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i think the misinterpretation comes out of the notion of phonetic similarity of the words raksya and raising and of the understanding that the english word raising is connected to the verb rising, and while growing is in sanskrit rohati, rudhati, it escaped that raising in english does not mean only growing and rising, but also killing.
Yet the word raksya does not really mean raising, it means guarding, saving, keeping safe
the reason for this misinterpretation i think is that
the phonetics and semantics of sanskrit are organicaly interwoven and similar sounds have similar meaning
another comment
you said you follow the teachings of Prabhupada and count 432000 years for Kali yuga. Do you know of the interpretation of Sri Yukteswar, who explained the long cycle as an error of the Kali yuga and counted 26000 years of the whole cycle, for he connected it with the precession of the earth's axis and thus he counted 12000 years for the Satya yuga and 2400 years for the Kali yuga. Combining Kali yuga wih the zodiac sign of the fish? It is very well explained in his Holly science, if you are interested.
and another comment
You say that sanskrit is the oldest language, but actually, it is a descendant of the older language, which is called vedic and is not the same as sanskrit, which culminated with Panini and his grammar perfection. Sanskrit still preserves the vedic roots, but has invented new ways of using them. so in some respect, languages as slovene or lithuanian are as close to the vedic language as sanskrit, although they have lost some of the organic coherence because their grammar was shaped after the degraded languages as latin and german.
and a question
You speak of the vedas "as they really are", but in the vedas there is not much talk of Krsna the black one. The Vedas speak mostly of Yama, Agni, Soma, Manu and Indra, while Brahman, Purusha and Atman come forth in the upanishads. Yet Krisna appears if i m not mistaken, only in the Mahabharata. What is your take on that?
Thank you for comments and explanations!
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May the melody of Krsna's flute guide you softly and swiftly towards your soul's goals!
