Even more than the other scriptures of the world, the Vedas make
a special claim to be divine in their origin. The Bible, the Koran, and
other revelations of the word of God owe their authority to delivery
of the sacred message through an angel, or prophet, or other special
messenger from God to certain chosen persons. And these revelations
must be accepted on faith. No question is raised as to whether any
human being today can verify these revelations in his own experience.
The Vedas, on the other hand, are said to be apauruseya, which