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 2.348
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
यावद्यावत्तमोऽपैति बुद्धौ धर्मसमाहतम् ।
तावत्तावद्धियः स्वास्थ्यं तावत्तावत्सुखोन्नतिः ॥ ३४८ ॥
yāvadyāvattamo'paiti buddhau dharmasamāhatam |
tāvattāvaddhiyaḥ svāsthyaṃ tāvattāvatsukhonnatiḥ || 348 ||
English translation of verse 2.348:
Due to the action of dharma, as darkness vanishes from the intellect more and more, the intellect becomes tranquil more and more, and happiness also becomes more and more excellent.
Notes:
The mind becomes tranquil when it is freed from darkness (tamas). The practice of austerities, meditation, continence, and faith make the mind pure, placid, and tranquil. The more the mind is purified, the greater is the happiness that is experienced.