[Advaita-l] Question on why "vedadhyayana"?

[K Ram]

In order to have good grasp of Shadba Pranaman one needs to master the
Shruthi of their lineage.

The idea of Veda Adhyayanam is not for maintaining and preserving the oral
tradition but it's considered one's Swadhyaya at least according Taittriya
Yajurveda. In fact the very idea of Brahmayagnam is Veda Adhyayanam which
is one of the pancha MahaYagnas that one needs to perform everyday.

One develops adhikarithvam for receiving the Brahma Jnanam through
undertaking Svadhyaya of their Veda. If the Upanishads are seen as a mere
academic exercise by disregarding the Poorva Mimamsa practices, one does
not develop the necessary adhikarithvam for receiving the Jnana. Some
Mahatmas maybe exceptions but the Vedas in itself is revealed in it's
entirety for a reason.

All the personality traits (Viveka, Vairagyam, Shatsampatti and
Mumukskhutvam) that one needs to develop based Shankara Bhagadvadpada
guidance is achieved through Veda Adhyayanam.

I would also question that student (who claims to have learnt most of the
Yajurveda) on what he has truly understood in his learning years because he
should've learnt all of this through Adhyayanam alone.

Hope it helps. Hari Om 🙏

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024, 18:59 Krishna Kashyap via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> I found some answers to this question on the internet:
>
> Why do vedadhyayana?
>
> the answers I found were:
>
> 1) Oral tradition was the only way these Vedas could be preserved. The lack
> of printing technology made it inevitable for the older Vedic pundits to
> establish oral tradition.
>
> 2) One had to be ready with all the mantra portions for Vedic karmas. Hence
> they only practiced the portions used for yajnas and yagas. Now, other than
> for 16 karmas like jata karma, upanayana, and so on, there is no need to
> learn Vedas. most people do not do any yagas anyway.
>
> In general, I get the idea that because of a lack of technology, the
> ancient lineage of Rshis developed the oral tradition to protect the Vedas.
> Now, we have good technology and AI to preserve these Vedas. Hence there is
> no need to commit to memory the Vedas.
>
> Now, why should we do Vedadhyana?
>
> this question was asked by a young person who has completed 95 percent of
> vedadhyayana of Yajurveda and he is 20 years old. (ie. he has completed 74
> khandas out of 82 (ashiti-dvaya)) Yajurveda. He practices it every day in
> addition to doing a bachelors degree in finance)
>
> What should I tell him?
>
> *Krishna Kashyap*
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