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 1.49
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
विद्याप्राप्त्युपसर्गाणां त्रिः शान्तिरभिधीयते ।
आचार्यशिष्ययोस्तस्यां ब्रह्म ज्ञातुं हि शक्यते ॥ ४९ ॥
vidyāprāptyupasargāṇāṃ triḥ śāntirabhidhīyate |
ācāryaśiṣyayostasyāṃ brahma jñātuṃ hi śakyate || 49 ||
English translation of verse 1.49:
The uttering of the word “peace” three times is for the purpose of removing the obstacles to the acquisition of knowledge. Only then, the teacher and the disciple can, indeed, know Brahman.
Notes:
The teacher will be able to impart knowledge to the disciple, and the disciple will be able to grasp what is taught, only when the obstacles are removed. The obstacles may be (1) physical (ādhyātmika) arising from fever, etc., (2) natural (ādhibhautika) arising from animals, thieves, etc., and (3) supernatural (ādhidaivika) arising from rain, etc.