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 2.300
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
ब्रह्मणो वा परस्येयमाज्ञा ब्राह्मणलक्षणा ।
तस्मादादेश इत्येवं ब्राह्मणं सम्प्रचक्षते ॥ ३०० ॥
brahmaṇo vā parasyeyamājñā brāhmaṇalakṣaṇā |
tasmādādeśa ityevaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ sampracakṣate || 300 ||
English translation of verse 2.300:
Or, this Brāhmaṇa portion is so-called because it is the command of the supreme Brahman. Hence, by the word ādeśa is referred to the Brāhmaṇa portion.
Notes:
Why the Brāhmaṇa portion is of the nature of the command is explained in this verse.