[Advaita-l] Looking for a Smriti reference

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Subbu ji

I recollect the vishishTAdvaita interpretation is to parse the word Uma in
Kena upanishad as Lakshmi Devi in a clever way.

They would be happy about the shAnti parvan verse where the smRti verse
equates Hari (ViShNu) or vishvaksena, with vidyAsahAyam.

The word Haima-vati in Kena would then have to be taken in the sense of
hiraNmayI i.e., Lakshmi Devi.

The malleability of sanskrit is taken advantage of by the vaiShNava
interpretation to gloss over the kaivalya reference

Om
Raghav




On Thu, 27 Aug, 2020, 4:27 PM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 4:10 PM Siva Senani Nori via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> The description विद्यासहायवान् देवो विष्वक्सेनो हरिः प्रभुः Is found in the
> > Shanti parva.
> >
>
> This is interesting.  What I recalled is the Kaivalyopanishat mantra:
> उमासहायं परमेश्वरं प्रभुं त्रिलोचनं.....which is somewhat close to the
> context of the Kena mantra/bhashyam.
>
> regards
> subbu
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Senani
> >
> >   On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 at 3:58 pm, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l<
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:   In the Kenopanishad vaakya
> > bhashyam 4.4, Shankara cites a Smriti:
> >
> > अत इन्द्रस्य बोधहेतुत्वाद्विद्यैवोमा । ‘विद्यासहायवानीश्वरः’ इति स्मृतिः
> ।
> >
> > Any help in tracing the source of the cited Smriti:
> ‘विद्यासहायवानीश्वरः’
> > is welcome.
> >
> > Thanks
> > subbu
> > _______________________________________________
> > Archives: https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
> > http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.religion.advaita
> >
> > To unsubscribe or change your options:
> > https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
> >
> > For assistance, contact:
> > listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Archives: https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
> > http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.religion.advaita
> >
> > To unsubscribe or change your options:
> > https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
> >
> > For assistance, contact:
> > listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Archives: https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
> http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.religion.advaita
>
> To unsubscribe or change your options:
> https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
>
> For assistance, contact:
> listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
>