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 1.163
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
आत्मज्ञानोदयादूर्ध्वं पुरुषार्थावसानतः ।
स्वतः सिद्धेश्च मोक्षस्य कर्मकाण्डमनर्थकम् ॥ १६३ ॥
ātmajñānodayādūrdhvaṃ puruṣārthāvasānataḥ |
svataḥ siddheśca mokṣasya karmakāṇḍamanarthakam || 163 ||
English translation of verse 1.163:
Since after the rise of Self-knowledge the end sought after (viz., liberation) is achieved, and since liberation is eternal, the ritual-section is futile.
Notes:
Karma is a remote means to the attainment of Brahman-knowledge. The performance of karma leads to purification of the mind; and the latter is necessary for the rise of Brahman-knowledge. The attainment of Brahman-knowledge itself is liberation which is the supreme end sought after by the spiritual aspirant. There is, therefore, no need for karma after the rise of Brahman-knowledge.