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.
* “In a sphere beyond the reach of perception,’ says Śaṅkara, who also quotes Kaṭha, p. 149, or Svetâsvatara, p. 347, where the same line also occurs. ? The original for understandings is sattva, which Śaṅkara renders to mean anta/karara. ‘Refined, he says, ‘by sacrifices and other sanctifying operations.’ In the Kaṭha at p. 148 sattva is rendered by Śaṅkara to mean buddhi—a common use of the word.
* “As being,’ says Śaṅkara, ‘identical with themselves.’ It will be noted that the form of expression is slightly altered here. It is not ‘those who understand this.’ |
* Le. in different aggregates of body, senses, &c. Cf. Gita, pp. 104 and 124; also Khândogya, pp. 475-551.
* Cf. Bṛihadaranyaka, p. 882; Śaṅkara also refers to Îsopanishad, p. 14.
* The words are pretty nearly the same as at Gîtâ, p. 48. Śaṅkara says, the Brâhmaṇa ‘who has done all he need do’ has no interest whatever in any being, as he has none in a big reservoir, and he cites Gita, p. 54, in support of this. One copy of Śaṅkara, however, differs from this; that runs thus: ‘As a person who has done all he need do, has no interest in a big reservoir of water, so to a Brâhmaṇa who sees the self in all beings, there is no interest in all the actions laid down in the Vedas, &c. ; as he has obtained everything by mere perception of the self.’ Nîlakaṇṭha’s reading is exactly the same as at Gita, p. 48.
7 Śaṅkara says that Sanatsugâta states here his own experiences, like Vamadeva (about whom there is a reference at Bṛihadâraṇyaka, p. 216) and others, to corroborate what he has already said. Cf. also Gita, p. 83, as to the whole passage. [8] oO
"In a sphere beyond the reach of perception," says Śaṅkara, who also quotes Kaṭha, p. 149, or Svetâsvatara, p. 347, where the same line also occurs. The original for *understandings* is *sattva*, which Śaṅkara renders to mean *antaḥkaraṇa*. "Refined," he says, "by sacrifices and other sanctifying operations." In the Kaṭha at p. 148 *sattva* is rendered by Śaṅkara to mean *buddhi*—a common use of the word.
* "As being," says Śaṅkara, "identical with themselves." It will be noted that the form of expression is slightly altered here. It is not "those who understand this."
* That is, in different aggregates of body, senses, and so on. Cf. Gita, pp. 104 and 124; also Khândogya, pp. 475–551.
* Cf. Bṛihadaranyaka, p. 882; Śaṅkara also refers to Îsopanishad, p. 14.
* The wording is almost identical to that at Gîtâ, p. 48. Śaṅkara says that the Brâhmaṇa "who has done all he need do" has no interest whatsoever in any being, just as he has none in a large reservoir, and he cites Gita, p. 54, in support of this. One manuscript of Śaṅkara, however, differs: it reads as follows: "Just as a person who has done all he need do has no interest in a large reservoir of water, so a Brâhmaṇa who sees the self in all beings has no interest in any of the actions enjoined by the Vedas, etc., since he has obtained everything through the mere perception of the self." Nîlakaṇṭha's reading is exactly the same as at Gita, p. 48.
7 Śaṅkara says that Sanatsujâta here sets out his own experiences—as Vamadeva (mentioned at Bṛihadâraṇyaka, p. 216) and others did—in order to corroborate what he has already said. Cf. also Gita, p. 83, on the passage as a whole. [8] oO