About VyAsa SmRti quoted in Mandukya Karika Bhashya

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Namaste.

 

There is a verse quoted by Shankaracharya in His commentary to the Mandukya

Karika 2.31:

 

The transliteration is:

 

//tamaH shvabhranibham dRShTam varShabudbuda-sannibham |

naashapraayam sukhaaddhInam naashottaramabhAvagam ||

 

(as per the VyAsa Smriti)iti vyAsasmRteH//

 

 

The translation of the above by Swami Gambhirananda in the Advaita Ashrama

publication of the Mandukya Upanishad (in 'Eight Upanishads') is:

 

//This universe is viewed by the wise as unreal like a crack on the ground that

a rope appears to be in darkness, or as always unstable like bubbles created by

rain, devoid ob bliss and ceasing to exist after dissolution.//

 

 

Any information about this vyAsa smRti, the author, the editor, the publication,

etc. is welcome. In the following sites there is a mention of this smRti:

 

http://complete-history.blogspot.com/2009/12/smritis-and-their-times-dhrma-shast\

ras.html

 

Also:

 

http://sanskritdocuments.org/

 

Om Tat Sat