Veda and truth
In this verse from the Ṛgveda (7.104), it is said that for the wise, true and false statements appear to compete with each other. Out of the two, the statement which is true and straight, is saved by Soma, while the one which is false is destroyed.+
In this verse from the Ṛgveda (7.104), it is said that for the wise, true and false statements appear to compete with each other. Out of the two, the statement which is true and straight, is saved by Soma, while the one which is false is destroyed.+
What I understand from this is that Veda is never in opposition with the truth at any given period of time. If something has been stated by the Veda, which seems in opposition with any fact accepted today, it may be the fault of our understanding that the Veda appears so.+
This is why we see various ways in which statements from the Veda are interpreted by various honourable scholars. But there is a limit of the freedom of interpretation, that is, truth. Ādi Śaṅkarācārya has stated something of this sort in his commentary on Bhagavadgīta 18.66.+
In case our interpretation of a Vedic statement is in opposition with truth, it is our interpretation which is to be changed. May Īśvara and Ṛṣis guide us in the correct interpretations of the Vedas and may the faith in Vedas never shake.
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