Sankaracharya and Taittiriyopanishad

SR No.: 269125
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijay Pandya
Publisher: ZZ_Anusandhan
Total Pages: 12
Language: English
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ITAE17-89 • 119 ānanda are connected with upastham, a generative organ.
In the Kau. U., it appears that a process of sextual intercourse is purported to be described.
7514 342) HATTEN JURUAN fá yfiawati (Kau. U. 36) With intelligence having mounted on the generative organ, with the generative organ, one obtains bliss, delight and procreation.
So far, we have discussed that the word ānanda is explicitely connected with the generative organ and has sexual connotations,
And there are some places in the Upanişad where no direct connection can be perceived, but at the same time, there are sexual allusions. The celebrated passage from the B.U. gives an illustration of the erotic or amorous congruence in 4-3-21 WETT for f i aficato 7 GIEI feel II. As a man in the embrace of a beloved woman knows nothing, without, nothing within.
In the C.U.(7-25-2) 7 ay gay ang pa fainalchefur DAS TEHAYA BICHIG: Verily who sees thus, who thinks thus, who understands thus, who has pleasure in the soul, who has deligiit in the soul, who has intercourse with the soul, who has bliss in the soul. It can be seen that this passage endeavours to define anunda almost in erotic terms.
Similarly in the Mundakopunişad, the same words are employed in the following context, viz
प्राणो ह्येष यः सर्वभूतै विभाति विजानन्विद्वान्भवते । नातिवादी आत्मक्रीडः आत्मरति: क्रियावानेष ब्रह्मविद्यां वरिष्ठः ॥
(M.U.3-1-4) Truly it is life that shines forth in all beings. Understanding this, one becomes a knower. There is no superior speaker. Having delight in the soul látman), having pleasure in the