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 2.677
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
अस्थूलाशब्दतावादिप्रकाश्यत्वादि कुप्यति ।
नियोगानुप्रवेशेन यदि वस्तु प्रकाश्यते ॥ ६७७ ॥
asthūlāśabdatāvādiprakāśyatvādi kupyati |
niyogānupraveśena yadi vastu prakāśyate || 677 ||
English translation of verse 2.677:
If it be said that Brahman is made known (by the Vedānta text) through its association with an injunction, it will go against the texts which make known that “Brahman is not gross,” and that “Brahman is beyond words.”
Notes:
The Bṛhadāraṇyaka text (III, viii, 8) says that Brahman is not gross. The Kaṭha Upaniṣad (I, iii, 15) declares that Brahman is beyond words. These texts seek to convey the nature of Brahman by negating all attributes and specifications from Brahman. Since Brahman, as taught by these Vedānta texts, is devoid of all attributes and specifications, it cannot be brought within the scope of an injunction.