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asking and invoking their blessings and seeking for their noble advice ensure good life and total abolition of all the ills due to the person concerned.
So to say, all the teachings preached by the sages are wor.hy of our respect and obedience. Still, we must be careful enough to grasp the context as to the place, the time and the condition regarding the text as it occurs and then act accordingly. Indian tradition in moral, ethical and metaphysical spheres deals mainly with Self-restraint, Truth, Love, Noninjury, Non-violence and sympathy. In order to achieve the four Puruşārthas and ultimate realization of God ono must perform all injunctions laid down in the Smsties strictly which is the best and surest panacea for all the worldly maladies.
This "Smộti Sandarbha” consists of all the 56 main Smrties available at present and attempts are in progress to get more to be included in future.
SHASTRI BRAHMA DUTTA
