Antiquity of our Scriptures

  We know very little about the origin of the scriptures which we adore and guard so much. In fact, these are the spoken words of Paramatma Narayana as Vasudeva, that was known as 'Ekayana Veda'. (See Ishvara Samhita).  This was later reintroduced by the sages who had heard from Vasudeva as 'vikara Veda'  since it was misconstrued as worldly knowledge leading to sensuous life, instead of leading towards brahmn. as 'ekantin's. Thus, people forgot about Narayana and vasudeva and became more worldly due to the misunderstandings of the teachings. Hence, Vasudeva withdrew the Ekayana Veda and revealed to His trusted disciples- all brainwaves (chitta vrutti), manasa putrah of Brahma, Sana, Santsujata, Sanaka, sanandana, Sanatkumara, , Kapila and Sanatana.. The lucky ones who got the ekayana veda from Narayana are Marichi, Atri, Angirasa, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Vashishtha, and Svayambhuva and these later came to be established as the Pancharatra shastra. The Satvata, Poushkara, and the Jayakhya Samhitas were later written by the sages according to the teachings of Sankarshana based on Ekayana Veda. Sankarshana taught these to Shandilya and other Rishis. Most of these scriptures are lost and hence, not available. Some rare manuscripts make reference to these and, hence, we get a glimpse of these. These are discussed at length here, one by one. 

  But it should be noted here that most of the Vedic literature we have now are of spurious nature due to lots of misrepresentation of facts for want of proper texts, besides the coded texts that are highly secretive and not easily understood even by experts. These have come to be known as tamas shastra leading people astray in the name of Veda, such as, eating and drinking the prohibited foods and drinks (falsely attributing to Veda?). No scriptures advise people eat and drink tamsic and rajasic food and drinks since the aim is to attain sattvic state and attain to brahmn. Only those who attain to brahmajnyan become brahmins; all others are shudra, meaning, troubled souls, suffering from hunger, thirst, misery., greed, and avarice avidya governing their life.