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 2.713
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
अथाभिधानुरोधी स्यान्नियोगोऽयं तथापि च ।
अभिधानुविधायित्वाद्विध्यर्थोऽत्र सुदुर्लभः ॥ ७१३ ॥
athābhidhānurodhī syānniyogo'yaṃ tathāpi ca |
abhidhānuvidhāyitvādvidhyartho'tra sudurlabhaḥ || 713 ||
English translation of verse 2.713:
If, on the contrary, the injunctive text is subservient to the (assertive Vedānta) text which has the power to convey its meaning, in that case the meaning of injunction is not possible, because the injunction is subservient to the (assertive Vedānta) text which has the power to convey its meaning.
Notes:
If an injunctive text is made subservient to the Vedānta text, knowledge of the Self will not fall within the scope of injunction.