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...

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

अर्थज्ञानप्रधानत्वाद् वेदान्तानां विपश्चिताम् ।
पाठे त्वयत्नो मा प्रापदिति शिक्षाऽभिधीयते ॥ ५० ॥

arthajñānapradhānatvād vedāntānāṃ vipaścitām |
pāṭhe tvayatno mā prāpaditi śikṣā'bhidhīyate || 50 ||

English translation of verse 1.50:

Since the comprehension of meaning is important to the Vedānta, the science of phonetics is begun so that the learned may not become indifferent to the recital of the text.

Notes:

Verses (50) to (53) cover the second anuvāka of the Upaniṣad.

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