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 2.342
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
तस्माज्ज्ञानक्रियाकार्यं प्रियाद्यारक्तबुद्धिगम् ।
आनन्दमयमात्मानं श्रुतिः सोपाधिकं जगौ ॥ ३४२ ॥
tasmājjñānakriyākāryaṃ priyādyāraktabuddhigam |
ānandamayamātmānaṃ śrutiḥ sopādhikaṃ jagau || 342 ||
English translation of verse 2.342:
So, śruti has spoken of the self formed of bliss which is associated with the adjunct, viz., the intellect, the latter manifesting itself in the form of joy, etc., which are the result of meditation and action.
Notes:
Three points are emphasized in this verse. First of all, the self formed of bliss is the conditioned self with buddhi as its upādhi. Second, the intellect which carries the reflection of the consciousness has assumed the form of joy, etc. Third, the manifestation of the different forms such as joy is due to the upāsanā and karma, performed in the previous life.