Taittiriya Upanishad With Bhashyam

Taittiriya Upanishad

Belonging to the Krishna Yajur eda, Taittiriya, it is thought to be the first Upanishad Shankara worte a Bhasya on. It is composed of three chapters: Siksa-valli, Brahmananda-vallli. These are subdividerd into Anuvakas (lessens) made up of a few crisp sentences, with measure and rhythm, meant to be learned and chanted as a unit. There are thirty-one lessons, distributed twelve, nine and ten respectively. In the three chapters. The first chapter deals with various upasananas or deditations, chanting and mental preparation and purity by neutralizing likes and dislikes. The second chapter analyzes Brahman, the reality in terms of the implied meanings of its definition, i.e.  satyam, jnanam, anantam (existence, consciousness, limitlessness). It helps one to understand that although the world may have a useful reality, it is only an as-though reality when we are looking into the truth of all three periods of time. This chapter also defty  uses the analysis  of the five sheaths or coverings (pancha kosha viveka) leading to their transparency and the discovery of the truth of them all. They are the food, prana, mind intellect and Ananda (happiness); layers which make up ones experiences. The third chapter is an  appendage to the second, further expounding on the sheaths and unfolding the meaning of pramana vichara the single and primar tapas for the jijnasu (one who is desirous of knowing the truth as the limitless Brahman).