[Advaita-l] vedic yajna

[V Subrahmanian]

In the Brahmasutra 'अशुद्धमिति चेन्न शब्दात्’ 3.1.25 Shankaracharya has
argued that the Veda will not be teaching something that will bring sin to
a performer of a vedic ritual, as ordained by the Veda.  And the vedic
injunction involving an animal is not violative of the general rule: mA
himsyAt sarvaa bhUtAni (no being should be injured).  He has said that the
two operate like a general rule and an exception.

In the Ishopanishat bhashya Shankara has said: na vedoktam kimapi
ananuShTheyam bhavati. [There is no injunction of the Veda that does not
deserve to be followed.]

Regards,
subrahmanian.v



2011/11/27 D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <dvnsarma at gmail.com>

> What happence to the purva mimamsa position
> tht smritis are valid so long as they do not go against sruti and
> sishtachara is valid only as long as it does not contradict sruti
> and valid smriti? How can smriti which prohibits gavalambham and
> palapaitrukam be valid vis a vis sruti 's injunction?
>
> --
> regards,
> Sarma.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 7:05 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > In all these cases Shankaracharya has Himself placed  a rider in His own
> > BhAshya-s.  For example in the sutra bhashya He says:  यस्मिन् देशे काले
> यो
> > धर्मो अनुष्ठीयते स एव धर्मः देशकालान्तरे अधर्मो भवति ॥ In the Taittiriya
> > bhashya too this occurs in a slightly different manner for the mantra अथ
> > यदि ते कर्मविचिकित्सा वा वृत्तविचिकित्स्ता वा स्यात्
> > '[In case you have a doubt as to how you should perform a particular
> action
> > or as to how you should conduct in a particular situation] then the
> > conduct/behaviour of the noble minded living in that place/time will be
> > your guide.'
> > Thus the interpretation of His own Bhashya-s are to be made in the light
> of
> > His own words above.
> >
> > Regards,
> > subrahmanian.v
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