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 IV.
He who becoming placid 5, and thinking of nought, may become absorbed in the one receptacle ?, abandoning each previous (element), he will cross beyond
1 Arguna Misra says the strength of the impression in the former birth would give him this knowledge in the subsequent birth. ? Cf. Sanatsugâtiya, p. 155. 3 Cf. inter alia p. 256 infra. “CF GS: p76. 5 Otherwise called Prakṛiti, or nature. “Cf GE, D. 124. TCE GHA pad Bk ® We now begin, as Nîlakaṇṭha points out, the answer to the question put above by Kâsyapa about the emancipation of the self. Placid, Arguna Misra renders to mean ‘silent, taciturn.’ See p. 234 supra. ® The path of knowledge, says Arguna Misra; the Brahman, says Nîlakaṇṭha. Abandoning each element=absorbing the gross into the subtle elements, and so forth, Nîlakaṇṭha ; abandoning each elementary mode of worship till one reaches that of contemplating the absolute Brahman, Arguna Misra.
CHAPTER IV.
He who becomes placid 5, thinks of nothing, and may be absorbed in the one receptacle ?, abandoning each previous element in turn, will cross beyond
1 Arjuna Misra says the strength of the impression from the former birth would give him this knowledge in the subsequent birth. 2 Cf. Sanatsujâtîya, p. 155. 3 Cf. inter alia p. 256 infra. 4 Cf. GS, p. 76. 5 Otherwise called Prakṛiti, or nature. 6 Cf. GE, p. 124. 7 Cf. GHA and Bk. 8 We now begin, as Nîlakaṇṭha points out, the answer to the question put above by Kâsyapa about the emancipation of the self. Placid, Arjuna Misra renders as 'silent, taciturn.' See p. 234 supra. 9 The path of knowledge, says Arjuna Misra; the Brahman, says Nîlakaṇṭha. Abandoning each element means absorbing the gross into the subtle elements, and so forth, according to Nîlakaṇṭha; abandoning each elementary mode of worship until one reaches that of contemplating the absolute Brahman, according to Arjuna Misra.