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 1.158
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
अक्षितोऽक्षीणारूपत्वाद् वेदानुवचनं त्विदम् ।
त्रिशङ्कोर्ब्रह्मभूतस्य ह्यार्षं सन्दर्शनं परम् ॥ १५८ ॥
akṣito'kṣīṇārūpatvād vedānuvacanaṃ tvidam |
triśaṅkorbrahmabhūtasya hyārṣaṃ sandarśanaṃ param || 158 ||
English translation of verse 1.158:
I am immortal, because I am free from decay. This statement, after the attainment of Brahman-realization, by Triśaṅku who became Brahman is, indeed, the expression of the supreme saintly vision.
Notes:
The entire mantra here is the statement of the sage Triśaṅku after his attainment of Brahman-realization. It is an expression of the fact that Triśaṅku, like Vāmadeva, has attained the summum bonum. It shows what constitutes Self-realization.