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.
* This cannot be the presiding deity here, though one expects such deity to be mentioned ; see p. 337 supra. | ? The text of more than one of the lines here is rather doubtful ; we follow Nîlakaṇṭha, who takes this to mean the giva, the individual soul. Cf. p. 239, note 2 supra.
* Le. thought, as Nîlakaṇṭha points out.
* Mahat is properly the same as buddhi, understanding, but as it is here mentioned separately, I suppose, it signifies Ahañkâra. Nîlakaṇṭha takes its operation, here called knowledge, to mean ‘the feeling I am,’ which agrees with our interpretation, for which some support is also to be derived from p. 333 supra.
* I here follow Arguna Misra, though somewhat diffidently. The knowledge ‘this is I,’ and the knowledge ‘this is so and so and nothing else’ is presided over by the unperceived—the Prakriti.
* This cannot be the presiding deity here, though one would expect such a deity to be mentioned; see p. 337 above. † The text of more than one of the lines here is rather uncertain; we follow Nîlakaṇṭha, who takes this to mean the jīva, the individual soul. Cf. p. 239, note 2 above.
* That is, thought, as Nîlakaṇṭha points out.
* Mahat is properly the same as buddhi, understanding, but since it is mentioned separately here, I take it to signify Ahañkâra. Nîlakaṇṭha understands its operation—here called knowledge—to mean "the feeling I am," which agrees with our interpretation, and for which some further support can be found at p. 333 above.
* I follow Arjuna Misra here, though with some hesitation. The knowledge "this is I" and the knowledge "this is so and so and nothing else" are both presided over by the unperceived—the Prakriti.