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 XXI.
Brahman said:
That unperceived (principle), all-pervading, everlasting, and immutable, which is in a state of equilibrium¹, should be understood-(to become) the city of nine portals, consisting of three qualities, and five eS NN constituent principles², encircled by the eleven³, consisting of mind* as the distinguishing power, and of the understanding as ruler, this is (an aggregate made up of) eleven‘. The three currents’ which are within this (city) support (it)⁷ again and again, and those three channels run on, being constituted by the three qualities. Darkness, passion, and goodness, these are called the three qualities, which are all coupled with one another, and likewise serve one another, which depend on one another, and attend on one another, and are joined to one another’. And the five constituent principles
1 Namely, how they are all manifestations of the Brahman, and are all dissolved in it. Cf. inter alia Gita, pp. 74, 92.
2 See the Kaṭhopanishad, p. 149. See also p. 332 infra.
3 See p. 313, note 3 supra. # J.e. the mind. Cf. Gita, p. 102. 5 Viz. smell, sound, &c.
6 Tranquillity, self-restraint, &c., Arguna Misra. Are they not rather the three qualities? As to ‘twenty-four plus one’ above, see p. 368.
7 Does this mean the senses, as at Gita, p. 123? An accurate understanding of the things noted requires a knowledge of their relation to the supreme, which is the means of final emancipation. And see p. 337 infra.
8 See Gita, p. 107, and Sankhya-sara, p. 11, and note 2, p. 331 infra.
CHAPTER XXI.
Brahman said:
That unperceived principle—all-pervading, everlasting, immutable, and in a state of equilibrium¹—should be understood as the city of nine portals, consisting of three qualities and five constituent principles², encircled by the eleven³, consisting of mind* as the distinguishing power and of the understanding as ruler; this is an aggregate made up of eleven¹. The three currents⁵ within this city support it⁷ again and again, and those three channels run on, being constituted by the three qualities. Darkness, passion, and goodness—these are called the three qualities, which are all coupled with one another and likewise serve one another, which depend on one another and attend on one another, and are joined to one another⁸. And the five constituent principles
1 Namely, how they are all manifestations of the Brahman, and are all dissolved in it. Cf. inter alia Gita, pp. 74, 92.
2 See the Kaṭhopanishad, p. 149. See also p. 332 infra.
3 See p. 313, note 3 supra. # J.e. the mind. Cf. Gita, p. 102. 5 Viz. smell, sound, &c.
6 Tranquillity, self-restraint, &c., Arjuna Misra. Are they not rather the three qualities? As to 'twenty-four plus one' above, see p. 368.
7 Does this mean the senses, as at Gita, p. 123? An accurate understanding of the things noted requires a knowledge of their relation to the supreme, which is the means of final emancipation. And see p. 337 infra.
8 See Gita, p. 107, and Sankhya-sara, p. 11, and note 2, p. 331 infra.