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 3.60
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
तन्मन इत्युपासीत मनस्वी मानवान्भवेत् ।
प्रह्वीभावो नमोऽर्थः स्यात्फलं तस्येदमुच्यते ।
नम्यन्तेऽस्य यथाकामं विषया भोगकारिणः ॥ ६० ॥
tanmana ityupāsīta manasvī mānavānbhavet |
prahvībhāvo namo'rthaḥ syātphalaṃ tasyedamucyate |
namyante'sya yathākāmaṃ viṣayā bhogakāriṇaḥ || 60 ||
English translation of verse 3.60:
One should meditate on Brahman as thinking; (thereby) one becomes mānavān, i.e., one capable of thinking. Namaḥ means bowing down. The fruit which accrues to him (who meditates on Brahman as possessed of suppleness) is stated (here). All objects which cause enjoyment bow down to him according to his desires.
Notes:
This verse explains the meaning of the śruti text tanmana ityupāsīta mānavān bhavati, tannama ityupāsīta, namyante'smai kāmāḥ.
The word manaḥ means mananam. Mānavān bhavati means manana-samartho bhavati.