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 2.27
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
प्रवृत्तिजनकं यस्मात्सर्वत्रैव प्रयोजनम् ।
श्रुतिर्ब्रह्मविदाप्नोतीत्याह पुंसः प्रलुब्धये ॥ २७ ॥
pravṛttijanakaṃ yasmātsarvatraiva prayojanam |
śrutirbrahmavidāpnotītyāha puṃsaḥ pralubdhaye || 27 ||
English translation of verse 2.27:
Since the end to be attained is everywhere the cause of activity, Scripture declares that "the knower of Brahman attains (the highest)” with a view to kindle desire (for Brahman-knowledge) in the person.