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 1.106
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
ब्रह्म वेद स इत्येवं पुनरुक्तं किमुच्यते ।
वक्ष्यमाणानुवाकार्थविवक्षुत्वाददोषता ॥ १०६ ॥
brahma veda sa ityevaṃ punaruktaṃ kimucyate |
vakṣyamāṇānuvākārthavivakṣutvādadoṣatā || 106 ||
English translation of verse 1.106:
Since it has already been stated (that the fourth Vyāhṛti is Brahman, why is it again said: "He knows Brahman"? It is not a fault as it is intended to convey what is to be said in the next section.
Notes:
The objection is that Brahman has already been known, for it was stated earlier that Maha is Brahman. If so, there is no need to declare again that he knows Brahman (sa veda brahma) as if Brahman were unknown earlier.