by Bhadase Maharaj

Created on: January 02, 2010

 Religion and culture of Hindus are rooted in the Vedas. No proclaimed specialist be him historian or researcher, easterner or westerner can place Vedic recognition anytime later than 1500 B.C. Some have even placed it way before that. Even arguments that the Vedas originated from the Aryans who were the original custodians, does not really authenticate its origin or its originality. However, if one was to go by common belief that the Bhagavad Gita was delivered by Lord Krishna himself approximately 5000 years ago then, that would make the Vedas even older than 5000 years making Lord Krishna the original keeper.

 Point in fact is that Lord Krishna made several references to Vedas in the Bhagavad Gita examples of which follows:

“Arjuna, the Vedas thus deals with the three Gunas…..” Ch.2, Vs.45

“I am the sacred syllable OM in all the Vedas…..” Ch. 7, Vs.8

“I shall speak to you in brief of the Supreme goal, which knowers of the Vedas call the Indestructible…..” Ch.8, Vs.11

“Among Vedas, I am the Sama Veda…..” Ch.10, Vs.22

 If Lord Krishna says that He is the sacred syllable OM and that he is the Sama Veda does that not make the Vedas as old as Lord Krishna himself? Be all that as it may, the actual origin of the Vedas becomes irrelevant in today’s world. What is important is the message that it conveys. It conveys an unparalleled path of Spiritual Idealism. Prayers, hymns or even Vedic chants are born in a spiritual mood; the attitude is devotional and the mind responds to the vision of the Divine. Vedas embodies the concept of truth and eternal order with the Gods and Goddesses being the custodians of such meaningful attributes.

 Vedas represents God as the absolute Supreme who is the embodiment of beauty and goodness, nobility and virtue of both man and woman. It represents the splendor of nature and does not ignore in any way whatsoever, the individual vision of the Divine for it includes masculine, feminine and neuter along with the singular, dual and plural. Vedas emphasizes the point that truth comes first and religion come last. Truth is the essence of divinity whereas God has truth as the law of his being. The Avatars then becomes the manifestations of such truth.

 Prayer and ritual of the right type and the right conduct constitutes a manifested form of a truthful life with a pure heart. Eternal law is deeper than truth in its moral aspects. It includes justice and goodness and it represents Dharma or righteousness as the most ethical concept. However, the wicked does not go the pathway of Eternal law and this is what has been responsible for the negativity that surrounds us in the world today.

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