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visramsitAn uru bhayesalile mukhAt me AdAya tatra vijahAra ha veda mArgAn
- SrImad bhAgavatam - 2. 7. 12) - (The four-faced brahma's words - Because
of my great fear at the vast waters at the end of the millennium, the veda-s
came out of my mouth, and the Lord who enjoys those waters protected the
veda-s).
c) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the meaning brahma = anything big, seen or
unseen, and gives the interpretation that bhagavAn is brahma-vit, because He
alone knows all things big, that are seen or unseen, or that can be perceived
only through j~nAna, and He is the One who creates them, sustains them, and
grows them bigger. His samkRt wording is worth repeating -
vivRddhamvivardhanam vA brahma, dRSyam adRSyam j~nAna mAtra gamyam ca
yat, tad sarvam kovetti iti praSne vaktum Sakyate, sa eva sarvasya AdhAro
bhagavAn vishNuh vettiiti, tasmAt sa brahma-vit.
The dharma cakram writer points out that the true knowledge of the veda-s
lies in understanding the differences between the prakRti, the jIva, and
paramAtman, and in particular, in realizing the distinction between the jIva
and the Supreme One. Those who try to analyze and dissect the lives of rAma,
kRshNa, etc.,as if they are ordinary jIva-s like us, are the ones who are truly
ignorant of the veda-s, since they have not realized the difference between
the jIvAtmA and paramAtmA. The veda-s are a secret(maRai) to those who
don't have the mental maturity to realize the truth behind the veda-s. The
realization that He is not just a purusha but the purushottama, that He is
beyond the three guNa-s, that He is the Supreme in everything, that there is
nothing that binds Him or constrains Him, etc., is the true knowledge of the
veda-s.
nAma 672. äaü[> brAhmaNah
The Instructor of the veda-s.
brAhamNAya namah.
Etymologists give the derivation - brahma nayati, aNati iti brAhmaNah - He
Who guides or recites the veda is a brAhamNa (SrI BhaTTar). (The relevant
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