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 2.692
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
आत्मत्वादनुपादेयमनन्यत्वादहेयता ।
अभिधाश्रुतेश्चेदेतत्किमन्यत्प्रार्थ्यते विधेः ॥ ६९२ ॥
ātmatvādanupādeyamananyatvādaheyatā |
abhidhāśruteścedetatkimanyatprārthyate vidheḥ || 692 ||
English translation of verse 2.692:
Since Brahman is our very Self, it is not something to be acquired. Since it is not different from the Self, it is not something to be given up. Since this (knowledge of Brahman-Ātman) results from the śruti texts which have the power to convey it, what is an injunction required for?
Notes:
The siddhāntin replies to the objection in this verse. The Niyogavādin claims validity for the injunctive texts on the ground that what they enjoin is conducive to the attainment of heaven, which is the puruṣārtha according to him. Since the highest puruṣārtha, viz., the realization of Brahman Ātman, is obtained through the Vedānta texts independently of injunction, they have validity on their own.