Verse 3210

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

नित्येऽपि चागमे वेदे ब्रह्मादित्रयकीर्त्तनम् ।
तन्नित्यत्वाच्च वेदानां नित्यत्वं न विहन्यते ॥ ३२१० ॥

nitye'pi cāgame vede brahmāditrayakīrttanam |
tannityatvācca vedānāṃ nityatvaṃ na vihanyate || 3210 ||

“There is mention of the three deities, Brahmā, etc., in the Veda, which is eternal; and yet the eternality of the Vedas does not become impaired; because Brahmā and the rest are themselves eternal.”—(3210)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following might be urged—If Brahmā, etc. are named in the Veda, then, why should not the Veda be regarded as non-eternal, on account of its connection with non-eternal things? If the Vedas are held to be eternal, then the idea that Brahmā, etc. are spoken of in the eternal Veda is incongruous, as the said Brahmā, etc. are not-eternal. If there is no incongruity in this, then there can be no incongruity in Buddha, etc. also being mentioned in the Veda.

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 3210 above]

‘Tannityatvāt’—on account of the eternality of Brahmā and the other Deities.—(3210)

The same idea is further clarified in the following:—[see verses 3211-3212 next]