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:

एवं शिष्टेष्वपि ज्ञेयं प्रसिद्धार्थत्वकारणात् ।
स्पष्टार्थ उत्तरो ग्रन्थः स्वयमेवावगम्यताम् ॥ १७१ ॥

evaṃ śiṣṭeṣvapi jñeyaṃ prasiddhārthatvakāraṇāt |
spaṣṭārtha uttaro granthaḥ svayamevāvagamyatām || 171 ||

English translation of verse 1.171:

The remaining ones, too, have to be understood in the same way. The subsequent portion whose meaning is clear can be understood by itself, for it states what is well-known.

Notes:

Explanation for what is stated subsequently beginning from “There should be no deviation from dharma” till “Let your guest be a god unto you” is not given as it is well-known.

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