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 2.1
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
कामादयो यदज्ञानात्तज्ज्ञानात्स्यादकामता ।
अतः परं तदैकात्म्यं वक्ष्यतेऽज्ञानघस्मरम् ॥ १ ॥
kāmādayo yadajñānāttajjñānātsyādakāmatā |
ataḥ paraṃ tadaikātmyaṃ vakṣyate'jñānaghasmaram || 1 ||
English translation of verse 2.1:
Desire, etc., arise due to the ignorance of that (Brahman). By knowing that (Brahman) freedom from desire takes place. Hence the knowledge of the unity of Brahman-Ātman which destroys ignorance will be explained in the sequel.
Notes:
Saguṇa-vidyā was the theme of the previous chapter. In this chapter as well as in the next one, nirguṇa-vidyā, i.e., the knowledge of Brahman which is free from attributes and distinctions created by limiting adjuncts will be explained.