[Advaita-l] Looking for a Smriti reference

[V Subrahmanian]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 4:37 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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)…..>>.
>

Oh that is really nice. That's how Advaitins see the consorts of Shiva,
Vishnu and Brahmaa.




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