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Well, then let's be clear. According to you, most if not all of the purANas are "non-Vedic," almost all of the vedAnta schools are "non-Vedic," including those scholars within who have studied the veda better than either you or I. That's a fairly bold claim. Let's also clarify - Vyaasa and Paraashara are also non-vedic, as they repeatedly describe brahmA and shiva as being subordinate to viShNu in the bhAgavata and viShNu purANas, and also in the varAha purANa. These people are all sinners in your view who have to perform prayashchitta. That sounds a bit sectarian to me.
I am not calling any person non Vedic, but I am talking about the ideologies they propagate. Ironically, Vaishnavas have no problem claiming that Shaivas are non Vedic and vice versa. Here, I claim from a standpoint that is closer to Smartha that the position of the Shaivas and Vaishnava's are both unvedic. Let me be clear though, I am not claiming that their customs and culture is un-vedic, but the idea that either Shiva or Vishnu is a jivatma. The best arguments the Shaivas have is that when the Vedas speak of Vishnu, Shiva is actually meant. The best argument of the Vaishnavas is that when the Vedas speak of Shiva, Vishnu is meant. To any thinking person this sounds ridiculous, but it makes sense to people who are convinced of their sectarian ideologies.
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Don't you think that's a bit trite? After all, you are taking the equally contrived position that:
So, according to you, when Lord Shiva asks Lord Vishnu to show His mAyA, and Vishnu responds by appearing as mohinI whose beautiful appearance bewilders Shiva, and that too in a text that repeatedly describes Vishnu as the controller of mAyA, as being transcendental to mAyA, etc, you would have us believe that the author never intended to imply a difference between Shiva and Vishnu?
This misses the bigger picture of the puranas. There are other passages in the puranas where you would think that Shiva is superior to Vishnu or that Durga is superior to both. For someone who does not look at the puranas with a myopic sectarian view can understand that Shiva and Vishnu are playing with each other. That is their lila, incomprehensible for those who try to dissect it with the blades of dry logic.