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 2.601
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
उदपादि च यच्छब्दैर्ज्ञानमाकारवद्धियः ।
स्वतो बुद्धं तदप्राप्य नाम्ना सह निवर्तते ॥ ६०१ ॥
udapādi ca yacchabdairjñānamākāravaddhiyaḥ |
svato buddhaṃ tadaprāpya nāmnā saha nivartate || 601 ||
English translation of verse 2.601:
The cognition relating to Brahman generated by the words in the intellect returns along with the word without reaching Brahman, which is by its very nature consciousness.
Notes:
It was stated earlier that words return along with cognition without comprehending Brahman. This verse now explains chat cognition returns along with words without reaching Brahman which is itself consciousness. In short, Brahman is not an object which can be known through śabda or through the cognition generated by śabda.