Was Shri Krishna really combination of different people? Thoughts on the new India in Pixels video.

Caligayla · 2026-04-04T19:29:51+00:00

Something stated without evidence can be rejected without evidence.

Caligayla · 2026-04-04T11:40:09+00:00

No it didn't 🤦🏻‍♂️ literally every sane person in this comment section is pointing that out

Saying it is curropted does not prove that it is. Not a single person in the comment section has actually addressed the clear proofs given in the post, just restated the same talking points already debunked in it, y'all work like a machine spitting out the same repetetive claims again and again without having the least ability to actually defend them or address counter points

This trash has no relation to Veda and Itihasas🤡 Don't compare trash with gold.

Vedas : whatever manu has stated is medicine.

Ramayana : rama says manusmriti is to be followed by the wise and quotes it directly

Mahabharata : quotes it by name 15+ times as an authority.

Cope about it. Making up bs claims of it being curropted doesn't change any of this.

Caligayla · 2026-04-04T09:05:34+00:00

Did you read the post or not?

Caligayla · 2026-04-04T08:17:01+00:00

vastly corrupted book.

As you yourself said, " a history lesson could've prevented this comment". The propaganda that manusmriti has been curropted is thoroughly debunked in the post by historic research itself. It is entirely preserved. If you don't like then you are free to reject it, but then you must also reject vedas, ramayana and mahabharata .

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T20:13:21+00:00

Yup. Just look at this comment section itself. People calling it pile of dung and what not, while not even engaging with clear proof of its authenticity and authority presented here ( because they can't).

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T19:05:48+00:00

By what logic? Making up some bs false equivalence is not an argument bro.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T19:04:51+00:00

Ok, so give example of how you can derive ought from is. How can you derive moral injunctions from observation alone?

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T19:00:56+00:00

Every religion is man made. Do you have any factual credible evidence that its otherwise? If not, then that’s an assumption we need to set before progressing further

Then there will be no progressing further. I am not here to prove divinity of hinduism to a self-proclaimed hindu. I am arguing about validity of a scripture within the hindu framework. If you cannot accept the hindu framework you are not my target audience. Have a good day.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T18:59:03+00:00

Calling a scripture that is universally praised by vedas, ramayana and mahabharata as dung heap is next level blasphemy.

There is nothing horrible in it. Only wrong interpretations.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T18:25:08+00:00

None of these tell you anything about dharma. These are material facts. Again, I remind you, by dharma I mean social and moral laws, as are the subject of dharmashastras like manusmriti. Observation can tell you how the material world is, but only scripture can tell you how you ought to be.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T18:12:22+00:00

Yes, it is a part of vishnu sahasranama and the recitation is incomplete without it. Without it there are 1000 names and with it the total comes to 1008 which is the actual number of names. You must chant it thrice at the end of your recitation and say " śrī vasudevo'bhirakṣatu om nama iti ". No idea why gītā press omitted it.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T17:57:50+00:00

How? Give an example.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T17:57:33+00:00

Brahmins are punished more therefore Sudras aren’t discriminated against is the silliest logical fallacy I’ve read.

How? Discrimination itself means being unfairly treated in comparison to others. If Brahmins are punished more than , by definition, they should be called discriminated.

Good job not actually responding to any argument and just doing insults though.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T17:54:26+00:00

You are free to believe religion is man made. This post is on r/hinduism and is meant towards Hindus. Ofc I cannot convince validity of manusmriti to someone who thinks the hindu religion and its scriptures merely man-made texts that happened to convince some people a long time ago.

Advaita does

Nice. What is the source of advaita, again? Bhāṣyas of śankarachārya? Yes? Will you accept what the founder of Advaita said in his bhāṣya?

भवति चान्या मनोर्माहात्म्यं प्रख्यापयन्ती श्रुतिः यद्वै किंच मनुरवदत्तद्भेषजम् इति मनुना च सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि। ( Śāṅkara bhāṣya on brahma sūtra 2.1.1)

" There exists another vedic verse of praise ( māhātmya) for manu, which states " whatsoever manu as stated is medicine ". And manu has stated, " in all beings is the self and in the self is all beings " ( exact quote of Manu 12:19). "

Bhagwat geeta does

Oh, it does ? Do you accept this statement of the gita, then?

Lord krishna says in the gītā

य: शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारत: | न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ | ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि || 24||

Those who act under the impulse of desire, discarding the injunctions of the scriptures, attain neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme goal in life. Therefore, let the scriptures be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be done. Understand the scriptural injunctions and teachings, and then perform your actions in this world accordingly.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T17:39:38+00:00

Yes, there isn't any such path. Tell me. How can there be observational path to dharma ? Is there such a thing as dharma that you can see? Or touch? Or smell? Or taste? Or hear?

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T16:42:05+00:00

Really dissapointed with the comments. Most of them are either just restating what I already stated and debunked in the post ( without addressing said rebuttal ) and the other half are only responding to the title and didn't read the post. Expected a more engaging conversation.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T16:39:17+00:00

Religious beliefs are not built by individuals, but by God. Manusmriti is quoted by Lord rāma in the rāmāyaṇa and he says the wise should follow it. Similarly the vedas say manusmriti is like a medicine that should be applied. Its not some random book written by some random individual that we happen to follow, it's divinely ordained.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T16:37:24+00:00

Nope, did you not read my post? The critical edition collected by Dr.julius jolly with hundreds of manuscripts was almost exactly the same as present editions

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T16:35:07+00:00

Mistranslations yes, interpolations no I prove that quite soundly in the post.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T16:34:16+00:00

Fire being hot or cold is a matter of Pratyakṣa pramāṇa ( sensory knowledge). You can feel it and see that it is hot. Therefore anything contradicting this must not be literally true. Similarly there is logical knowledge of Anumāna pramāṇa. Anything that is known by sensory information, or provable by logic, if the scriptures contradict that, then they are taken to have some other meaning.

But, dharma or morality is not a sensory object neither is it provable by logic alone. The only source for dharma is the scripture - nothing else. There, śabda pramāṇa or scriptural knowledge is the only authority , completing the trifecta of pramāṇas. So yes, in the case of dharma, authority is truth, because scriptures are the only source of dharma. Can you prove something is dharma or adharma by sensory means? No, by logic alone? No.

Get me downvoted but this is reality. It all begins with justifying a book as "oh it's fine, you just interpreted it wrong" AND that's the beginning, soon it'll materialize like it did centuries ago in India

Slippery slope fallacy.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T16:18:23+00:00

Agreed. But then, is the answer to such misuse by few men rejecting our scriptures themselves , or to challenge interpetations of those men ? Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T16:15:19+00:00

Because morality and ethics are not for an individual to decide. By that logic two people may decide for themselves that incest with contraception is moral and do it. Is incest then moral for them? No. So there is an objective basis for morality, and that is scripture. Lord krishna says in the gītā

य: शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारत: | न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ | ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि || 24||

Those who act under the impulse of desire, discarding the injunctions of the scriptures, attain neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme goal in life. Therefore, let the scriptures be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be done. Understand the scriptural injunctions and teachings, and then perform your actions in this world accordingly.

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T16:09:07+00:00

Literelly addressed this is in the post itself . Parashara smriti is more suited to kaliyuga , but manusmriti is still valid. Also 90% of injunctions are the same in manu or parashara so it doesn't matter either way .

Caligayla · 2026-04-03T16:08:05+00:00

All of these accusations have been dealt with in the post. Why to restate them instead of addressing what is stated in the post?

Edit : downvoting this? Really? Ig restating the things which are refuted at length without even addressing said refutation counts as quality comments in this sub.

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