyas. I believe that Vedas are an expression of Matsyabhagavan, which came into existence because of Vedavyas and got meaning because of Dayananda. The subjects of Vedas are Karmakanda, Dnyanakanda and Upasanakanda. This is the gist of Vedas.
A warning: At the end I feel it as my duty to say that it is an age old tradition of the Vedas that it is perceived as a sin if Vedas are taught or learnt without the knowledge of Sage, meter, God and Viniyoga. This fact has a lot of merit in it. People who practice Vedic hymns without understanding who has created this hymn, in which meter it is bound, how it is to be read, which deity is described in that particular meter, and what is the benefit of that hymn, such people are called as ‘Mantra Kantaki’. Because of this tradition the hymns are intact today.
But our Vedas existed even before this present world. We find mention of the same in ‘Naradiya Sukta’. It says- "really who knows about the origin of all this and we don’t know from where this universe originated. This universe came into existence first and then the deities were formed. Then who really knows when all this started? Vedas were constructed by those, who created this universe. He constructed the universe by His will power. The concepts of knowledge, will and process did not exist prior to the universe.
Definitions: The sketch of the universe before the Vedas says that Vedas belong to some other universe. This is the biggest proof of ancientness of Vedas.
It was futile to write the history of Vedas: The Hindus are blamed for not writing down the history of India, but I think, this is not correct. If the Hindu class did write its history, what all possibly could it include in it? The author of ‘Hindutva’ Mr. Ramdas Goud has said it correctly: "..... The tradition of India is so long that if we were to write its history in short, we would require a hundred years to write one page and the pages will amount to 1 million, 96 lakhs, 86 thousand, 431 pages, that too in a concise form. To read all this it will take another 217 years. Abd even if we say that the history is written in just one line still it will take 8 years to read one page. It is highly impossible to pen down such a big history. Now tell me how can one debate about the ancientness of Vedas?
Finally I would like to say that the proof of ancientness of Vedas lies scattered in the Vedas itself, and since Vedas are proof enough it is better to quote them. The Purusha Sukta of Rigveda is famous after the ‘naradiya Sukta’ of Rigveda. The seventh Shloka of the Purushsukta says-"Sat-which doesn’t die at all, Chita-which is always knowledge, which doesn’t ever fade away, Anand-which is itself happiness and also gives happiness to others, a ‘Purush’ having all these qualities who is ‘complete’ in this world, who is almighty, from this Parabrahma only all the four Vedas have originated, they are Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda. So it is advisable that all men learn and assimilate the Vedas, and follow its principles. Vedas have originated from God and not from any human being.
One more attempt towards the search: If my contemporary scholars influenced by western thoughts are trying to prove the ancientness of Vedas by western angle to it then I would like to present before them the names of some sages, whose Suktas are mentioned in the Rigveda, because amongst all the Vedas Rigveda is the most ancient of them.
The sages of Rigveda: Following are the names of the most important sages:
1.Madhucchad 2. Jet 3. Meghatithi 4. Shunahshepa 5.Hiranyastupa 6. Kanva 7. Prakava 8. Savya 9. nogha 10. Parashar 11. Gotam 12. Kutsa 13. Kashyapa 14. Rujasva 15. Trupapta 16. Kakshivana 17.Bhavayavya 18.Romash 19.Parushchepa 20.Deerghatamas Agastya 21.Indra
22.Maruta 23.Lopamudra 24.Grutsamad 25.Somahuti 26.Koorma 27.Vishwamitra 28.Rishabha 29.Utkala 30.Kata 31.Devashrava 32.Devavrata 33.Prajapati 34.Vamadeva 35.Aditi 36.Trasadasyu 37.Purumilla 38.Budha 39.Gawishthi 40.Kumar 41.Eesha 42.Sutammara 43.Dharuna 44.Puru 45.Vavru 46.Dwita 47.Prayaswata 48.Shasha Puru
49.Vishwasama 50.Dyumna 51.Vishwacharchani 52.Gopapana 53.Vasuyu 54.Tryaruna 55.Trashwamegha 56.Atri 57.Vishwawar 58.Gouririti 59.Babhra 60.Avasyu 61.Gatu 62.Samavarana 63.Pruthu 64.Vasu 65.Atribhuya 66.Avatsaradi 67.Pratishatra 68.Pratiratha 69.Pratimanu 70.Puruhanamana 71.Suditi 72.Purubheed 73.Haryat 74.Gopavana 75.Saptavadhu 76.Virupa 77.Kurusuti 78.Kutnu 79.Ekadyu 80.Kusidi 81.Ushanakavya 82.Krushna 83.Vishwaka 84.Dyumnika 85.Nrumegha 86.Apala 87.Shrutakaksha 88.Sukaksha 89.Vindu 90.Pootadaksha 91.Tirachcha 92.Dyutana 93.Reha Jamadagni 94.Nema 95.Prayogayavishta 96.Praskanva 97.Pushtigu 98.Ayu 99.Matarishva 100.Krusha 101.Prushadra 102.Suparna 103.Asit 104.Dewal 105.Dadhchyut 106.Ighamavatta 107.Shyavashva 108.Prabhuvasu 109.Rahugana 110.Bruhanmati 111.Apasya 112.Kavi
113.Uchathya 114.Avatsara 115.Amahipu 116.Nighnuvi 117.Mrugu 118.Vaikhanasa 119.Atri 120.Pavitra 121.Renu 122.Harimanta 123.Ben 124.Akhrush-tabhashyaha 125.Ajaha 126.Grutasmad 127.Pratardan 128.Vyaghrapada 129.Karnashruta 130.Ambarisha 131.Rajasva 132.Remasoonu 133.Yayati 134.Nahusha 135.Shikhandini 136.Chashruhu 137.Saptarshi 138.Gouri 139.Riti 140.Urdhwa-swapna 141.Krutayaksha 142.Runajachaya 143.Shishu 144.Trishira 145.Yama 146.Yami 147.Shanga 148.Damana 149.Devashrava 150.Sankusuk 151.Mathik 152.Chyavan 153.Sukra 154.Loosha 155.Amitaya 156.Ghosha 157.Surhutya 158.Saptagu 159.Vaikuntha 160.Brihadaktha 161.Mata Sahit 162.Namanedishta 163.Sumitra 164.Jaratkaru Gopayana 165.Syumarashmi 166.Vishwakarma 167.Mooghanva 168.Sharapata 169.Tanva 170.Arbuda 171.Pururava 172.Urvashi 173.Sarvahari 174.Nishaja 175.Devapi 176.Vabhra 177.Duvasyu 178.Mudgal 179.Apratiratha 180.Bhutansha 181.Sarma 182.Panihi 183.Juhu 184.Ram 185.Kashtradanshtra 186.Namapramedana 187.Shatapramedana 188.Sadhi 189.Dharma 190.Apastuta 191.Agnipooya 192.Bhikshru 193.Urukshaya 194.Lava 195.Bruhadviva 196.Hiranya-garbha 197.Chitramaha 198.Kulamal 199.Bahirsha 200.Vihavyu 201.Yadnya 202.Sudasa 203.Managhata 204.Rushya-
shrunga 205.Vrushanak 206.Viprajooti 207.Vyanga 208.Vishwavasu
209.Agnipavak 210.Agnitapasa 211.Drona 212.Sambamitra 213.Prithuvanva 214.Suveda 215.Mrudika 216.Shraddha 217.Indramata 218.Shirimbisha 219.Ketu 220.Bhuvan 221.Yakshamanashan 222.Rahshoha 223.Vivruha 224.Pracheta 225.Kapota 226.Anila 227.Shabar 228.Vibhraja 229.Ita 230.Samvarta 231.Dhruva
232.Amivarta 233.Udhvavagreeva 234.Patanga 235.Arishtanemi 236.Shivi 237.Saptaghruti 238.Shyena 239.Saparadni 240.Aghar-
mashana 241.Savabana 242.Pratiprabha 243.Swasti 244.Syavasta 245.Shrutiprabha 246.Shatahavyu 247.Yajata 248.Uruchakri 249.Bahuvrukta 250.Pour 251.Avasyu 252.Saptavaghru 253.Yavapamaruta 254.Bharadwaja 255.Vitahavya 256.Suhotra 257.Shunahotra 258.Nora 259.Sampu 260.Garga 261.Rujiswa 262.Payu 263.Vasishtha 264.Maitravaruni 265.Shakti 266.Pragathkanva 267.Meghatithi 268.Asanga 269.Shaswati 270.Dewatithi 271.Brahmatithi 272.Vatsa 273.Punarvatsa 274.Sadhwansha 275.Shashakarna 276.Naradu 277.Gashukti 278.Ashwasukti 279.Irimbithi 280.Soubhari 281.Vishwamana 282.Vaivaswata Manu283.Kashyapa 284.Nipatithi 285.Sahastravasu 286.Rochisha 287.Shyavashcha 288.Nabhaga 289.Matsya 290.Trishok 291.Bharga 292.Kali and
293.Manya
Out of these names, many names are well known. So anybody can track the ancientness of Vedas with the help of these words. Once a proud priest of a church called Swami Vivekananda in his church and showed him three books, they were Gita, Kuran and the Bible. Gita was at the bottom, on the top was the Bible and in the middle was the Karan. The priest teased him and said that the book on top is the best. Swamiji smiled and said, "Whatever it is, the book at the bottom is the support, root and life of all the religions in this world." The priest was surprised at this answer.
I hope the readers understand what I have to say, and they know that Gita is two steps ahead of Vedas.
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I get dizzy when somebody asks me about the age of the Vedas. The thing is like that. The opinion of the Westerners just can’t be trusted as it is mixed with religion discrimination and spiritual knowledge. What if we get the proof about the age of Vedas in the Vedas itself? Since the Vedas have been carried forward by an oral tradition we will have to believe in it first, in order to date it back somewhere.
When did the Vedas originate, which since ages have been recognized in the form of hymns, Brahma, Shruti, Amnaya, Chhandas, Nigam and Pravachan? To get to know this, I think, no other proof other than the Vedas should even be considered. There are only two proofs available in the Vedas of its age. They both clearly indicate that all the four Vedas originated from the Param Purush Yadnya bhagvan.
The ancientness of the Vedas: Vedas clearly state that all the four Vedas were formed at the time of the creation of this universe only, this and only this is the truth. The biggest proof for this is the Purush Sukta, which originated in the beginning of the universe, it was a part of the Vedas. Purush Sukta is the part of the creation of the universe.
The proof of astrology: The astrologers of our country unite to say that since the beginning of the universe till the year 1996 we can say that the days that are counted are: 1 thousand million, 98 crore, 58 lakhs, 51 thousand twenty one and 146 days. Now you can make out for yourself, how ancient our Vedas are.
Modern thought: The modern thoughts about the ancientness of Vedas are a bit weird. The fact that there is a mention of Vedas in each and every book of this universe is proof enough that the Vedas are ancient. The scholars of today do not believe that the Vedas originated at the same time of universe itself. They do not believe that the human being existed even before lakhs of years. Some scholars from India believe that Vedas existed since the Satyayug.
General evidence: Today science will at least believe that many scholars think that Vedas did exist before millions of years. It is difficult to trace the expanse of the Vedic culture. Since the Vedas have had an oral tradition, it is very difficult to say what changes have occurred in the Vedic literature. It has become essential to preserve the tradition of Vedas and its grammar. The Vedas, which were for a long time in darkness, came into bright light because of the Smritis and critic written down to know and understand Vedas. So Swami Dayananda Saraswati has always believed that the real part of the Vedas that is the literature and the hymn part, has been created by God.
The attempt of Puranas: When the sages and scholars did not understand the ancientness of Vedas, then the Puranas tried to redefine Vedas with the help of knowledge, science, penance, story of the universe etc. The fact is that the Puranas were constructed in order to understand the Vedas by means of small stories and theorems. One of the meaning of Puranas is old or ancient, which in a way tells us about the ancientness of Vedas.
The Vedas originated with the origin of the universe. This is found mentioned for the first time in the Matsyapurana, which says that Vedas originated from the four faces of Brahma.
Editions of Vedas: Interestingly there are references in the Matsyapurana of newer editions of Vedas. In the 144th Adhyaya of Matsyapurana we find the mention of this in Dwapar. One author has understood this and thus explains it in the following words:
"Matsyabhagawan has narrated the story of the future, but it appears that in the long tradition of Satyayuga and Dwapar, in all the ‘Chaturyugas’, only one Veda remains and that is the Yajurveda. This also keeps on repeating due to the incompetence of people and their short life.
In Dwapar there are many divisions and branches. The vision, memory and generation of the sages is misunderstood. The hymns are scattered, the sequence of the Brahmins and Kalpanasutras is disturbed, there is a difference between notes and their sequence. So the sages have edited Vedas again and again. Yajurveda is understood as a whole and then there are two subparts of the same, they are Shukla and krusha. In the same way they are misunderstood in the Ruk Yajusammat. In Kaliyuga then it will be totally destroyed."
The result of the ‘Simhavalokniya’: This edition clearly indicates that the Vedas have been edited many times and newer forms have emerged. By the grace of Bhagwan Vedavyas (who is himself an incarnation of Vishnu) at the end four final and systematic versions of Vedas have always emerged. The Vedas are written, published and edited in every age and it takes its complete form in the Dwapara. This is the story of the making and changing of Vedas.
The witness of Mahabharata: In the Shalya parva of Mahabharata, there is a story in which it is mentioned that when the sages stayed out of India due to famine over here, they had forgotten the Vedas. At this time Dadhichi and the son of Saraswati ‘Saraswat’ had taught Vedas to many sages, which were elder than him. Dattatreya also propagated Vedas. To date back 500-600 years the sage Sayanacharya was doing the same job.
The education of Vedas did not prevail so strongly in the South except for some rituals here and there. So the founder of Aryasamaj Swami Dayananda Saraswati did the same kind of work, which Vedavyas had done at the end of Dwapar. According to my opinion Vedavyas and Dayananda were divine men with great vision. The disciples of Dayananda were the same as Vedavyas. I believe that Vedas are an expression of Matsyabhagavan, which came into existence because of Vedavyas and got meaning because of Dayananda. The subjects of Vedas are Karmakanda, Dnyanakanda and Upasanakanda. This is the gist of Vedas.
A warning: At the end I feel it as my duty to say that it is an age old tradition of the Vedas that it is perceived as a sin if Vedas are taught or learnt without the knowledge of Sage, meter, God and Viniyoga. This fact has a lot of merit in it. People who practice Vedic hymns without understanding who has created this hymn, in which meter it is bound, how it is to be read, which deity is described in that particular meter, and what is the benefit of that hymn, such people are called as ‘Mantra Kantaki’. Because of this tradition the hymns are intact today.
But our Vedas existed even before this present world. We find mention of the same in ‘Naradiya Sukta’. It says- "really who knows about the origin of all this and we don’t know from where this universe originated. This universe came into existence first and then the deities were formed. Then who really knows when all this started? Vedas were constructed by those, who created this universe. He constructed the universe by His will power. The concepts of knowledge, will and process did not exist prior to the universe.
Definitions: The sketch of the universe before the Vedas says that Vedas belong to some other universe. This is the biggest proof of ancientness of Vedas.
It was futile to write the history of Vedas: The Hindus are blamed for not writing down the history of India, but I think, this is not correct. If the Hindu class did write its history, what all possibly could it include in it? The author of ‘Hindutva’ Mr. Ramdas Goud has said it correctly: "..... The tradition of India is so long that if we were to write its history in short, we would require a hundred years to write one page and the pages will amount to 1 million, 96 lakhs, 86 thousand, 431 pages, that too in a concise form. To read all this it will take another 217 years. Abd even if we say that the history is written in just one line still it will take 8 years to read one page. It is highly impossible to pen down such a big history. Now tell me how can one debate about the ancientness of Vedas?
Finally I would like to say that the proof of ancientness of Vedas lies scattered in the Vedas itself, and since Vedas are proof enough it is better to quote them. The Purusha Sukta of Rigveda is famous after the ‘naradiya Sukta’ of Rigveda. The seventh Shloka of the Purushsukta says-"Sat-which doesn’t die at all, Chita-which is always knowledge, which doesn’t ever fade away, Anand-which is itself happiness and also gives happiness to others, a ‘Purush’ having all these qualities who is ‘complete’ in this world, who is almighty, from this Parabrahma only all the four Vedas have originated, they are Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda. So it is advisable that all men learn and assimilate the Vedas, and follow its principles. Vedas have originated from God and not from any human being.
One more attempt towards the search: If my contemporary scholars influenced by western thoughts are trying to prove the ancientness of Vedas by western angle to it then I would like to present before them the names of some sages, whose Suktas are mentioned in the Rigveda, because amongst all the Vedas Rigveda is the most ancient of them.
The sages of Rigveda: Following are the names of the most important sages:
1.Madhucchad 2. Jet 3. Meghatithi 4. Shunahshepa 5.Hiranyastupa 6. Kanva 7. Prakava 8. Savya 9. nogha 10. Parashar 11. Gotam 12. Kutsa 13. Kashyapa 14. Rujasva 15. Trupapta 16. Kakshivana 17.Bhavayavya 18.Romash 19.Parushchepa 20.Deerghatamas Agastya 21.Indra
22.Maruta 23.Lopamudra 24.Grutsamad 25.Somahuti 26.Koorma 27.Vishwamitra 28.Rishabha 29.Utkala 30.Kata 31.Devashrava 32.Devavrata 33.Prajapati 34.Vamadeva 35.Aditi 36.Trasadasyu 37.Purumilla 38.Budha 39.Gawishthi 40.Kumar 41.Eesha 42.Sutammara 43.Dharuna 44.Puru 45.Vavru 46.Dwita 47.Prayaswata 48.Shasha Puru
49.Vishwasama 50.Dyumna 51.Vishwacharchani 52.Gopapana 53.Vasuyu 54.Tryaruna 55.Trashwamegha 56.Atri 57.Vishwawar 58.Gouririti 59.Babhra 60.Avasyu 61.Gatu 62.Samavarana 63.Pruthu 64.Vasu 65.Atribhuya 66.Avatsaradi 67.Pratishatra 68.Pratiratha 69.Pratimanu 70.Puruhanamana 71.Suditi 72.Purubheed 73.Haryat 74.Gopavana 75.Saptavadhu 76.Virupa 77.Kurusuti 78.Kutnu 79.Ekadyu 80.Kusidi 81.Ushanakavya 82.Krushna 83.Vishwaka 84.Dyumnika 85.Nrumegha 86.Apala 87.Shrutakaksha 88.Sukaksha 89.Vindu 90.Pootadaksha 91.Tirachcha 92.Dyutana 93.Reha Jamadagni 94.Nema 95.Prayogayavishta 96.Praskanva 97.Pushtigu 98.Ayu 99.Matarishva 100.Krusha 101.Prushadra 102.Suparna 103.Asit 104.Dewal 105.Dadhchyut 106.Ighamavatta 107.Shyavashva 108.Prabhuvasu 109.Rahugana 110.Bruhanmati 111.Apasya 112.Kavi
113.Uchathya 114.Avatsara 115.Amahipu 116.Nighnuvi 117.Mrugu 118.Vaikhanasa 119.Atri 120.Pavitra 121.Renu 122.Harimanta 123.Ben 124.Akhrush-tabhashyaha 125.Ajaha 126.Grutasmad 127.Pratardan 128.Vyaghrapada 129.Karnashruta 130.Ambarisha 131.Rajasva 132.Remasoonu 133.Yayati 134.Nahusha 135.Shikhandini 136.Chashruhu 137.Saptarshi 138.Gouri 139.Riti 140.Urdhwa-swapna 141.Krutayaksha 142.Runajachaya 143.Shishu 144.Trishira 145.Yama 146.Yami 147.Shanga 148.Damana 149.Devashrava 150.Sankusuk 151.Mathik 152.Chyavan 153.Sukra 154.Loosha 155.Amitaya 156.Ghosha 157.Surhutya 158.Saptagu 159.Vaikuntha 160.Brihadaktha 161.Mata Sahit 162.Namanedishta 163.Sumitra 164.Jaratkaru Gopayana 165.Syumarashmi 166.Vishwakarma 167.Mooghanva 168.Sharapata 169.Tanva 170.Arbuda 171.Pururava 172.Urvashi 173.Sarvahari 174.Nishaja 175.Devapi 176.Vabhra 177.Duvasyu 178.Mudgal 179.Apratiratha 180.Bhutansha 181.Sarma 182.Panihi 183.Juhu 184.Ram 185.Kashtradanshtra 186.Namapramedana 187.Shatapramedana 188.Sadhi 189.Dharma 190.Apastuta 191.Agnipooya 192.Bhikshru 193.Urukshaya 194.Lava 195.Bruhadviva 196.Hiranya-garbha 197.Chitramaha 198.Kulamal 199.Bahirsha 200.Vihavyu 201.Yadnya 202.Sudasa 203.Managhata 204.Rushya-
shrunga 205.Vrushanak 206.Viprajooti 207.Vyanga 208.Vishwavasu
209.Agnipavak 210.Agnitapasa 211.Drona 212.Sambamitra 213.Prithuvanva 214.Suveda 215.Mrudika 216.Shraddha 217.Indramata 218.Shirimbisha 219.Ketu 220.Bhuvan 221.Yakshamanashan 222.Rahshoha 223.Vivruha 224.Pracheta 225.Kapota 226.Anila 227.Shabar 228.Vibhraja 229.Ita 230.Samvarta 231.Dhruva
232.Amivarta 233.Udhvavagreeva 234.Patanga 235.Arishtanemi 236.Shivi 237.Saptaghruti 238.Shyena 239.Saparadni 240.Aghar-
mashana 241.Savabana 242.Pratiprabha 243.Swasti 244.Syavasta 245.Shrutiprabha 246.Shatahavyu 247.Yajata 248.Uruchakri 249.Bahuvrukta 250.Pour 251.Avasyu 252.Saptavaghru 253.Yavapamaruta 254.Bharadwaja 255.Vitahavya 256.Suhotra 257.Shunahotra 258.Nora 259.Sampu 260.Garga 261.Rujiswa 262.Payu 263.Vasishtha 264.Maitravaruni 265.Shakti 266.Pragathkanva 267.Meghatithi 268.Asanga 269.Shaswati 270.Dewatithi 271.Brahmatithi 272.Vatsa 273.Punarvatsa 274.Sadhwansha 275.Shashakarna 276.Naradu 277.Gashukti 278.Ashwasukti 279.Irimbithi 280.Soubhari 281.Vishwamana 282.Vaivaswata Manu283.Kashyapa 284.Nipatithi 285.Sahastravasu 286.Rochisha 287.Shyavashcha 288.Nabhaga 289.Matsya 290.Trishok 291.Bharga 292.Kali and
293.Manya
Out of these names, many names are well known. So anybody can track the ancientness of Vedas with the help of these words. Once a proud priest of a church called Swami Vivekananda in his church and showed him three books, they were Gita, Kuran and the Bible. Gita was at the bottom, on the top was the Bible and in the middle was the Karan. The priest teased him and said that the book on top is the best. Swamiji smiled and said, "Whatever it is, the book at the bottom is the support, root and life of all the religions in this world." The priest was surprised at this answer.
I hope the readers understand what I have to say, and they know that Gita is two steps ahead of Vedas.
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