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 2.406
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
निलयो मूर्तधर्मः स्यादुत्तरोऽमूर्तसंश्रयः ।
विज्ञानं चेतनं विद्यादविज्ञानमचेतनम् ॥ ४०६ ॥
nilayo mūrtadharmaḥ syāduttaro'mūrtasaṃśrayaḥ |
vijñānaṃ cetanaṃ vidyādavijñānamacetanam || 406 ||
English translation of verse 2.406:
Nilaya, which means abode, is an attribute of the gross form. The latter, i.e., anilaya, which means non-abode, is related to the subtle form. Vijñānam means a sentient being, and avijñāna [avijñānam], an insentient object.
Notes:
This verse explains the meaning of the texts nilayanaṃ cānilayanaṃ ca, vijñānaṃ cāvijñānam ca.