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वेदाश्च व्याससूत्राणि श्रीमद्भागवताभिधम् ।

पुराणं भारते तु श्रीविष्णोनमिसहस्रकम् ॥ 93 ॥

અને ચાર વેદ, તથા વ્યાસસૂત્ર, તથા શ્રીમદ્ભાગવત નામે પુરાણ, તથા મહાભારતને વિષે શ્રીવિષ્ણુસહસ્રનામ; ॥ 93 ॥

And the four Vedas, Vyas Sutra, Purana called Shrimad Bhagvat, Shri Vishnu Sahastranam from Mahabharat. || 93 ||

तथा श्रीभगवद्गीता नीतिश्च विदुरोदिता ।

श्रीवासुदेवमाहात्म्यं स्कान्दवैष्णवखण्डगम् ॥ 94 ॥

તથા શ્રીભગવદ્ગીતા, તથા વિદુરજીએ કહેલી જે નીતિ, તથા સ્કંદપુરાણનો જે વિષ્ણુખંડ તેને વિષે રહ્યું એવું જે શ્રીવાસુદેવમાહાત્મ્ય; ॥ 94 ॥

And Shri Bhagvat Gita, the principles explained by Vidurji and Shri Vasudev Mahatmya which is a part of Vishnukhand from Skand Purana. || 94 ||

धर्मशास्त्रान्तर्गता च याज्ञवल्क्यऋषे: स्मृति: ।

एतान्यष्ट ममेष्ठानि सच्छास्त्राणि भवन्ति हि ॥ 95 ॥

અને ધર્મશાસ્ત્રના મધ્યમાં રહી એવી જે યાજ્ઞવલ્ક્યઋષિની સ્મૃતિ - એ જે આઠ સચ્છાસ્ત્ર તે અમને ઇષ્ટ છે. ॥ 95 ॥

And the Smriti by Yagyavalkya Rishi which is a part of Dharma Shastra - these eight scriptures are preferred by Me. || 95 ||

Commentary

Veda means Rig, Sam, Yajur and Atharv; these four Vedas and the part of Vedas are Shiksha i.e. teachings; Kalp i.e. sacred precepts; Vyakaran i.e. grammar and analysis; 'Chhand' i.e. prosody or rules to compose poetry; Jyotish i.e astrology; Nirukt i.e. explanation of or commentary on above mentioned Vedangas. Vyas Sutras means the precepts or rules or principles told by Vyas Muni. Sutra means a statement with a very few words of clear meaning, in short a statement which is meaningful unbiased so that it could be applied to everyone and without any fault. Vyas Sutra is a collection of such Sutras. Shrimad Bhagwat is a Purana i.e. an ancient legendary story which consists of twelve sections and total eighteen thousand Shlokas, which starts with Gayatri Mantra and ends with Gayatri Mantra; which contains Narayan Kavach and the story of the killing of a demon called Vritasur. In Mahabharat there is a chapter called 'Anushasnik Parva'. There is a famous Stotram called 'Vishnu Shastranam' in this chapter. In Mahabharat, there is a chapter called 'Bhishma Parv', this chapter consists of 'Shri Bhagwat Gita' which is a series of preachings given by Shri Krishna Bhagwan to Arjun during the battle of Mahabharat. In Mahabharat there is a chapter called 'Udyog Parva' which consists of 'Vidur Neeti' in which Vidur has explained the ethical and moral principles to Dhrutrashtra. Kartik Swami had narrated the Skand Purana which consists of seven parts. Vaishnav Khand is one of these parts in which Shri Narayan has narrated the Shri Krishna Mahatmya in thirty-two chapters which is called 'Shri Vasudev Mahatmya'. 'Smriti' means to remind or to remember. Yagyavalkya, the son of Brahmarshi Devraat, remembered through his meditative power, the religion spread as various branches and arranged all these branches of religion as one scripture called 'Yagyavalkya Smriti' which is a part of Dharma Shastra. All these eight scriptures confirm and establish the existence of God. Therefore, these scriptures are preferred.

As these scriptures define and establish the incarnations of Supreme Lord Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan, similarly, the scriptures written by Shri Hari and His God-realized Muktas give the knowledge about the divine luminous form of the Supreme Being, the incarnate of all incarnations, God of all Gods Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan. These scriptures also ascertain the supremacy of Supreme God Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan. Shri Hari says that such scriptures are preferred by Him the most.