Is There Anyone Living Today Who Can Recite a Complete Veda from Memory?

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KAUAI, HAWAII, February 26, 2008: In the course of researching Indian history from 300 to 1800 ce, Hinduism Today has come across the accounts of Chinesetravelers who met brahmins capable of reciting from memory the entire Rig Veda. Question is, is there existing today anyone who can recite the Rig Vedafrom memory? If any reader can help, kindly e-mailar.

 

 

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Namaste

Plase check www. iishglobal.org and ask to our Hon. director Dr. Gopalkrishnan , I believe he can Recitate Rigveda from his memory..

with regards

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Is There Anyone Living Today Who Can Recite a Complete Veda from Memory?http://www.hinduism today.com/ hpi/2008/ 3/1.shtml

 

KAUAI, HAWAII, February 26, 2008: In the course of researching Indian history from 300 to 1800 ce, Hinduism Today has come across the accounts of Chinesetravelers who met brahmins capable of reciting from memory the entire Rig Veda. Question is, is there existing today anyone who can recite the Rig Vedafrom memory? If any reader can help, kindly e-mailar.

 

 

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Please contact the several VEDASHALAS in India instead of searching on the internet.

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Namaste

Plase check www. iishglobal.org and ask to our Hon. director Dr. Gopalkrishnan , I believe he can Recitate Rigveda from his memory..

 

with regards

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 3:34 AM

 

 

 

Is There Anyone Living Today Who Can Recite a Complete Veda from Memory?http://www.hinduism today.com/ hpi/2008/ 3/1.shtml

 

KAUAI, HAWAII, February 26, 2008: In the course of researching Indian history from 300 to 1800 ce, Hinduism Today has come across the accounts of Chinesetravelers who met brahmins capable of reciting from memory the entire Rig Veda. Question is, is there existing today anyone who can recite the Rig Veda

from memory? If any reader can help, kindly e-mailar.

 

-- Bhalchandra G. Thattey

Shubham BhavatuSvalpasya Yogasya Trayate Mahato Bhayat

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PRIYA BHAGAVAT BANDHU SUBRAMANI GARU,

 

At the outset, let us understand the voluminous nature of

Vedas before venturing to find out the persons who can recite one of

them from memory.

 

All the Vedas put together contain 1134 sakhaas (Chapters or

Parts) and it takes about 8 years to fully assimilate one saakha by

heart. So, you can imagine the time taken by Great Rishis to convey

Veda Saakhas to their wards, what is called Guru-Shishya Parampara.

The Great Rishis used to convey by voice only, with swara.

 

By passage of time, we lost Vedaadhyana and so many of the

Saakhas. Knowing this the Almighty has given us Omkara, which is

the essence of Vedas.

 

There is an interesting Upanishad story. The Rishi

Bharadwaj wanted to study all the four Vedas and so he started

Vedaadhyana and continued it for many years, when he realized that

his life may end, he prayed for Indra. Indra appeared before him

and wanted know his wish. Rishi Bharadwaj asked for one hundred

years of more longevity. Indra before granting the wish wanted to

know what the Rishi would do with one hundred years of Ayush. The

Rishi replied that he would pursue Vedaadhyana. Indra disappeared

and Rishi continued with his Vedaadhyana and finally could realize

that even extra one hundred years were also coming to an end. So,

he prayed for Indra. Indra again appeared and the Rishi again

wished for one more hundred years of longevity. Indra again wanted

to know what the Rishi would do with one more hundred years of

Ayush. The Rishi replied that his Vedaadhyana was incomplete and so

would pursue the Vedaadhyana and Indra again granted one more

hundred years of Ayush to the Rishi. Like this Rishi Bharadwaj

continued Vedaadhyana for three hundred years. But yet the Rishi

was not content with Vedaadhyana and was unhappy. Indra appeared

before him without praying and enquired why the Rishi was unhappy,

even after 300 years of Vedaadhyana. The Rishi informed Indra, he

could not complete Vedaadhyana, despite deeply studying them. Then

Indra created three great mountains in front of him and enquired

whether the Rishi knew anything about them. The Rishi pleaded his

ignorance. Then Indra told him that they are the symbolic

representation of knowledge contained in three Vedas. Indra took one

fistful of sand from each one of the mountains and explained to the

Rishi that after three hundred years of strenuous efforts the Rishi

could attain only fistful of knowledge out of great mountains of

Knowledge from Vedas. Then Rishi Bharadwaj realized that it was

totally impossible to completely study the Vedas and assimilate them.

 

For a Rishi like Bharadwaj after three hundred years of

strenuous efforts, he could attain only very little of knowledge,

then what of common man.

 

The Almighty is full of mercy, so he started reciting

the Vedas for trillions and trillions of times. Then out of his

Avruttas, (Repetitions), three Matras viz., OM BHUVUH, OM BHUVAH, OM

SUVAH, have come out. The Lord directed the humans to recite them

to acquire the supreme knowledge from Vedas. We were ingnorant to

accept them from the Lord. So again the Almighty has done Avruttas

trillions and trillions of times, and then AA, VU, MA has come out

of His Avruttas. Still we were reluctant to accept the Lord's

directions, he combined them AA+VU+MA into one Matra making it OM.

Thus Omkara is the gist of all Vedas. The Upanishad story concludes

by giving us a direction to recite Omkara in every moment of our

life, so as to attain the supreme knowledge.

 

It is not one's own capacity to recite the Vedas from out

of memory, but it is his conduct of life according to the directions

of Vedas, which tells whether he is a scholar / Dharamata or not.

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Thanks for sharing your knowledge, it is very wise and meaningful. It is more important to understand, assimilate and spread the knowledge than to compete like we do in everyday life

 

God Bless,

Divakar. --- On Thu, 9/25/08, jajisarma <jajisarma wrote:

jajisarma <jajisarma Re: Is There Anyone Living Today Who Can Recite a Complete Veda from Memory? Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 10:35 AM

 

 

PRIYA BHAGAVAT BANDHU SUBRAMANI GARU,At the outset, let us understand the voluminous nature of Vedas before venturing to find out the persons who can recite one of them from memory.All the Vedas put together contain 1134 sakhaas (Chapters or Parts) and it takes about 8 years to fully assimilate one saakha by heart. So, you can imagine the time taken by Great Rishis to convey Veda Saakhas to their wards, what is called Guru-Shishya Parampara. The Great Rishis used to convey by voice only, with swara.By passage of time, we lost Vedaadhyana and so many of the Saakhas. Knowing this the Almighty has given us Omkara, which is the essence of Vedas.There is an interesting Upanishad story. The Rishi Bharadwaj wanted to study all the four Vedas and so he started Vedaadhyana and continued it for many years, when he realized that his life may end, he prayed for Indra. Indra appeared

before him and wanted know his wish. Rishi Bharadwaj asked for one hundred years of more longevity. Indra before granting the wish wanted to know what the Rishi would do with one hundred years of Ayush. The Rishi replied that he would pursue Vedaadhyana. Indra disappeared and Rishi continued with his Vedaadhyana and finally could realize that even extra one hundred years were also coming to an end. So, he prayed for Indra. Indra again appeared and the Rishi again wished for one more hundred years of longevity. Indra again wanted to know what the Rishi would do with one more hundred years of Ayush. The Rishi replied that his Vedaadhyana was incomplete and so would pursue the Vedaadhyana and Indra again granted one more hundred years of Ayush to the Rishi. Like this Rishi Bharadwaj continued Vedaadhyana for three hundred years. But yet the Rishi was not content with Vedaadhyana and was unhappy. Indra

appeared before him without praying and enquired why the Rishi was unhappy, even after 300 years of Vedaadhyana. The Rishi informed Indra, he could not complete Vedaadhyana, despite deeply studying them. Then Indra created three great mountains in front of him and enquired whether the Rishi knew anything about them. The Rishi pleaded his ignorance. Then Indra told him that they are the symbolic representation of knowledge contained in three Vedas. Indra took one fistful of sand from each one of the mountains and explained to the Rishi that after three hundred years of strenuous efforts the Rishi could attain only fistful of knowledge out of great mountains of Knowledge from Vedas. Then Rishi Bharadwaj realized that it was totally impossible to completely study the Vedas and assimilate them.For a Rishi like Bharadwaj after three hundred years of strenuous efforts, he could attain only very

little of knowledge, then what of common man.The Almighty is full of mercy, so he started reciting the Vedas for trillions and trillions of times. Then out of his Avruttas, (Repetitions) , three Matras viz., OM BHUVUH, OM BHUVAH, OM SUVAH, have come out. The Lord directed the humans to recite them to acquire the supreme knowledge from Vedas. We were ingnorant to accept them from the Lord. So again the Almighty has done Avruttas trillions and trillions of times, and then AA, VU, MA has come out of His Avruttas. Still we were reluctant to accept the Lord's directions, he combined them AA+VU+MA into one Matra making it OM. Thus Omkara is the gist of all Vedas. The Upanishad story concludes by giving us a direction to recite Omkara in every moment of our life, so as to attain the supreme knowledge.It is not one's own capacity to recite the Vedas from out of memory, but it is his conduct of

life according to the directions of Vedas, which tells whether he is a scholar / Dharamata or not.

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I fully agree with Sri Jaji Sarmaji that it is not possible for any body to recite comlete Veda from memory.Even for a great Rishi like Bharadwaja it became impossible to memorise all the vedas with the enhanced life span of 300 years granted by Indra.The essence of Vedas is in OM which is to be recited every moment to attain supreme bliss.If one can put it in to practise the Dharma Sutras ensrined in Vedas one would easily get solvation.

Regards,

Jabalimuni

Jabali Muni.

 

SarvE bhavanthu sukhinah sarvE santhu niraamayaahSarve bhadrANi pasyanthu maa kaschit duhkhabhAg bhavEt.

 

--- On Thu, 9/25/08, jajisarma <jajisarma wrote:

jajisarma <jajisarma Re: Is There Anyone Living Today Who Can Recite a Complete Veda from Memory? Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 7:35 AM

 

 

PRIYA BHAGAVAT BANDHU SUBRAMANI GARU,At the outset, let us understand the voluminous nature of Vedas before venturing to find out the persons who can recite one of them from memory.All the Vedas put together contain 1134 sakhaas (Chapters or Parts) and it takes about 8 years to fully assimilate one saakha by heart. So, you can imagine the time taken by Great Rishis to convey Veda Saakhas to their wards, what is called Guru-Shishya Parampara. The Great Rishis used to convey by voice only, with swara.By passage of time, we lost Vedaadhyana and so many of the Saakhas. Knowing this the Almighty has given us Omkara, which is the essence of Vedas.There is an interesting Upanishad story. The Rishi Bharadwaj wanted to study all the four Vedas and so he started Vedaadhyana and continued it for many years, when he realized that his life may end, he prayed for Indra. Indra appeared

before him and wanted know his wish. Rishi Bharadwaj asked for one hundred years of more longevity. Indra before granting the wish wanted to know what the Rishi would do with one hundred years of Ayush. The Rishi replied that he would pursue Vedaadhyana. Indra disappeared and Rishi continued with his Vedaadhyana and finally could realize that even extra one hundred years were also coming to an end. So, he prayed for Indra. Indra again appeared and the Rishi again wished for one more hundred years of longevity. Indra again wanted to know what the Rishi would do with one more hundred years of Ayush. The Rishi replied that his Vedaadhyana was incomplete and so would pursue the Vedaadhyana and Indra again granted one more hundred years of Ayush to the Rishi. Like this Rishi Bharadwaj continued Vedaadhyana for three hundred years. But yet the Rishi was not content with Vedaadhyana and was unhappy. Indra

appeared before him without praying and enquired why the Rishi was unhappy, even after 300 years of Vedaadhyana. The Rishi informed Indra, he could not complete Vedaadhyana, despite deeply studying them. Then Indra created three great mountains in front of him and enquired whether the Rishi knew anything about them. The Rishi pleaded his ignorance. Then Indra told him that they are the symbolic representation of knowledge contained in three Vedas. Indra took one fistful of sand from each one of the mountains and explained to the Rishi that after three hundred years of strenuous efforts the Rishi could attain only fistful of knowledge out of great mountains of Knowledge from Vedas. Then Rishi Bharadwaj realized that it was totally impossible to completely study the Vedas and assimilate them.For a Rishi like Bharadwaj after three hundred years of strenuous efforts, he could attain only very

little of knowledge, then what of common man.The Almighty is full of mercy, so he started reciting the Vedas for trillions and trillions of times. Then out of his Avruttas, (Repetitions) , three Matras viz., OM BHUVUH, OM BHUVAH, OM SUVAH, have come out. The Lord directed the humans to recite them to acquire the supreme knowledge from Vedas. We were ingnorant to accept them from the Lord. So again the Almighty has done Avruttas trillions and trillions of times, and then AA, VU, MA has come out of His Avruttas. Still we were reluctant to accept the Lord's directions, he combined them AA+VU+MA into one Matra making it OM. Thus Omkara is the gist of all Vedas. The Upanishad story concludes by giving us a direction to recite Omkara in every moment of our life, so as to attain the supreme knowledge.It is not one's own capacity to recite the Vedas from out of memory, but it is his conduct of

life according to the directions of Vedas, which tells whether he is a scholar / Dharamata or not.

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Dear Sirs,

 

Namaskar. Veda should be recited only from memory and it should be learned only by the traditional method of hearing from Guru. There were people who learnt all the Vedas and recited also. They are called Chaturvedies. Scholars who learnt three Vedas are called Trivedies. Experts in two Vedas are called Dwivedies.There are Chaturvedies and Dwivedues now in north India who are the descendants of those great scholars having the name suffixed to their names without knowing what Veda is. But I have seen people knowing all the four Vedas, i.e. including Atharva Veda only very few portions of which is available at present. Veda alone cannot give salvation just by repeating it. Bhagvan Sri Krishna says in Geeta "Traigunya Vishaya Veda Nistraigunyo Bhava,Arjuna."

One should master Vedangas-Six branches of STudy, and only then they can understand the proper meaning of Vedas. It is not simply studying and repeating Vedas --after learning the Samhita , Brahmana and Aranyaka portions one should practise different methodical

way of presentation of Pada Pata, Jada Pata,Ghana Pata etc. One should be proficient and attain expertise in rendering the Vedic text in Ghana Pata. Generally it takes minimum 10 years to get proficiency in a particular Braanch of Veda. Then he can easily master the other branches and also Bhashya of the Vedas in 5 more intensive study. Vedic Study is our heritage. It is a treasure House if properly approached. Unfortunately our rulers have neglected this completely from the very educational system itself. A ten year, 13 year, 15 year courses in Vedic Study in the traditional method with Samskrit Language and basic Maths, Science and English should be recognised by our Universities and awarded Certificates and recognition. With regards.

 

Hari.Venkataraman

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jabali Muni <jabalimuniRe: Re: Is There Anyone Living Today Who Can Recite a Complete Veda from Memory? Date: Friday, 26 September, 2008, 6:43 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I fully agree with Sri Jaji Sarmaji that it is not possible for any body to recite comlete Veda from memory.Even for a great Rishi like Bharadwaja it became impossible to memorise all the vedas with the enhanced life span of 300 years granted by Indra.The essence of Vedas is in OM which is to be recited every moment to attain supreme bliss.If one can put it in to practise the Dharma Sutras ensrined in Vedas one would easily get solvation.

Regards,

Jabalimuni

Jabali Muni.

 

SarvE bhavanthu sukhinah sarvE santhu niraamayaahSarve bhadrANi pasyanthu maa kaschit duhkhabhAg bhavEt.

 

--- On Thu, 9/25/08, jajisarma <jajisarma > wrote:

jajisarma <jajisarma >[om_namah_shivaya_ group] Re: Is There Anyone Living Today Who Can Recite a Complete Veda from Memory?om_namah_shivaya_ group@ s.comThursday, September 25, 2008, 7:35 AM

 

 

PRIYA BHAGAVAT BANDHU SUBRAMANI GARU,At the outset, let us understand the voluminous nature of Vedas before venturing to find out the persons who can recite one of them from memory.All the Vedas put together contain 1134 sakhaas (Chapters or Parts) and it takes about 8 years to fully assimilate one saakha by heart. So, you can imagine the time taken by Great Rishis to convey Veda Saakhas to their wards, what is called Guru-Shishya Parampara. The Great Rishis used to convey by voice only, with swara.By passage of time, we lost Vedaadhyana and so many of the Saakhas. Knowing this the Almighty has given us Omkara, which is the essence of Vedas.There is an interesting Upanishad story. The Rishi Bharadwaj wanted to study all the four Vedas and so he started Vedaadhyana and continued it for many years, when he realized that his life may end, he prayed for Indra. Indra appeared

before him and wanted know his wish. Rishi Bharadwaj asked for one hundred years of more longevity. Indra before granting the wish wanted to know what the Rishi would do with one hundred years of Ayush. The Rishi replied that he would pursue Vedaadhyana. Indra disappeared and Rishi continued with his Vedaadhyana and finally could realize that even extra one hundred years were also coming to an end. So, he prayed for Indra. Indra again appeared and the Rishi again wished for one more hundred years of longevity. Indra again wanted to know what the Rishi would do with one more hundred years of Ayush. The Rishi replied that his Vedaadhyana was incomplete and so would pursue the Vedaadhyana and Indra again granted one more hundred years of Ayush to the Rishi. Like this Rishi Bharadwaj continued Vedaadhyana for three hundred years. But yet the Rishi was not content with Vedaadhyana and was unhappy. Indra

appeared before him without praying and enquired why the Rishi was unhappy, even after 300 years of Vedaadhyana. The Rishi informed Indra, he could not complete Vedaadhyana, despite deeply studying them. Then Indra created three great mountains in front of him and enquired whether the Rishi knew anything about them. The Rishi pleaded his ignorance. Then Indra told him that they are the symbolic representation of knowledge contained in three Vedas. Indra took one fistful of sand from each one of the mountains and explained to the Rishi that after three hundred years of strenuous efforts the Rishi could attain only fistful of knowledge out of great mountains of Knowledge from Vedas. Then Rishi Bharadwaj realized that it was totally impossible to completely study the Vedas and assimilate them.For a Rishi like Bharadwaj after three hundred years of strenuous efforts, he could attain only very

little of knowledge, then what of common man.The Almighty is full of mercy, so he started reciting the Vedas for trillions and trillions of times. Then out of his Avruttas, (Repetitions) , three Matras viz., OM BHUVUH, OM BHUVAH, OM SUVAH, have come out. The Lord directed the humans to recite them to acquire the supreme knowledge from Vedas. We were ingnorant to accept them from the Lord. So again the Almighty has done Avruttas trillions and trillions of times, and then AA, VU, MA has come out of His Avruttas. Still we were reluctant to accept the Lord's directions, he combined them AA+VU+MA into one Matra making it OM. Thus Omkara is the gist of all Vedas. The Upanishad story concludes by giving us a direction to recite Omkara in every moment of our life, so as to attain the supreme knowledge.It is not one's own capacity to recite the Vedas from out of memory, but it is his conduct of

life according to the directions of Vedas, which tells whether he is a scholar / Dharamata or not.