upaniṣad-bhāṣyam

We’ve previously looked at two major compilations of upaniṣadic commentaries – the anubhūti-prakāśa by vidyāraṇya and ātma-purāṇam by śaṅkarānanda. Today we’ll look at the 3 volume upaniṣad bhāṣyam set published by the Mahesh Research Institute. This is probably the most important reference book set available on the upaniṣads.

This set includes all 10 primary upaniṣads (īśa, kena, kaṭha, praśna, muṇḍaka, māṇḍūkya, taittirīya, aitareya, chāndogya, bṛhadāraṇyaka). All of them include the bhāṣyam by śaṅkarācārya and ṭīkā by ānandagiri. In addition, it includes a few additional important commentaries:

• kaṭha – ṭīkā by gopāla yati
• māṇḍūkya – kārikā by gauḍapāda, ṭīkā by anubhūti-svarūpa
• taittirīya – vārtikā by sureśvarācārya, vanamālā by acyuta-kṛṣṇānanda-tīrtha
• chāndogya – ṭippaṇī by narendra-purī yati, ṭīkā by abhinava-nārāyanendra-sarasvatī
• bṛhadāraṇyaka – dīpikā by vidyāraṇya muni

Note: sureśvarācārya has also written a bṛhadāraṇyaka vārtikā which is published separately.