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.
CHAPTER II.
Vasudeva? said:
Then grasping his feet, Kasyapa asked questions very difficult to explain, and all of them that (being), the best of the supporters of piety, did explain.
Kâsyapa said :
How does the body perish, and how, too, is it produced ? How does one who moves in this harassing course of worldly life become freed? And (how) does the self, getting rid of nature, abandon the body (produced) from it? ? And how, being freed from the body, does he attain to the other?? How does this man enjoy the good and evil acts done by himself ? And where do the acts of one who is released from the body remain?
The Brâhmaṇa said:
Thus addressed, O descendant of Vṛishai! that Siddha answered these questions in order. Hear me relate what (he said).
_ 1 This was difficult, as the Siddha possessed extraordinary powers, such as that of concealed movement, &c. 2 Sic in MSS.
3 Cf, as to getting rid of nature, Gita, pp. 75-106. As to the body produced from nature, cf. ibid. p. 112, and pp. 317-318 infra. ¢ T,e. the Brahman, says Nîlakaṇṭha.
CHAPTER II.
Vasudeva? said:
Then, grasping his feet, Kasyapa asked questions that were very difficult to explain, and that being — the best of the upholders of piety — explained every one of them.
Kâsyapa said:
How does the body perish, and how is it produced? How does someone caught in this exhausting round of worldly existence become free? How does the self, rid of nature, abandon the body that nature produced? And once freed from that body, how does it attain the other? How does this person experience the good and evil deeds he himself has done? And where do the deeds of one who has left the body remain?
The Brâhmaṇa said:
Thus addressed, O descendant of Vṛishai, that Siddha answered these questions one by one. Hear what he said.
1 This was difficult, as the Siddha possessed extraordinary powers, such as that of concealed movement, etc. 2 Sic in MSS.
3 Cf., on getting rid of nature, Gita, pp. 75–106. On the body produced from nature, cf. ibid. p. 112, and pp. 317–318 infra. ¢ That is, the Brahman, says Nîlakaṇṭha.