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Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva
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traced out when the  Vedas  were written because they were never written by any living being within this material world. All other systems of knowledge are defective because they have been written or spoken by men or demigods who are products of this material creation, but  Bhagavad-gītā  is  apauruṣeya , for it was not spoken by any human being or any demigod of this material creation; it was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is beyond the material creation. That is accepted by such stalwart scholars as Śaṅkarācārya, not to speak of other  ācāryas  such as Rāmānujācārya and Madhvācārya. Śaṅkarācārya has accepted that Nārāyaṇa and Kṛṣṇa are transcendental, and in  Bhagavad-gītā  also Lord Kṛṣṇa has established,  aham sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvam pravartate : “I am the origin of everything; everything has emanated from Me.” This material creation, including Brahmā and Śiva and all the demigods, has been created by Him, for everything has emanated from Him. He also says that ( vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ ) the purpose of all the  Vedas  is to understand Him. He is the original  veda-vit , or knower of  Vedānta , and  vedānta-kṛt , or compiler of the  Vedas . Brahmā is not the compiler of the  Vedas .
In the beginning of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  it is established,  tene brahma hṛdā : the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, instructed Brahmā in the Vedic knowledge through his heart. Therefore the evidence that Vedic knowledge is free from the defects of mistakes, illusions, cheating and imperfection is that it is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Janārdana and has thus been followed from time immemorial, beginning from Brahmā. The Vedic religion or the principles of the  Vedas  have been followed by the highly cultured population of India since time immemorial; no one can trace out the history of Vedic religion. Therefore it is  sanātana , and any blasphemy against the  Vedas  is calculated to be atheism. The  Vedas  are described as  śetu , which means bridge. If one wants to attain his spiritual existence, one has to cross an ocean of nescience. The  Vedas  are the bridge to cross such a great ocean. The  Vedas  describe how to divide the human race into four divisions according to quality and working capacity. This is a very scientific system, and it is also  sanātana , for no one can trace out its history, and it has no dissolution. No one can stop the system of  varṇa  and  āśrama , or the castes and divisions. For example, whether or not one accepts the name  brāhmaṇa , there is a class in society which is known as the intelligent class and which is interested in spiritual understanding and philosophy. Similarly, there is a class of men who are interested in administration and in ruling others. In the Vedic system these martially spirited men are called  kṣatriyas . Similarly, everywhere there is a class of men who are interested in economic development,