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 1.60
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
अधिलोकमधिज्योतिरधिविद्यमधिप्रजम् ।
अध्यात्मं चेति लोकादेर्महत्त्वात्तद्विदो जगुः ।
ता महासंहिताः सर्वा इति ता य उपासते ॥ ६० ॥
adhilokamadhijyotiradhividyamadhiprajam |
adhyātmaṃ ceti lokādermahattvāttadvido jaguḥ |
tā mahāsaṃhitāḥ sarvā iti tā ya upāsate || 60 ||
English translation of verse 1.60:
The universe, light, learning, progeny, and the self are the five objects (of meditations). Since the universe, etc., are great, those who know (the Veda) speak of them (namely, the five objects) as great combinations. Those who meditate (on the Saṃhitā) will attain all the fruits (such as progeny stated in the sequel).
Notes:
The universe (loka) consists of earth, etc. Light (jyoti) here stands for fire (agni), etc. By learning (vidyā) is meant the teacher, etc., responsible for it. Progeny (prajā) here implies parents who are the cause of the progeny. The self (ātman) stands for the body. It should be understood that in all these cases the objects of meditation are the presiding deities and not the objects such as the earth. The material forms are not worthy of meditation.