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, Vedas. Srila Vyasadeva divided the original Veda
> into four divisions, namely Sama, Atharva, Rk, and
we Yajur. Then he divided the same Vedas into eight-
= een Puranas (supplements) and the Mahabharata,
we and then again the same author summarized them
in the Vedanta-sutras. The purpose of all these
Vedic literatures is to realize one’s self to be a
spiritual being, eternally related with the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, the all-attractive form (Sri
SS K;sna).

But all these different Vedic literatures were
systematically distorted by the onslaught of the
Age of Kali, as the walls of the paddy field and the
strand of the river are distorted by the onslaught of
heavy rains. The attacks of distortion are offered
by atheistic philosophers who are connected only
with eating, drinking, being married, and enjoying.

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