Looking for the source of a verse

[Jinesh Sheth]

Dear Scholars,

May I request you to please help me in finding the source of either (or both) of these verses:

श्लोकार्धेन प्रवक्ष्यामि यदुक्तं ग्रन्थकोटिभिः

परोपकारः पुण्याय पापाय परपीडनम्

Or there is another variant of the same:

अष्टादशपुराणेषु व्यासस्य वचनं द्वयम्
परोपकारः पुण्याय पापाय परपीडनम्


Thanks in advance,

Jinesh Sheth
PhD Student (UGC-JRF)
Dept. of Philosophy,
University of Mumbai

[Nagaraj Paturi]

There are some relevant old threads : 

https://groups.google.com/g/bvparishat/c/orXIOQwoATU/m/HlGtn4RzDQ0J

https://groups.google.com/g/bvparishat/c/l19QKof0Xbs/m/wyIWReaI0UgJ

https://groups.google.com/g/bvparishat/c/0HKNViJ6Bys/m/euu85D37DQAJ

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[Raghava Boddupalli]

अष्टादश पुराणेषु  व्यासस्य वचनद्वयम् ।
परोपकार: पुण्याय पापाय परपीडनम् ।।
(सुभाषितानि)

It can attributed to Maharshi Veda Vyas. As in all the 18 Puranas, only two messages of Maharshi Veda Vyas hold prominence. Doing favour to others is the 'Punya' and Giving troubles to others is the 'Paap'.

Noble sayings (सुभाषितानि) collected from many ancient Indian Scriptures written by our great sages thousand years ago. They are quite relevant even today as they were in ancient time in our society. - Sri R.K. Chaturvedi

With best wishes,

Raghava Boddupalli, PhD

[Jinesh Sheth]

Dear Sir,

Thank you for sharing the links. I had tried searching earlier. After going through the abovementioned threads, I still couldn't find a source for the verse on puṇya and pāpa. The previous threads do solve the issue of finding the source of another verse (=ब्रह्मसत्यं जगन्मिथ्या जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः), the first half of which is identical to one of the variants of the verses on puṇya-pāpa (=श्लोकार्धेन प्रवक्ष्यामि यदुक्तं ग्रन्थकोटिभिः).

Anyway, thanks again and I shall keep looking for it.

[Vishal Agarwal]

Please check Tattvashuddhi of Jnanaghanapada - that is where I recall having seen it. The author was a grand disciple of Shri Sureshvaracharya - and so this is a very ancient Advaita treatise. Note that it also quotes Brahma Upanishad, Maitrayaniya Upanishad etc that were left out by Shankara Bhagavatpada.

Tattvashuddhi : Suryanarayana Shastri : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Tattvashuddhi : Suryanarayana Shastri : Free Download, Borrow, and Strea... Tattvashuddhi of Jnanaghanapada

Vishal

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https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bvparishat/65ff4aba-ffa3-4a75-841f-ba591c6bcbe4n%40googlegroups.com

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[Jinesh Sheth]

Dear Sir,

Thank you for suggesting me to look into Tattvaśuddhi, a note on the author as well as the text, and also for sharing the link from the archive. I shall see and get back if I am able to find something.

Thanks again!

Jinesh

[Jinesh Sheth]

Dear All,

After again trying to find the source of this, I managed to find some further sources, which contain a similar verse, and which I haven't yet cross-checked. I found this in a rather unexpected place: a novel in Hindi by Sharma, Abhinandan (2018: 239). Please find herewith a screenshot of the same (courtesy Google Books):

Thanks,
Jinesh Sheth

PhD Candidate (UGC-SRF)
Department of Philosophy
University of Mumbai