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.

’ For the good of the people, says Arguna Misra. ? I.e. base actions, Nîlakaṇṭha.

* Avarice, according to Arguna Misra, is the belief that one has not got that which one has, and desire is the wish for more and more. Avarice, seems, however, to be the general frame of mind, always wishing for something, never being contented, and desire is the wish for a specific object.

* Which are sources of delusion. Cf. a similar doctrine at Apastamba II, 5, 140. 5 Nîlakaṇṭha compares Taittiriya, p. 26. .

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For the good of the people, says Arjuna Misra. That is, base actions, Nîlakaṇṭha.

Avarice, according to Arjuna Misra, is the belief that one does not have what one actually has, and desire is the wish for more and more. Avarice, however, seems to be the general state of mind that is always wanting something and never satisfied, while desire is the wish for a specific object.

* Which are sources of delusion. Cf. a similar doctrine at Apastamba II, 5, 140. 5 Nîlakaṇṭha compares Taittiriya, p. 26.

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