Thread by @SparesofWar

This nonsense stems due to "reading" Vedas like any other book. There seems to be some confusion even among traditional aasthikas regarding this and I've seen even upanyasarks talking nonsense. However, one must know the proper way of understanding Vedam. Let's take an eg. +

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When you use your limbs for doing work, do you say Mr. Hand has lifted an object or Mr. Legs have taken you to a place? No, right? You say my hands and my legs. How come they are "your" hands and legs when they are clearly independent entities? That means you associate your+

limbs with your being. The results of their work is enjoyed by your "Self" and not by the limbs themselves. Similarly, all Devatas are angaas or limbs of the Paramatma. Whatever duties they carry out are under His supervision and their adulation goes to Him ultimately.+

Just like how a CEO represents all employees and each person's achievements directly reflect on the company, a particular Devata say Indra's duty is work delegated by Paramatma and when that goes astray, He takes upon Himself to rectify the same.

Aakaasaat pathitham thoyam yadaagacchathi saagaram sarvadeva namaskara: Kesavam (or Sankaram) prathigacchathi. Just like how different drops of rain ultimately merge into the sea, adulations of all dieties ultimately reaches the One Supreme Brahman.+

That's why when one reads Vedas, one should take the entire Vedic corpus in toto for understanding. Itihaasa puraanaabhyam Vedam samupa Brahmayet. Only with the aid of Itihaasa, Purana and allied subjects can one understand any Vedic injunction. +

This is because Vedas aren't in Sanskrit as is popularly misunderstood. Vedas are Shabda Brahman. The language is entirely construed by swaras, pitch, and notations. Therefore, common language cannot do justice to Vedic verses unless when interpreted with allied subjects.

Finally, it is foolish to think that you have the entire Vedic corpus at your disposal. A great Rishi like Bharadwaja could not finish learning literally mountains of Vedas despite living for hundreds of years, so such extravagance is best avoided.