In India, as in other countries, there are many wells and small ponds .
The system of village folk is such that they use a particular pond for different purposes . Some for drinking , some for washing clothes , some to bath in . Each pond is allocated for various reasons for a set of purposes .
A great lake, however, can simultaneously serve all purposes of all ponds because of the lakes immense size, which means the purity is always maintained whatever task is carried out .
Similarly the Vedas itself is like a great lake, the Vedas serves many purposes for different classes of persons . Some persons are very absorbed in enjoying matter , some less so , and some on the verge of trancendental affairs, others deeply absorbed.
The person who understands the real purposes of the Vedas in practical ways and can apply them accordingly should be approached. They know how to guide different people in their needs for a gradual progression in spiritual consciousness and such a person is the knower of the Vedas , and can be compared to a ” lake like person” who can apply Vedic knowledge correctly in a mature fashion . Such broadminded persons, who apply Vedic applications , supercede those who are unnecessarily fixated on one particular aspect of it , and who lack the understanding of its real purposes , which is always social and spiritual mobility for all . Some immature persons are too attached to the set purpose of particular ponds and are unable to understand or access or approach the” Vedic lakes “ The Vedas has also been compared to an immense tree ,an upside down tree , branches down, roots upwards . The leaves of the tree are the different aspects of hymns of Vedic sounds , one who knows the purpose of the sounds and is able to correctly discriminate between them can cut down the tree of temporary affairs and point one to the origins of this reflected tree , in the spiritual realms of varigatedness.
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