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 1.168
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
अग्निहोत्राद्यनुष्ठानं धर्ममाहुर्विपश्चितः ।
प्रमादं मा कृथास्तद्वत्स्वाध्यायं प्रति सर्वदा ॥ १६८ ॥
agnihotrādyanuṣṭhānaṃ dharmamāhurvipaścitaḥ |
pramādaṃ mā kṛthāstadvatsvādhyāyaṃ prati sarvadā || 168 ||
English translation of verse 1.168:
The wise say that dharma consists in the practice of agnihotra, etc. In the same way, do not be indifferent towards the study of the Veda at any time.
Notes:
The instruction contained in the two sentences "Speak the truth,” and “Practise dharma,” is so comprehensive as to include all duties enjoined in śruti and smṛti.