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 2.289
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
स्वाहा स्वधा वषट् चेति संनिपत्योपकुर्वते ॥ २८९ ॥
svāhā svadhā vaṣaṭ ceti saṃnipatyopakurvate || 289 ||
English translation of verse 2.289:
The mantras, viz., svāhā, svadhā, and vaṣaṭ, help the offering of oblation directly.
Notes:
Svāhā and vaṣaṭ are uttered at the time of offering oblation to gods, and svadhā at the time of offering oblation to the manes.