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Re: ARTICLE : SBG, shruti and smR^iti
Jaldhar H. Vyas (jaldhar@braincells.com) wrote:
: The classification of Shruti and Smrti is quite clear and has nothing to
: do with the quality of a work. Shruti refers to the Veda which is eternal
: and uncreated. Smrti refers to the works which are based on Shruti but
: the product of human or divine authors. The Bhagavad Gita is Maharshi
: Vyas's rendition of Sanjay's account of the conversation between Arjun and
: Krishna Bhagawan and thus indisputably a Smrti.
Dear Jaldharji:
Thank you for your post. I do not know if maharshhi vedavyAsa
needed to hear it from sanjaya, since sanjaya himself saw all that by the
grace of vyasa (vyAsaprasAdat.h shrutavAn.h SBG 18.75). I do not know if
it is written anywhere that vyAsa had to actually hear sanjaya to know
what went on.
The point of this discussion was, smR^itis are considered inferior
literature, and shrutis are considered superior. Describing the SBG as
smR^iti is therefore is in question.
With best regards,
Dhruba.
