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 2.344-345
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
पुत्रादिविषया प्रीतिर्वासना शिर उच्यते ।
प्रियलाभनिमित्तोत्थो हर्षो मोदः प्रकीर्तितः ॥ ३४४ ॥
प्रकर्षगुणसंयुक्तः प्रमोदः स्यात्स एव तु ।
सुखसामान्यमात्मा स्यादानन्दो भेदसंश्रयात् ॥ ३४५ ॥
putrādiviṣayā prītirvāsanā śira ucyate |
priyalābhanimittottho harṣo modaḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 344 ||
prakarṣaguṇasaṃyuktaḥ pramodaḥ syātsa eva tu |
sukhasāmānyamātmā syādānando bhedasaṃśrayāt || 345 ||
English translation of verse 2.344-345:
Joy which is revived by the latent impressions in respect of objects such as a son is said to be the head (of the ānandamaya). The exultation which arises consequent on the acquisition of a desired object is called enjoyment. The same exultation alone is known as exhilaration when it is in association with the best qualities. Bliss, which is happiness in general, is the self (i.e., the middle part), since it is the basis of the different forms of happiness.