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 1.41
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
श्रवणं धारणं चैवमुपयोगश्च सिद्ध्यति ।
ज्ञानस्याप्रतिबन्धेन प्रार्थनीयमतो भवेत् ॥ ४१ ॥
śravaṇaṃ dhāraṇaṃ caivamupayogaśca siddhyati |
jñānasyāpratibandhena prārthanīyamato bhavet || 41 ||
English translation of verse 1.41:
When there is no obstacle, there takes place the comprehension, retention, and communication of knowledge. Hence (the deities) have io be invoked.
Notes:
Śravaṇa, dhāraṇa, and upayoga of Brahman-knowledge will be possible only when the obstacles are removed through the benign influence of the deities. Śravaṇa consists in determining the import of the Vedānta texts by sitting at the feet of a teacher. Retention of what has been studied is dhāraṇa. Imparting to others what one has learnt is upayoga.