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 2.537
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
अतिशेते यतः सर्वानानन्दानाग्रजादधि ।
विकल्पभूमेर्व्यावृत्तेरैक्यं स्वात्मरविस्थयोः ॥ ५३७ ॥
atiśete yataḥ sarvānānandānāgrajādadhi |
vikalpabhūmervyāvṛtteraikyaṃ svātmaravisthayoḥ || 537 ||
English translation of verse 2.537:
Since Brahman-bliss excels all other pleasures up to that of the Hiraṇyagarbha, one should know the oneness (of that Brahman-bliss) inherent in the jīva and in the sun by removing avidyā which is the source of all distinctions.
Notes:
When a person realizes the non-difference between the Self in man and Brahman in the sun, avidyā which sets up all distinctions such as superiority and inferiority gets removed, leading to the attainment of the unsurpassable Brahman-bliss.