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 2.496
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
अध्येति सर्वमध्येयमतोऽध्यायक उच्यते ।
क्षिप्रकार्यतिशायित्वादाशिष्ठोऽसौ भवेदतः ॥ ४९६ ॥
adhyeti sarvamadhyeyamato'dhyāyaka ucyate |
kṣiprakāryatiśāyitvādāśiṣṭho'sau bhavedataḥ || 496 ||
English translation of verse 2.496:
A person studies all that has to be studied and is, therefore, said to be adhyāyaka. Since he is the best among those who are quick in action, he is āśiṣṭha.
Notes:
This verse explains the meanings of the words adhyāyakaḥ and āśiṣṭhaḥ, which occur in the text. Adhyāyakaḥ means ādhītavedaḥ, one who has studied the Vedas.