FESO RBARA ES
poe SPRL ERIE
SS Se
ET ae
SRS 2 meen . Originally the path of self-realization was
eee) eee SR established by the standard direction of the
epee , Vedas. Srila Vyasadeva divided the original Veda
en Sie _ @ Fe into four divisions, namely Sama, Atharva, Rk, and
a ne Ags Yajur. Then he divided the same Vedas into eight-
‘a “e: Se ie cen Puranas (supplements) and the Mahabharata,
Oe ad As = fae and then again the same author summarized them
=: A gees in the Vedanta-sutras. The purpose of all these
sont g ian Vedic literatures is to realize one’s self to be a
) oa “Za eee ‘f spiritual being, eternally related with the Supreme
iy oe B Personality of Godhead, the all-attractive form (Sri
Cates a. Sous, §6=—But all these different Vedic literatures were
__.  eiaeeeeetcom = systematically distorted by the onslaught of the
a Bar? Ret Age of Kali, as the walls of the paddy field and the
| Shey strand of the river are distorted by the onslaught of
Saree 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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