sukraneeti reference frm Mahabharatha and yavanas

October 22, 2008

dear group

another proof yavanas were not greeks ,and it hints such ppl were there during Mahabharatha times .

even i posted vishnu purana and yavanas reference in it .

M varma

read and enjoy and understand ,identify the idea and mission behind ppl who says they lov vedas and puranas but proof are poof s then spread wilfully ,deliberately other wise and what may b the reason .even after showing lot of proofs ????

In Santi Parva of Mahabharata, it is said that - "abbreviating Visalaksha Neetisastra by God Siva containing 10000 slokas Devendra wrote Bahundantaka sastra having 5000 slokas; abbreviating this into 3000 slokas Brihaspati wrote Brahaspatya Neetisastra. Sukracharya abbreviated this Brahaspatya Neetisastra into 1200 slokas in the text named Sukra Neeti". This not only pints to the fact that the text Sukra Neeti is very ancient and as old as Mahabharata, but also clarifies that the original text contained exactly 1200 slokas. The currently available Sukra Neeti text also has exactly 1200 slokas, pointing to the fact that, most possibly this itself is the original Sukra Neeti text which Mahabharata is referring to!

Just look at the following definition for the word `Yavana' (Ionian) given in this book to know how interesting and informative the book is.

Eeswaram karanam yatradrisyo(a)sti JagataH sada

Sruti-smriti vina dharmo(a)dharmostastaccha yavanam

Srutyadi bhinna dharmo(a)sti yatra tat yavanam matam

(Sukra Neeti)

[The stream of knowledge that considers God as the root cause of creation, the stream of knowledge that discusses right and wrong (dharma-adharma) without considering Veda and Smriti – that stream of knowledge is called Yavana (Ionian). All the religions different from Vedic religion is termed Yavanam (Ionian)]

with this defenition even budhists ,jains or other strems of thoughts will classify as Yavanas .