[Advaita-l] Looking for a Smriti reference

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Wed Sep 2 06:48:08 EDT 2020


Thanks a lot for the clarification.  Yes, it is very close, both in words
and in meaning, to what Shankara has cited.

regards
subbu

On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 4:15 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste.
>
> I cited the Suta Samhita verse in response to the following two
> observations by you in previous posts
>
> << 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 >>
>
> And << Until we get the exact reference of the passage as cited by
> Shankara
> (‘विद्यासहायवानीश्वरः’ इति स्मृतिः ।) >>.
>
> The quote from Suta Samhita being very close to what you have cited from
> kaivalyopanishad and is from smruti, I thought it could be what you were
> looking for.
> Regards
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 3:40 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 2:55 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Namaste.
>>>
>>> The following mantra is from Suta Samhita, Brahma Gita, Chapter 8
>>> (kaivalyopanishad) , verse 10
>>>
>>> << अरूपं सच्चिदानन्दमद्भुतं परमेश्वरम्।
>>>
>>> उमासहायमोमर्थ प्रभुं साक्षात्रिलोचनम् ॥ >>
>>>
>>> << arUpaM sachchidAnandamadbhutaM parameshvaram|
>>>
>>> umAsahAyamomartha prabhuM sAkShAtrilochanam || >>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the above reference.  I think you gave this in response to the
>> 'chinmaatra' nature of the vrutti that is called Vidya.
>>
>> regards
>> subbu
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>


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