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 2.82
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
न चेदात्मा परं ब्रह्म स्वतः स्यादस्य दुःखिनः ।
नियोगो वाऽभियोगो वा कं विशेषं करिष्यति ॥ ८२ ॥
na cedātmā paraṃ brahma svataḥ syādasya duḥkhinaḥ |
niyogo vā'bhiyogo vā kaṃ viśeṣaṃ kariṣyati || 82 ||
English translation of verse 2.82:
If the Self by its very nature is not the supreme Brahman,what difference could either scriptural injunction or meditation make to this afflicted jīva?
Notes:
It is no argument to say that, though the difference between Brahman and the jīva is real based as it is on the support of Scripture, it can be overcome by following the scriptural command “Let the mind dwell in the thought that Thou art That” (tat tvam asi iti ceto dhārayediti niyogāt), or by means of meditation. If the jīva by its very nature is not Brahman, neither scriptural injunction nor meditation can help it to attain the nature of Brahman. Nor can they overcome the difference between Brahman and the jīva, if it is really the teaching of Scripture.