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 2.749
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
विद्यैवोपनिषज्ज्ञेया तयैवोपेत्य निर्द्वयम् ।
विन्दते निर्भयात्मानं तस्मादुपनिषत्स्मृता ॥ ७४९ ॥
vidyaivopaniṣajjñeyā tayaivopetya nirdvayam |
vindate nirbhayātmānaṃ tasmādupaniṣatsmṛtā || 749 ||
English translation of verse 2.749:
The word upaniṣad means knowledge alone. It is by knowledge alone that one, having approached the nondual (Brahman), attains the Self which is free from fear. Hence (this Vallī) is spoken of as the Upaniṣad.
Notes:
This verse explains the primary meaning of the word upaniṣad.