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 3.5
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
जिज्ञासुः परमं ब्रह्म श्रद्धाभक्तिपुरःसरः ।
उपसीदेद्गरीयांसं मन्त्रेणानेन शुद्धधीः ॥ ५ ॥
jijñāsuḥ paramaṃ brahma śraddhābhaktipuraḥsaraḥ |
upasīdedgarīyāṃsaṃ mantreṇānena śuddhadhīḥ || 5 ||
English translation of verse 3.5:
Having faith and devotion as well as a pure mind, a person who is desirous of knowing the supreme Brahman should approach a competent teacher with this mantra.
Notes:
Some of the qualifications which a spiritual aspirant must possess are mentioned here. Faith, devotion, and a pure mind are necessary for attaining Brahman-knowledge.