Originally there was only one Veda, and there was no necessity of reading it. People were so intelligent and had such sharp memories thatby once hearing from the lips of the spiritual master they wouldunderstand. They would immediately grasp the whole purport.
But fivethousand years ago Vyäsadeva put the Vedas in writing for the people inthis age, Kali-yuga.
He knew that eventually the people would be shortlived,their memories would be very poor, and their intelligence wouldnot be very sharp.
"Therefore, let me teach this Vedic knowledge in writing." He divided the Vedas into four: Åg, Säma, Atharva and Yajur.
Then he gave the charge of these Vedas to his different disciples. He
then thought of the less intelligent class of men—stré, çüdra and dvija-
bandhu. He considered the woman class and çüdra class (worker class)
and dvija-bandhu. Dvija-bandhu refers to those who are born in a high
family but who are not properly qualified. A man who is born in the
family of a brähmaëa but is not qualified as a brähmaëa is called dvijabandhu.
For these persons he compiled the Mahäbhärata, called the
history of India, and the eighteen Puräëas. These are all part of the
Vedic literature: the Puräëas, the Mahäbhärata, the four Vedas and the
Upaniñads. The Upaniñads are part of the Vedas .Then Vyäsadeva
summarized all Vedic knowledge for scholars and philosophers in what is called the Vedänta-sütra.
This is the last word of the Vedas...
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