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 2.114
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
ज्ञातुर्ज्ञेयं परं ब्रह्म भेदबुद्ध्यपनुत्तये ।
गुहायां परमे व्योमं ज्ञेयं ज्ञातरि शिष्यते ॥ ११४ ॥
jñāturjñeyaṃ paraṃ brahma bhedabuddhyapanuttaye |
guhāyāṃ parame vyomaṃ jñeyaṃ jñātari śiṣyate || 114 ||
English translation of verse 2.114:
With a view to remove the thought of duality involved in the idea that the supreme Brahman is known by the knower, śruti says guhāyām parame vyoman. Thus, Brahman which is to be known is in the knower.
Notes:
If the Witness-self is the knower and if Brahman is what is known, it may be thought that they are different. The Upaniṣad speaks about the existence of Brahman in the intellect which is located in the supreme space in the heart with a view to show that they are not different. The purport of this passage is to show that Brahman which is to be known is the Witness-self, and that the Witness-self is no other than Brahman.