Dear Swamins, Kindly note that before any Westerner, Purusha Suktam itself talks about Rg, sAma and yajur: No mention of atharva here but we can see that in Taittariya Upanishad. Looks like by the time of Krishnadvaipayana (foremost name of Veda Vyasa), Rg, Yajur and Sama (and may be Atharva) was already there. In Bhagavadgita also Lord says He is Rk, sAma, and yajur. Rg-Sama-Yajur triplet may have co-existed/co-revealed. Thus Rg does not have to be the first and Krishna Dvaipayana di dthe work of a surveyor-organized the Vedas (must have been a monumental task which earned him the title/name: Veda vyAsa), like Webster of Webster Dictionary, Kittle of Kannada-English Dictionary, or Amara Simha of Amara Kosham. For example in PS of Krishna Yajurvedam: ta-smA-Ad-ya-gn^yAth-sar-va- hu-ta -ha | R~-chas-sA-mA-ni Ja-gn^i-rE | cHan-dA-g~m-si Ja-gn^i -rE ta-s-mA-A-t~ | ya-Jus-tas-mA-da-JA-ya-ta ||10|| ta-smAt (from that) ya-gn^yAt (yagn^ya) sar-va-hu-ta-ha (took every A-hu-ti or offerings)| R~chah (the R~g-vE-da) sA-mA-ni (sA-ma-vE-da) Ja-gn^i-rE (come forth)| cHan-dA-msi (meters too) Ja-gn^i -rE (come forth) tas-mAt (from that)| ya-Juh (ya-Jur-vE-da) tas-mAt (from that) a-JA- ya-ta (was born) ||10|| After everything was consumed (sarvAhut), R~g, sAma, YaJur and the poetic meters arose from that sacred rite (yagn^ya). [Note: Of the vEdAs, the R~g concerns itself with recited hymns, in praise of nature and its deities, such as agni, indra, the AdityAs, the maruts, and so on. The sAma chants are those of song, the basis of music; yaJur, the vEda of the adhvaryu priests, is that of the methods, and formulas for the rite. Along with these come forth cHa-n-das, the meter or rhythm of hymning. The poetic meters include: gAyatree, triSHTup, bR~hatee, pankti, uSHNuk, anushtup, and Jagatee. The mantras 1-15, and 22-23 of the puruSHa sUktam are in the anushtup meter, whereas the mantras 16-21 are in the triSHTup]. dAsan K.S. tAtAchAr Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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