In what sense is the Brihad Aranyaka Upansihad before the Ishopanishad?

From Prathamesh P:

You mentioned that the Brhad-aranyaka upanishad comes before Isopanishad and the samhitas are before the aranyakas, etc. Is this order based on increasing spiritual realizations or suggested order of study of these books?

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Hare Krishna Question from Prathameshwaroham In what sense is the Prihadaranyaka Upanishad before the Ishopanishad or the Samhitas before the Aranyakas Is it in terms of the sequence of recommended study or is it in terms of the level of realizations contained in that Answer No the before is simply in the sense of the arrangement in the text both the Prihadaranyaka Upanishad and the Ishopanishad are parts of the Shukla Yajurveda and within the Shukla Yajurveda the Ishopanishad is the last chapter whereas the Prihadaranyaka Upanishad comes as the earlier chapter. It is a part of the Shatpad Brahman and Shatpad Brahman is in the middle of the middle of the Shukla Yajurveda similarly in general within the Vedas the first part so if you consider say the Rig Veda as a book so then within that book the first part are the Samhitas is the Rig Veda Samhita is the first part and then after that whatever Aranyakas are there in the part of the Rig Veda they come later so when we say earlier and later it is simply in terms of the position of those particular books within the bigger text of which they are parts so in the so there is one big book which you could say the Shukla Yajurveda but out of that book certain sections have become so famous that they have been preserved separately and over a period of time they have come to be celebrated as books in their own right just like the Bhagavad Gita is a part of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita is also a book in its own right Vishnu Sahasranam is also it is cited by Bhishma to glorify Vishnu Krishna and that is also a part of the Mahabharata but the Vishnu Sahasranam is also published as a separate book so now in the Mahabharata’s chronological sequence the Bhagavad Gita is spoken first and after the war happens and after the war when Yudhishthira is distraught he is consoled by Bhishma and then towards the end of his life Bhishma also speaks the Vishnu Sahasranam so then if we can say that the Bhagavad Gita comes before the Vishnu Sahasranam so this is not necessarily has nothing to do with the level of realization that is there in the Bhagavad Gita or the Vishnu Sahasranam or the sequence in which it is to be studied simply the position within the greater text out of which these two texts are parts so the same applies to the position of the Aranyakas with respect to Samvitas they come later in the book and similarly Vishwapanishad comes later after the Bhradaranyaka Upanishad thank you so if I said that we should not