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 2.497
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
समग्रशेषचार्वङ्गो दृढिष्ठः परिकीर्त्यते ।
अभिभूय यतः सर्वान्बलिनो वर्तते ततः ।
बलिष्ठस्तेन विद्वद्भिः कीर्त्यते पृथुकीर्तिभिः ॥ ४९७ ॥
samagraśeṣacārvaṅgo dṛḍhiṣṭhaḥ parikīrtyate |
abhibhūya yataḥ sarvānbalino vartate tataḥ |
baliṣṭhastena vidvadbhiḥ kīrtyate pṛthukīrtibhiḥ || 497 ||
English translation of verse 2.497:
One whose all bodily organs are beautifully formed is said to be draḍhiṣṭha [draḍhiṣṭhaḥ]. Since he excels all strong men, he is said to be baliṣṭha [baliṣṭhaḥ], by the wise who are praiseworthy.
Notes:
Two other words draḍhiṣṭhaḥ and baliṣṭhaḥ which are used by śruti as descriptive epithets of the young man in the context, arc explained in this verse.