User:Savitr108/Sanat Sujatiya

The Sanat Sujātiya is one of several parts of the Māhābhārata that have become scriptures in their own right -- the Viśnu Sahasranāma and Bhăgavad Gita serving as two other notable examples. The Sanat Sujātiya, appearing in the Udyoga Parva section of the Māhābhārata, consists of teachings delivered by a disembodied sage, Sanat Sujāta, to King Dŗţarāşţra, in response to questions by the King.

While both the Viśnu Sahasranāma and Bhagavad Gita survive today as stable texts, the Sanat Sujātiya exists in several variations. In general, the whole Māhābhārata epic, as Smriti (remembered text), exemplifies variability as oral poetry. This is as opposed to the Vedas and Upanishads, texts considered Shruti (directly heard), which have remained remarkably stable over the millenia.