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 1.140
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
प्रसौति ह्यनुजानाति ब्रह्मोमित्येव चर्त्विजम् ।
प्रवक्ष्यन्ब्राह्मणो वेदमोमित्येवं प्रयुज्यते ॥ १४० ॥
prasauti hyanujānāti brahmomityeva cartvijam |
pravakṣyanbrāhmaṇo vedamomityevaṃ prayujyate || 140 ||
English translation of verse 1.140:
By uttering Om, the Brahmā gives his assent to the Ṛtvik (to begin action). A Brāhmaṇa, when about to recite the Veda, begins by uttering Om.
Notes:
The priest who is well-versed in the Vedas and who supervises the rite is called Brahmā. The Ṛtvik is a performing-priest.