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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अनुसंधान-१७. 116 It is - as of all waters the uniting poing is the sea, so of all touches the uniting point is the skin, so of all tastes the uniting point is the tongue, of all smells the uniting point is the nostrils, so of all forms the uniting poing is eyes, so of all sounds the uniting point is the ear, so of all intention (sankalpa) the uniting point is the mind (manas), so of knowledge the uniting point is the heart, so of all acts (karma) the uniting point is the hand, so of all pleasures (ānanda) the uniting point is the generative organ (evem sarveśāmānandānām upustha ekāyanam) so of all evacuations the uniting point is the anus, so of all journeys the uniting point is the feet, so of all Vedas, the uniting poing is speech.''
Similarly in the Praşnopanişad a question is asked : In whom, pray, are all things established ? (कस्मिन्नु सर्वे सम्प्रतिष्ठिता भवन्तीति) And in the answer to this question are supplied couples having the cause-effect relationships. As birds resort to a tree for a resting place, even so, O friend (Pippalada addressing to Gārgya, a questioner) it is to the Supreme Soul (ātman) that everything here resorts.
स यथा सोम्य वयांसि वासोवृक्षं सम्प्रतिष्ठन्ते । एवं ह वै तत्सर्वं पर आत्मनि सम्प्रतिष्ठते । पृथिवी च पृथिवीमात्रा चापश्चापोमात्रा च तेजश्च तेजोमात्रा च वायुश्च वायुमात्रा चाकाशश्चाकाशमात्रा च चक्षुश्च द्रष्टव्यं च श्रोत्रं च श्रोतव्यं च घ्राणं च घ्रातव्यं च रसश्च रसयितव्यं च त्वक् च स्पर्शयितव्यं च वाकच वक्तव्यं च हस्तौ चादातव्यं चोपस्थश्चानन्दयितव्यं च पायुश्च विसर्जितव्यं च पादौ च गन्तव्यं च मनश्च मन्तव्यं च बुद्धिश्च बोद्धव्यं चाहारश्चाहर्तव्यं च चित्तं च चेतयितव्यं च तेजश्च विद्योतयितव्यं च प्राणश्च विधारयितव्यं च ।
(Praśnopanişad 4-87, 8) Earth and the elements of earth, water and the elements of water, heat (tejas) and the elements of heat, wind and the elements of wind, space and the elements of space, sight and what can be seen, hearing and what can be heard, smell and what can be smelled, taste and what can be tasted,