More misunderstandings from Bhaktarupa about Manu Samhita

[Guest guest]

> That's OK, but part of using your intelligence and common sense is to

> understand the actual relationship between Manu Samhita and Srimad

> Bhagavatam. This should be understood FIRST, before we start to accept

> things from Manu Samhita.

 

I am not taking any sides here and I am not espcially a Manu-samhita fan but

the following could maybe help in the discussion. (or maybe will not help)

 

"These verses from Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.10.1-2) list the ten subject matters

dealt with in the text of the Bhagavatam. Of these, the tenth is the

substance, and the other nine are categories derived from the substance.

These ten subjects are listed as follows:

 

(1) Sarga: the first...

(2) Visarga: the secondary...

(3) Sthana: the maintenance...

(4) ...

(5) ...

(6) Manvantara: the regulative principles for living beings who desire to

achieve perfection in human life. The rules of Manu, as described in the

Manu-samhita, guide the way to such perfection.

(7) ...

(8) ...

(9) ...

(10) ..."

 

(Adi-lila 2.91-92, Purport)

 

Y.s.

Svarupa das

[Guest guest]

> For those who feel Manu Samhita and Srimad Bhagavatam go hand-in-hand, I

> suggest reading the Manu Samhita chapter on atonement and comparing it

> with the words we recite every morning, "yani kani capa-pani, brahma-hatya

> dikani ca."

 

Let's take a look on a situation, when one person murders someone.

He may understand what have he done and go around Tulasi-devi

thousand times, but shall we say "Look what a nice devotee, let

him join the sankirtana party to be fully purified"? No, despite

of his spiritual progress, he is still eligible for punishment,

for the purpose of keeping the society stable and following the laws.