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 2.421
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
यद्वै तत्सुकृतं प्रोक्तं सत्त्यदादिस्वभावकम् ।
नीरसस्यास्य कार्यस्य रसोऽसौ परमः स्मृतः ॥ ४२१ ॥
yadvai tatsukṛtaṃ proktaṃ sattyadādisvabhāvakam |
nīrasasyāsya kāryasya raso'sau paramaḥ smṛtaḥ || 421 ||
English translation of verse 2.421:
The one, verily, which has been said to be sukṛtam is in the form of gross and subtle objects. This supreme Brahman is said to be rasa, the source of joy of this world of effects, which in itself is devoid of rasa.
Notes:
The śruti texts yadvai tat sukṛtam, rasa vai saḥ are now taken up for explanation.
Rasa means flavour. It is what causes satisfaction. It is the source of joy. Whatever happiness a person derives from the things of the world is due to Brahman which is the source of joy. And so Brahman must exist.