Vakyapadiya Verse 1.144-145

Sanskrit

अनादिमव्यवच्छिन्नां श्रुतिमाहुर कर्तृकाम् । शिष्टैर्निबध्यमाना तु न व्यवच्छिद्यते स्मृतिः ॥ १४४ ॥

अविभागाद्विवृत्तानामभिख्या स्वप्नवच्छ्रुतौ । भावतत्त्वं तु विज्ञाय लिङ्गेभ्यो विहिता स्मृतिः ॥ १४५ ॥

Transliteration

anādimavyavacchinnāṃ śrutimāhura kartṛkām | śiṣṭairnibadhyamānā tu na vyavacchidyate smṛtiḥ || 144 ||

avibhāgādvivṛttānāmabhikhyā svapnavacchrutau | bhāvatattvaṃ tu vijñāya liṅgebhyo vihitā smṛtiḥ || 145 ||

Translation

144. Scripture (Śruti) has been declared to be beginningless, continuous and without an author. Written tradition (Smṛti) is composed by cultured Ancients and has continuity.

145. In those who evolved out of the undifferentiated, there is knowledge of the Śruti (revealed Scripture) as in a dream. The written Tradition, on the other hand, is composed by the sages, after understanding the nature of things and following the indication (found in the Vedas).

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