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Chatur hotram karmasuddham prajanam bikshya vaidikam
Byadadhat yaina santatyai vedamekam chaturvidham
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Chatur—four, Hotram—sacrificial fire, Karmasuddhi—purification of work, Prajanam—of the people in general, Bikshya—after seeing, Vaidikam—according to Vedic rites, Byadadhat—made into, Yajna—sacrifice, Santatyai—to expand, Vedamekam—only one Veda, Chaturvidam—in four divisions.
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He foresaw that the means of purifying the occupation of the people in general were the sacrifices mentioned in the Vedas. And to simplify the process He divided one Veda into four, in order to expand them in the human society.
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Formerly there was only Veda of the name Yaju and the four divisions of sacrifices were there specifically mentioned. But to make them more easily performable the Veda was divided into four with divisions of the sacrifices just to purify the occupational service of the four orders of several status. Above the four Vedas namely Rik, yaju, Syam, Atharva, there are the Puranas and the Mahabharat samhitas etc. which are known as the fifth Veda. Sri Vyasudeva and his many disciples were all historical personalities and they were very much kind and sympathetic for the fallen souls of this age of Kali. As such the Puranas and Mahabharat were made from related historical facts which explained the teaching of the four Vedas. There is no question of doubting about the authority of the Puranas and Mahabharata as parts and parcels of the Vedas. In the Chhandogya Upanishad such Puranas and Mahabharata, generally known as historical facts, are mentioned as the fifth Veda. According to Srila Jiva Goswami that is the way of ascertaining the respective values of the revealed scriptures.
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#dl##dd#cātur-hotraṁ karma śuddhaṁ#/dd#
#dd#prajānāṁ vīkṣya vaidikam#/dd#
#dd#vyadadhād yajña-santatyai#/dd#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=cātuḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#cātuḥ#/i# — four; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=hotram&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#hotram#/i# — sacrificial fires; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=karma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#karma #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śuddham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śuddham#/i# — purification of work; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prajānām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#prajānām#/i# — of the people in general; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vīkṣya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vīkṣya#/i# — after seeing; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vaidikam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vaidikam#/i# — according to Vedic rites; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vyadadhāt&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vyadadhāt#/i# — made into; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yajña&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yajña#/i# — sacrifice; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=santatyai&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#santatyai#/i# — to expand; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vedam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vedam #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ekam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ekam#/i# — only one #i#Veda#/i#; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=catuḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#catuḥ-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vidham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vidham#/i# — in four divisions.
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He saw that the sacrifices mentioned in the Vedas were means by which the people's occupations could be purified. And to simplify the process he divided the one Veda into four, in order to expand them among men.
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Formerly there was only the #i#Veda#/i# of the name #i#Yajur#/i#, and the four divisions of sacrifices were there specifically mentioned. But to make them more easily performable, the #i#Veda#/i# was divided into four divisions of sacrifice, just to purify the occupational service of the four orders. Above the four Vedas, namely #i#Ṛg, Yajur, Sāma, and Atharva#/i#, there are the #i#Purāṇas#/i#, the #i#Mahābhārata#/i#, #i#Saṁhitās#/i#, etc., which are known as the fifth #i#Veda#/i#. Śrī Vyāsadeva and his many disciples were all historical personalities, and they were very kind and sympathetic toward the fallen souls of this age of Kali. As such, the #i#Purāṇas#/i# and #i#Mahābhārata#/i# were made from related historical facts which explained the teaching of the four #i#Vedas#/i#. There is no point in doubting the authority of the #i#Purāṇas#/i# and #i#Mahābhārata#/i# as parts and parcels of the Vedas. In the #i#Chāndogya Upaniṣad#/i# (7.1.4), the #i#Purāṇas#/i# and #i#Mahābhārata#/i#, generally known as histories, are mentioned as the fifth #i#Veda#/i#. According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, that is the way of ascertaining the respective values of the revealed scriptures.
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