The Bhagavadgîtâ, with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ — SBE Vol. 8 (trans. K. T. Telang, 1882)
The translator’s English as printed (K. T. Telang). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.
1 L.e. its identity with the Brahman. 2 Le. in various forms of life, Nîlakaṇṭha. 3 The going about in search of enjoyments. The contact leads to pondering on them, and that to desire, &c., 4 as described further on.
* Through various lives. Birth and death are certain for him. ‘ Le. causes oblivion of his real nature, Śaṅkara. Cf. the whole train of cause and effect at Gita, p. 50 supra.
7 Le. the pondering, desire, wrath, &c. As to ‘children,’ cf. Kavha, pp. 96 and 123, where bala is contrasted with dhira, as here. The ‘good sense’ is of help in withstanding the temptations of worldly objects.
2 Destroys= abandons; pondering, just before this, is rendered by Śaṅkara to mean ‘thinking of the objects as transient, impure,’ &c.
* Śaṅkara cites on this a stanza of unknown authorship, which says, “The learned and clever man who knows the self, and by discrimination destroys all objects of sense, is said to be the death of death.’ See too p. 178 infra.
1 That is, its identity with the Brahman. 2 That is, in various forms of life, Nīlakaṇṭha. 3 The going about in search of enjoyments. The contact leads to pondering on them, and that to desire, and so on, 4 as described further on.
* Through various lives. Birth and death are certain for him. ¹ I.e. causes oblivion of his real nature, Śaṅkara. Cf. the whole train of cause and effect at Gita, p. 50 supra.
7 That is, the pondering, desire, wrath, and so on. On 'children,' cf. Kavha, pp. 96 and 123, where bala is contrasted with dhira, as here. The 'good sense' helps in withstanding the temptations of worldly objects.
2 "Destroys" means abandons; "pondering," which occurs just before this, is taken by Śaṅkara to mean "thinking of the objects as transient, impure," and so on.
* On this point Śaṅkara cites a stanza of unknown authorship: "The learned and clever man who knows the self, and by discrimination destroys all objects of sense, is said to be the death of death." See too p. 178 infra.