The Bhagavadgîtâ, with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ — SBE Vol. 8 (trans. K. T. Telang, 1882)

Open to allEdited by F. Max Müller; translated by Müller, Legge, Bühler, West, Darmesteter, Palmer, Telang, Thibaut, Jolly, Rhys Davids, Oldenberg, Jacobi, Bloomfield and others2259 segments · 127 pp
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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., I presume, the senses. Cf. Gita, p.55. The learned do not suppose their self to have aught to do with them. Cf. Gita, p. 64.

2 Cf. Gita, p. 53; Manu III, 118. # His knowledge gives him this power. He is not ‘destroyed’ by the food as the other man is. Nîlakaṇṭha compares Bṛihadaraṇyaka, p. 884. See, too, p. 260, note I supra.

4 Le. mischief owing to the destruction of life necessary for getting food, says Nîlakaṇṭha quoting Bṛihadaraṇyaka, p. 913.

5 This includes the operation of the understanding also. Nîlakaṇṭha says this verse explains what the word ‘food’ means here.

6 For the phrase cf. Gita, p. 112.

7 That is to say, my self, Arguna Misra. See p. 259, note 3 supra.

8 As the objects of sense &c. are all absorbed into it. It is called ‘fire,’ as it burns up all action. Cf. Gita, p. 62.

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1 That is, I presume, the senses. Cf. Gita, p. 55. The learned do not suppose their self to have anything to do with them. Cf. Gita, p. 64.

2 Cf. Gita, p. 53; Manu III, 118. # His knowledge gives him this power. He is not 'destroyed' by the food as the other man is. Nîlakaṇṭha compares Bṛihadaraṇyaka, p. 884. See, too, p. 260, note I supra.

4 I.e. the harm caused by the destruction of life involved in obtaining food, as Nîlakaṇṭha explains, quoting Bṛihadaraṇyaka, p. 913.

5 This includes the operation of the understanding also. Nîlakaṇṭha says this verse explains what the word 'food' means here.

6 For the phrase cf. Gita, p. 112.

7 That is to say, my self, Arjuna Misra. See p. 259, note 3 supra.

8 As the objects of sense &c. are all absorbed into it. It is called 'fire,' as it burns up all action. Cf. Gita, p. 62.

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