Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.8.2
Taittirīyopaniṣad 2.8.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.8.2
sa eko manuṣyagandharvāṇāmānandaḥ /
śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya /
te ye śataṃ manuṣyagandharvāṇāmānandāḥ /
sa eko devagandharvāṇāmānandaḥ /
śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya /
te ye śataṃ devagandharvāṇāmānandāḥ /
sa ekaḥ pitṛṇāṃ ciralokalokānāmānandaḥ /
śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya /
te ye śataṃ pitṛṇāṃ ciralokalokānāmānandāḥ /
sa eka ājānajānāṃ devānāmānandaḥ // 2//
A hundred human blisses are one bliss of the human Gandharvas (genii)—also of a man who is versed in the scriptures (śrotriya) and who is not smitten with desire.
A hundred blisses of the human Gandharvas are one bliss of the divine Gandharvas—also of a man who is versed in the scriptures and who is not smitten with desire.
A hundred blisses of the divine Gandharvas are one bliss of the fathers in their long-enduring world—also of a man who is versed in the scriptures and who is not smitten with desire.
A hundred blisses of the fathers in their long-enduring world are one bliss of the gods who are born so by birth (ājāna-ja)—also of a man who is versed in the scriptures and who is not smitten with desire.
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (8)
- Taittirīyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Dīpikā of Rāmacandra — Rāmacandra, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyopaniṣadvyākhyā — Kṛṣṇānanda, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyopaniṣadvārttika — Sanskrit