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 1.32
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
तस्मात्स्यात्कल्पनामात्रो व्यवहारप्रसिद्धये ।
प्रध्वंसादिरभावोऽयं शिलापुत्रादिवन्मृषा ॥ ३२ ॥
tasmātsyātkalpanāmātro vyavahāraprasiddhaye |
pradhvaṃsādirabhāvo'yaṃ śilāputrādivanmṛṣā || 32 ||
English translation of verse 1.32:
Therefore, non-existence such as pradhvaṃsābhāva which is admitted for the sake of the business of life is only illusory. It is unreal like a stone-son.
Notes:
Abhāva does not exist in reality. It is a product of avidyā. It is conjured up in different forms such as prāgabhāva, pradhvaṃsābhāva, etc., for carrying on our business of life.