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 2.363
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
अतोऽस्यास्तित्वसिद्ध्यर्थं कल्पनातीतरूपिणः ।
अथात इत्यनुप्रश्ना वक्ष्यन्ते निर्णयार्थिने ॥ ३६३ ॥
ato'syāstitvasiddhyarthaṃ kalpanātītarūpiṇaḥ |
athāta ityanupraśnā vakṣyante nirṇayārthine || 363 ||
English translation of verse 2.363:
In the text athāta the questions of one who wishes to determine the final view will be stated.
Notes:
The disciple first of all receives the instruction from the teacher. He is told: “If anyone knows Brahman as non-existing, he himself becomes non-existent. If anyone knows that Brahman exists, then the wise think of him as existing.” After getting the instruction from the teacher, the disciple asks certain questions with a view to clarifying his doubts. He does not accept the teaching blindly without reflection. The hearing (śravaṇa) of the instruction is followed by rational reflection (manana) thereon. The śruti text, “Then, therefore, follow these questions,” (athāto'nupraśnāḥ) refers to the questions raised by the disciple after receiving the instruction from the teacher.