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.
The Deity said:
He is said to have transcended the qualities, O son of -Paṇḍu! who is not averse to light and activity and delusion (when they) prevail, and who does not desire (them when they) cease; who sitting like one unconcerned is never perturbed by the qualities; who remains steady and moves not, (thinking) merely that the qualities exist; who is self-contained; to whom pain and pleasure are alike; to whom a clod and a stone and gold are alike ; to whom what is agreeable and what is disagreeable are alike; who has discernment; to whom censure and praise of himself are alike; who is alike in honour and dishonour ; who is alike towards the sides of friends and foes; and who abandons all action And he who worships me with an unswerving devotion, transcends these qualities, and becomes fit for (entrance into) the essence of the Brahman. For I am the embodiment of the Brahman’, of indefeasible immortality, of eternal piety, and of unbroken happiness.
* I.e. who does not feel troubled, for instance, thinking now I am actuated by a motive of passion or darkness, and so forth. ? So as to lose all discrimination.
* Lee. from his determination to pursue truth, by worldly pleasures or pains.
* Cf. p. 55 supra.
5 Intent on the self only.
* For the whole passage, cf. p. rot supra. " Nîlakaṇṭha interprets this to mean ‘the ultimate object of the Vedas.’ I here means Kṛishṇa. Sridhara suggests this parallel, as light embodied is the sun, so is the Brahman embodied identical with Vasudeva.
The Deity said:
He is called one who has transcended the qualities, O son of Paṇḍu, if he neither shrinks from light, activity, and delusion when they arise, nor longs for them when they cease; if he sits apart like someone uninvolved and is never shaken by the qualities, but simply acknowledges that they are at work; if he is self-contained; if pain and pleasure are the same to him; if a clod of earth, a stone, and gold are the same to him; if what is agreeable and what is disagreeable are the same to him; if he has discernment; if praise and blame of himself are the same to him; if he is the same in honour and dishonour; if he is the same toward friend and foe alike; and if he abandons all selfish action. And whoever worships me with unswerving devotion transcends these qualities and becomes fit to enter into the essence of the Brahman. For I am the embodiment of the Brahman, of indefeasible immortality, of eternal piety, and of unbroken happiness.
* That is, who feels no distress at thoughts such as "I am now being driven by passion or darkness," and so forth. † So as to lose all power of discrimination.
* Lee. from his determination to pursue truth, by worldly pleasures or pains.
* Cf. p. 55 supra.
5 Intent on the self only.
* For the whole passage, compare p. 101 above. ⁿ Nîlakaṇṭha takes this to mean "the ultimate object of the Vedas." Here I refers to Kṛishṇa. Sridhara draws the following parallel: just as light in embodied form is the sun, so the embodied Brahman is identical with Vasudeva.