[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** RE: Re: [advaitin] apauruSheyatva of the Veda

[Bhaskar YR]

In fact Vedas were breath of the Brahman

praNAms 
Hare Krishna

ItihAsa, purANa, shloka, vyAkhyAna, anuvyAkhyAna also included along with Rig, Yajur, sAma and atharvAgirasa as paramAtma's exhalation in br. Shruti (2-4-10), though bhAshyakAra clarifies this (itihAsa, purANa etc.) is within shruti, commentaries vary within theistic darshana.  Since brahman is the source of all, he is not only the source of mere veda-s but for the whole world so  itihAsa, purAna, vyAkhyAna, anuvyAkhyAna also he is the only source and there is no problem in accepting this. So goes some other observations.  And  Some other commentaries treating itihAsa pUrAna in its popular meaning only i..e paurusheya pUrAna (vyAsa virachita) etc. since vyAsa is vishNu avatAra etc.  Another declaration that he is vedAnta krut (15-15) from geeta also  subject to different interpretation among different theistic schools i.e. Astika sampradaya to be precise.  So going by the original source of these texts we cannot establish anything authoritatively and again we have to depend on paurusheya commentaries (which is in all probability limited to respective commentator's capability of understanding of these texts and its articulation) on it to prove one or the other.  

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar