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 2.503
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
भूयोद्वन्द्वप्रतीघातशक्तिसाधनसम्पदा ।
नारगन्धर्विको भूयानानन्दो मानुषादधि ॥ ५०३ ॥
bhūyodvandvapratīghātaśaktisādhanasampadā |
nāragandharviko bhūyānānando mānuṣādadhi || 503 ||
English translation of verse 2.503:
Since they are in possession of power and accessories to resist the numerous pairs of opposites, the bliss of the human fairies is greater than human bliss.
Notes:
Because of the power and accessories they have, they will not be victims of the pairs of opposites such as pleasure and pain, heat and cold.