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 1.170
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
विस्मृत्याप्यनृतं नित्यं न च वक्तव्यमण्वपि ।
इत्यस्य प्रतिपत्त्यर्थं सत्यादीति पुनर्वचः ॥ १७० ॥
vismṛtyāpyanṛtaṃ nityaṃ na ca vaktavyamaṇvapi |
ityasya pratipattyarthaṃ satyādīti punarvacaḥ || 170 ||
English translation of verse 1.170:
Once again śruti speaks of truth-speaking with a view to teach that one should never tell a lie, however small, even in forgetfulness.