Smruti and Shruti are two great guidelines.
Smruti refers to what is currently desirable.
Shruti refers to what is continually desirable.
Smruti will have to be reviewed and may be revised from time to time, and place to place.
Shruti holds true for all time and all places.
We tend to mix up the two.
One simple example of Shruti will be: Speak the truth.
And of Smruti: Marry your daughters before they reach the 12th year. (This incidentally was initiated when there were invaders galore who were looking for virgins),
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