The Dynamics of Knowledge, Action and Liberation: A Study of Jñāna– Karma–Samuccaya in Śaṅkara’s Taittirīyopaniṣad Commentary
Authors-Shradha Aggarwal, Professor Om Nath Bimali
Keyword-Śaṅkara, Advaita Vedānta, Taittirīyopaniṣad Bhāṣya, jñāna (knowledge), karma (action).
This paper investigates the intricate relationship between jñāna (knowledge), karma (action), and mokṣa (liberation) in Śaṅkara’s Taittirīyopaniṣad Bhāṣya. The study explores how Śaṅkara reinterprets Vedic exegesis—originally grounded in ritual action—through the lens of Advaita Vedānta, redefining liberation as a state of self-realization rather than ritual achievement. Through textual analysis of the Śikṣāvallī, Ānandavallī, and Bhṛguvallī, this work argues that Śaṅkara systematically dismantles the Mīmāṃsā doctrine of jñāna–karma– samuccayavāda and establishes knowledge alone as the direct means to liberation.
Doi-[http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17558406]