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 2.499
Sanskrit text and transliteration:
तस्येवं पृथिवी सर्वा पूर्णा वित्तस्य चेद्भवेत् ।
इति साधनमुक्तं स्याद्दृष्टादृष्टार्थकर्मणः ॥ ४९९ ॥
tasyevaṃ pṛthivī sarvā pūrṇā vittasya cedbhavet |
iti sādhanamuktaṃ syāddṛṣṭādṛṣṭārthakarmaṇaḥ || 499 ||
English translation of verse 2.499:
Suppose that to him belongs the entire earth full of wealth. Thus the accessories for the performance of karma necessary for attaining perceptible and imperceptible ends have been stated.
Notes:
The three texts beginning from yuvā syāt and ending with vittasya pūrṇā syāt seek to convey the twofold means necessary for the attainment of the objects of desire, dṛṣṭa as well as adṛṣṭa. Since the young man described above is in possession of all the riches of the world, he commands external accessories (bāhya-sādhana) for attaining his goal. Strength of body, ability to do things quickly, and the like, are the bodily accessories (ādhyātmika-sādhana) equally necessary for attaining the goal.