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 2.83
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
पश्यतः प्रत्यगात्मानमपविद्धान्यवस्तुनः ।
अहं ब्रह्मेति चेज्ज्ञानं शास्त्रादन्यत्परं कथम् ॥ ८३ ॥
paśyataḥ pratyagātmānamapaviddhānyavastunaḥ |
ahaṃ brahmeti cejjñānaṃ śāstrādanyatparaṃ katham || 83 ||
English translation of verse 2.83:
If, for one who sees the inward Self devoid of other objects, the realization “I am Brahman” takes place from Scripture, how can the supreme Brahman be different from the Self?
Notes:
The objection of the opponent was refuted in the previous verse by conceding bis assumption that Scripture teaches the difference between the jīva and Brahman. Strictly speaking, Scripture purports to teach their non-difference. When a person discriminates the Self from the not-Self and realizes that he is no other than Brahman by understanding the purport of the texts like tat tvam asi, how can the supreme Brahman be different from him?