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 2.188
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
यावद्यावदयं देहो वर्धते गर्भशायिनः ।
तवत्तावदभिव्यक्तिर्लिङ्गस्याप्युपजायते ॥ १८८ ॥
yāvadyāvadayaṃ deho vardhate garbhaśāyinaḥ |
tavattāvadabhivyaktirliṅgasyāpyupajāyate || 188 ||
English translation of verse 2.188:
As this (physical) body (of the jīva) lying in the womb grows, his liṅga-śarīra also manifests itself more and more.
Notes:
Both the visible physical body and the invisible subtle body (liṅga-śarīra) grow simultaneously.