TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD – 89. Rishi Yajnavalkya.

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Tuesday 10, June 2025, 07:20. 
TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD   Pertaining to the SELF-CREATION of Brahman there is a Shruti Mantram… Upanishad Part-2. 
ABHAYA PRATISHTHAA  
BRAHMAANANDA MEEMAAMSAA 
Anuvaka 2.8 A Measure of “Relative Joy” 
Bhashya F: 
THE MAHAVAKYA OF THIS UPANISHAD 
Coverage: Mantras From 2.8.13 to 2.9.1.
Post-89.

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Bhashya F: 
THE MAHAVAKYA OF THIS UPANISHAD 
Coverage: Mantras From 2.8.13 to 2.9.1.


WE NOW BEGIN ANOTHER major topic within the Brahmananda Valli (Part II). 

The Bhashya on it is considered to be as important as Bhashya A we began with, namely, the  “Satyam, Jnanam, Anantam Brahman”, which gave us the Nature of Brahman. 

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Before we proceed further, it will be useful to summarise the six main Bhashya: topics covered in the Brahmananda Valli by Sri Shankaracharyaji: 

Bhashya A.  

“Satyam Jnanam Anantam Brahma” – the Nature of Brahman:  


Bhashya C.  

Bhashya D. 

Bhashya E.  

Bhashya F.  


“Pancha Kosha Vivaranam” – the analysis of the 5 Sheaths. 

“Seven Proofs of Brahman’s Existence” (Brahma Asti). 

“Entry of Brahman” into the Caveof the Heart. (under Proof 2) 

“Measure of ‘Relative Joy’” – from man’s happiness to the Bliss of Brahman. 

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Mantram- 2.8.13:  The Mahavakya of Taittireeya Upanishad  

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sah yah cha ayam purushe; = The Reality in the core of man (Microcosmic), 

yah cha asau aaditye; = and the Reality in the Sun (Macrocosmic) –  

sah ekah; = are one and the same. 

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 Taken together, this is the Mahavakya of the Taittireeya Upanishad. All  Mahavakyas convey the same idea: The identity between Brahman and the Jeeva. 

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Introduction to this Section:

G/ We have just seen in the last Anuvaka the relative measures of Joy experienced from the most successful Man on Earth to Brahmaji who is represented by the Sun. The Joy experienced by them is only a particle of the Supreme Bliss of Brahman. 

In this section, the Mahavakya points out that the essence of the two extremes of the relative Joys described – namely, the Joy in Man and the Joy in Brahmaji – is the same. 

The former may be discovered in the Nihitam Guha, the “Cave of the Heart” within the intellect of man; this is referred to here as “the core of man”. 

The method of seeing this identity was indicated in the last section to be  Renunciation of all desires. We have seen that the greater the renunciation, the greater is the Joy experienced. If we extend this process beyond even the Joy of Brahmaji, the Sun, it  leads us to the Infinite Ananda or Bliss of Brahman. This is the identity that is the subject of the Mahavakya in this section. 



This process of realizing the Supreme Bliss requires us to negate all the five Koshas.  

The process so described is called Apavada or De-Superimposition. 

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Next

Initial Objections 

Continued

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know the self, know the self in Nature, know the self in Jiva, Further Oneness.

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