[Advaita-l] Veda as source of dharma.

[V Subrahmanian]

Thank you Sir, for the references.  It is possible that the Acharya was
making the reference by doing an 'arthataH anuvAda' rather than
'shabdataH'.

It is also interesting to see that even the आचारश्चैव साधूनाम्...has its
basis in the Veda itself:  The Taittiriya Upanishad शीक्षावल्ली says:

ये तत्र ब्राह्मणाः संमर्शिनः युक्ता आयुक्ताः  अलूक्षा धर्मकामाः स्युः यथा ते
तत्र वर्तेरन् तथा तत्र वर्तेथाः ...

Regards,
subrahmanian.v


2011/10/9 Shrisha Rao <shrao at nyx.net>

> El oct 9, 2011, a las 9:28 p.m., V Subrahmanian escribió:
>
> > Namaste.
> >
> > There is a popular saying: वेदमूलोऽयं धर्मः which means 'Dharma has its
> > source in the Veda'.  The earlier Acharya of the Sringeri Peetham has
> stated
> > this in some discourses.  Could anyone pl. give the source of the quote?
>
> I have never heard of a quote in that way, but try these:
>
> वेदोऽखिलो धर्ममूलं स्मृतिशीले च तद्विदाम् ।
> आचारश्चैव साधूनामात्मनस्तुष्टिरेव च (आत्मनो रुचिरेव च) ।। (मनुस्मृति २.६)
>
> वेदप्रणिहितो धर्मो ह्यधर्मस्तद्विपर्ययः । (भागवत पुराण ६.१.४०)
>
> वेदो धर्ममूलम् । तद्विदां च स्मृतिशीले । (गौतम धर्मसूत्र १-२)
>
> Regards,
>
> Shrisha Rao
>