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revelations because they only gave rise to the language that is
called Sanskrit.
Commensurate to the unique features of the Vedas, man's
greatest effort was focussed on preserving them since his advent
on the earth. He devised several methods to recite it so as to
preserve the same without any infinitesimal change even in a
letter and its pronunciation. We Indians should take extreme
pride that our forefathers took utmost care to such an extent.
Of course, they were guided in their zeal and effort by the belief
that it is God given word which they must pass on to the future
generations, come what may. There is no other book even
remotely close to such a unique astounding feature that the
Vedas are associated with.
Both the Creation and the Vedas Show Harmony: The very
next line 135.darayana wrote after the above quoted line was
—
tattu sanzanvayat.
That is to say, Vedas must be God's
revelations because all they contain tally well with the creation.
For example, the earth is referred to as
bhiigola,
meaning the
earth is round like a sphere as is indeed the case. This led the
ancient people in India to know that the earth is round like a
ball while, on the contrary, the people in West Asia and
elsewhere thought it to be flat like a mat.
There is nothing in the Vedas that is contrary to what is seen in
the nature. Over and beyond what we know today, the Vedas
may contain many more revelations that we might not even be
aware of today. Vedas contain knowledge about both matter
and spirit. The knowledge about matter is in seed form leaving
ample room for man to discover further and create his own
body of literature. On the other hand, the knowledge pertaining
to spirit is at its pinnacle that man will never be able to add
anything to that body of knowledge.
The Vedas will always remain relevant like the sun is. Though
man has created many sources of light to dispel the darkness,
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