Hare Krishna,
Pamho,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva!
Kindly help me understand why in Bhagavadgita text 9.20 only three vedas were mentioned as if they are significant and did not include 4th veda i.e. Atharvanaveda ?
Hare Krishna,
Pamho,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva!
Kindly help me understand why in Bhagavadgita text 9.20 only three vedas were mentioned as if they are significant and did not include 4th veda i.e. Atharvanaveda ?
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BG-9.20, where Srila Prabhupad in purport refers word trai vidya to the three Vedas – Sāma, Yajur and Ṛg, but actually,
trai vidya directly means three types of knowledge.
Anyway, in lecture on that sloka Srila prabhupada more clearly explained that trai vidya actually means karma-kāṇḍa, upāsanā-kāṇḍa, and jñāna-kāṇḍa which is described in vedic literature.
For more information about that issue, check this Srila Prabhupadas lecture on that sloka :
Lecture on BG 9.20-22 -- New York, December 6, 1966: