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 2.462
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
हस्तप्राप्तमपि द्रव्यमप्राप्तमिव मन्यते ।
मोहादेवमनप्तिः स्यादात्मनोऽपि ममाऽऽत्मनः ॥ ४६२ ॥
hastaprāptamapi dravyamaprāptamiva manyate |
mohādevamanaptiḥ syādātmano'pi mamā''tmanaḥ || 462 ||
English translation of verse 2.462:
Just as a person thinks that an object which is in hand is unattained due to ignorance, even so Brahman which is one’s inward Self appears to be unattained through ignorance.
Notes:
The idea conveyed in the previous verse is now explained by means of an example.