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 2.459
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
सदा लब्धात्मकस्यापि यतोऽज्ञानमनाप्तिकृत् ।
अवाद्युच्चैरतः श्रुत्या विद्वानेतीति सादरम् ॥ ४५९ ॥
sadā labdhātmakasyāpi yato'jñānamanāptikṛt |
avādyuccairataḥ śrutyā vidvānetīti sādaram || 459 ||
English translation of verse 2.459:
Since ignorance makes what is ever attained appear as unattained, it is emphatically declared by śruti with great care that the man of knowledge attains (Brahman).
Notes:
Though Brahman-Ātman is ever attained, due to ignorance a person thinks that it is not attained. If it is admitted that knowledge is the means to the attainment of Brahman, it would follow that the attainment of Brahman is not possible for one who is ignorant.