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

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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.

enjoyments. Its form not thus known here, i.e. to those who live and move in this world, thus viz. as above described. The man who knows the tree thus is said to know the Vedas, because knowledge of itis knowledge of the substance of the Vedas, which is, that the course of worldly life springs from the supreme, is kept up by Vedic rites, and destroyed by knowledge of the supreme. As to freedom from pride, cf. Sutta Nipâta, p. 4.

* Cf. Kaṭhopanishad, p. 142; Mundaka, p. 304; Nrisimhatapint, p. 106 ; Svetâsvatara, p. 110.

* Five senses and the mind issue from nature, in which they are absorbed during sleep or at a dissolution of the world. Cf. Sutta Nipata, p. 44.

* Cf. Kaushitaki-upanishad, pp. 86, 87.

* Perceiving objects of sense, or feeling pleasure, pain, &c.

* “Selfs’=bodies, Râmânuga and Sridhara ; ‘understandings,’ Sankara. In the next sentence ‘self’ means mind. ° Cf. Maitrî-upanishad, p. 142. This sentence continues what has been stated at the top of the page. The intervening

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enjoyments. Its form is not known in this way here — that is, by those who live and move in this world — in the way described above. The man who knows the tree in this way is said to know the Vedas, because to know the tree is to know the substance of the Vedas, which is this: that the course of worldly life springs from the supreme, is sustained by Vedic rites, and is destroyed by knowledge of the supreme. On freedom from pride, cf. Sutta Nipâta, p. 4.

* Cf. Kaṭhopanishad, p. 142; Mundaka, p. 304; Nrisimhatapint, p. 106; Svetâsvatara, p. 110.

* The five senses and the mind arise from nature and are reabsorbed into it during sleep or at a dissolution of the world. Cf. Sutta Nipata, p. 44.

* Cf. Kaushitaki-upanishad, pp. 86, 87.

* Perceiving objects of sense, or feeling pleasure, pain, etc.

* "Selfs" = bodies, Râmânuja and Sridhara; "understandings," Sankara. In the next sentence "self" means mind. ° Cf. Maitrî-upanishad, p. 142. This sentence continues what has been stated at the top of the page. The intervening

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