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 3.54
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
अथ दैवीः समाज्ञास्तु उपासीत यथाक्रमम् ।
वृष्टौ तृप्तिरिति ध्येयं तृप्तेर्वृष्टिसमन्वयात् ॥ ५४ ॥
atha daivīḥ samājñāstu upāsīta yathākramam |
vṛṣṭau tṛptiriti dhyeyaṃ tṛptervṛṣṭisamanvayāt || 54 ||
English translation of verse 3.54:
Then, there are meditations (on Brahman) relating to gods. One should meditate (on Brahman) in the same order. Brahman should be meditated upon as satisfaction in the rain, since satisfaction is dependent on the rain.
Notes:
After explaining meditations on Brahman as identified with the parts of the human body, śruti proceeds to give an account of meditations on Brahman as identified with the body of the cosmic being. This verse explains the śruti texts atha daivīḥ, tṛptiriti vṛṣṭau. Since rain brings about contentment by producing food, etc., Brahman should be meditated upon as existing in the rain in the form of satisfaction.