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 XVI.
Freedom from fear, purity of heart, perseverance in (pursuit of) knowledge and abstraction of mind, gifts’, self-restraint*, and sacrifice, study of the Vedas, penance, straightforwardness, harmlessness, truth 2, freedom from anger, renunciation*, tranquillity, freedom from the habit of backbiting*, compassion for (all) beings, freedom from avarice, gentleness, — modesty, absence of vain activity, noblemindedness, forgiveness, courage, purity, freedom from a desire to injure others, absence of vanity, (these), O descendant of Bharata! are his who is born to godlike endowments. Ostentatiousness, pride, vanity⁵, anger, and also harshness and ignorance (are) his, O son of Pṛtha! who is born to demoniac* endowments. Godlike endowments are deemed to be (means) for
. ’ Cf. p. 129 infra. Here Sankara paraphrases it by ‘ thinking me to be the soul of everything.’ ? Cf. Sutta Nipâta, p. 49. ® See next chapter.
* Sutta Nipata, pp. 15, ror.
* Ostentatiousness=making a show of piety; pride=scil. of wealth and learning; vanity—esteeming oneself. too highly ; harshness= mercilessness.
5 Cf. Khândogya-upanishad, p. 585, and Max Miiller’s Hibbert Lectures, p. 322.
CHAPTER XVI.
Freedom from fear, purity of heart, perseverance in the pursuit of knowledge and abstraction of mind, gifts, self-restraint, and sacrifice, study of the Vedas, penance, straightforwardness, harmlessness, truth 2, freedom from anger, renunciation, tranquillity, freedom from the habit of backbiting, compassion for all beings, freedom from avarice, gentleness, modesty, absence of vain activity, noblemindedness, forgiveness, courage, purity, freedom from a desire to injure others, absence of vanity — these, O descendant of Bharata! belong to one who is born to godlike endowments. Ostentatiousness, pride, vanity⁵, anger, and also harshness and ignorance belong to one, O son of Pṛtha! who is born to demoniac endowments. Godlike endowments are deemed to be means for
. ' Cf. p. 129 infra. Here Sankara paraphrases it by 'thinking me to be the soul of everything.' ? Cf. Sutta Nipâta, p. 49. ® See next chapter.
* Sutta Nipata, pp. 15, 101.
* Ostentatiousness: making a show of piety; pride: that is, of wealth and learning; vanity: thinking too highly of oneself; harshness: mercilessness.
5 Cf. Khândogya-upanishad, p. 585, and Max Müller's Hibbert Lectures, p. 322.