[Advaita-l] Looking for a Smriti reference

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.

Incidentally, the commentary तात्पर्यदीपिका (tAtparyadIpikA) of Sri
Madhavacharya interprets “उमासहाय “ (umAsahAya) as  << उमासहायमिति
स्वशक्त्यासहितम् <<  <<  umAsahAyamiti svashaktyAsahitam >>.

 This corresponds with what you have yourself mentioned earlier

<< From the Kena bhashya   अत इन्द्रस्य बोधहेतुत्वाद्विद्यैवोमा, Uma, the
shakti of Shiva,  (as Shankara has stated here in the Vakyabhashya
itself)…..>>.
Regards

On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 4:18 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>