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 1.159
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
पावनोऽस्य जपः श्रेयान् ब्रह्मज्ञानस्य जन्मने ।
मुमुक्षुः प्रयतस्तस्माज्जपेदेतत्समाहितः ॥ १५९ ॥
pāvano'sya japaḥ śreyān brahmajñānasya janmane |
mumukṣuḥ prayatastasmājjapedetatsamāhitaḥ || 159 ||
English translation of verse 1.159:
The recitation of this sacred mantra is the most excellent means to the rise of Brahman-knowledge. Hence, a person who seeks liberation should recite it by remaining pure and with a concentrated mind. This idea (viz., that this mantra is for recitation) is arrived at, since it is stated in the context of karma.
Notes:
The earlier and the subsequent sections deal with karma. The present section, too, deals with karma in the form of recitation (japa), for it contains the mantra which is intended for recitation.