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 2.259
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
ओषणादग्निरोषः स्याद्धातूनुष्यति येन सः ।
धानात्तस्यान्नतत्त्वज्ञैरौषधं शब्द्यते सदा ॥ २५९ ॥
oṣaṇādagniroṣaḥ syāddhātūnuṣyati yena saḥ |
dhānāttasyānnatattvajñairauṣadhaṃ śabdyate sadā || 259 ||
English translation of verse 2.259:
Agni is called oṣaḥ since it burns; for, the fluids of the body are burnt by it. Since fire is appeased by food, the latter is called a medicine by those who know the truth of food.
Notes:
This verse explains why food is characterized as a medicine for all.
The abdominal fire otherwise called the digestive fire begins to burn, that is, feed upon the very constituents of the body when it is not provided with food. But it is assuaged by the food that is eaten. It is the food that alleviates the bodily discomfort of all, and so food is called a medicine for all.