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 2.367
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
द्वयोः सद्भावपूर्वत्वादस्तित्वं तावदुच्यते ॥ ३६७ ॥
dvayoḥ sadbhāvapūrvatvādastitvaṃ tāvaducyate || 367 ||
English translation of verse 2.367:
As the other two questions presuppose the existence (of Brahman), the existence (of Brahman) is first of all spoken of (by śruti).
Notes:
Of the three questions mentioned above, the last question relating to the existence of Brahman is taken up first of all, as the other two questions, viz., whether an ignorant man attains Brahman or not and whether an enlightened man attains Brahman or not, presuppose the existence of Brahman. Only if it is proved that Brahman exists, it will be proper to raise the questions about its attainment or non-attainment.
The question whether Brahman exists or not is discussed in verses (368) to (434).