Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika
by R. Balasubramanian | 151,292 words | ISBN-10: 8185208115 | ISBN-13: 9788185208114
The English translation of Sureshvara’s Taittiriya Vartika, which is a commentary on Shankara’s Bhashya on the Taittiriya Upanishad. Taittiriya Vartika contains a further explanation of the words of Shankara-Acharya, the famous commentator who wrote many texts belonging to Advaita-Vedanta. Sureshvaracharya was his direct disciple and lived in the 9...
Verse 1.13
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
न चैकदेहे भोगोऽस्ति ब्रह्महत्याश्वमेधयोः ।
विरुद्धफलहेतुत्वान्मूढसात्त्विकदेहयोः ॥ १३ ॥
na caikadehe bhogo'sti brahmahatyāśvamedhayoḥ |
viruddhaphalahetutvānmūḍhasāttvikadehayoḥ || 13 ||
English translation of verse 1.13:
Since killing a Brahmin and horse-sacrifice give rise to opposite results to be enjoyed in impure and pure bodies, it is not possible to enjoy them in one body.