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 1.149-150
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
सत्यमेव तु वक्तव्यमिति सत्यवचा जगौ ।
राथीतरो मुनिस्तद्वत्तप एवेत्युवाच ह ॥ १४९ ॥
पुरुशिष्टस्य तनयः कर्तव्यं तु महातपाः ।
मुद्गलस्यात्मजश्चाह कर्तव्ये यत्नमास्थितैः ।
स्वाध्यायप्रवचने एव ते एव तु तपो यतः ॥ १५० ॥
satyameva tu vaktavyamiti satyavacā jagau |
rāthītaro munistadvattapa evetyuvāca ha || 149 ||
puruśiṣṭasya tanayaḥ kartavyaṃ tu mahātapāḥ |
mudgalasyātmajaścāha kartavye yatnamāsthitaiḥ |
svādhyāyapravacane eva te eva tu tapo yataḥ || 150 ||
English translation of verse 1.149-150:
The sage Rāthītara whose speech consists of truth has said that truth alone must be uttered. Puruśiṣṭa’s son who practised great austerity said that austerity alone must be practised. The son of Mudgala declared that the study and the teaching of the Veda alone must be done taking proper effort by all eligible persons, for they alone constitute austerity.
Notes:
The purpose of stating the views of the different sages is to emphasize the importance of adhyayana and pravacana and to inspire special regard for them.