[Advaita-l] Sankara on sannyAsa for Steadiness in GYAna (was Re: Jivanmukti - Jnana plus Sannyasa pt 5)

[S Jayanarayanan]

--- On Wed, 10/21/09, D.V.N. Sarma <dvnsarma at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anybody any information about
> vedic rishis like Vasishta,
> Vamadeva, Bhrigu, Viswamitra
> etc., taking sannyasa?
> 

Apastamba Dharma Sutra 2.6.13 reads:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe02/sbe0248.htm

8. Transgression of the law and violence are found amongst the ancient (sages).
9. They committed no sin on account of the greatness of their lustre.
10. A man of later times who seeing their (deeds) follows them, falls.

> Yajnavalkya comes later in the upanishadic period.
> 
> regards,
> Sarma.