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 I.
Dhṛitarâshṭra said:
If, O Vidura! there is anything not (yet) said by you in (your) discourse, then do impart it to me who wish to hear, for you have spoken marvellous (things).
Vidura said :
O Dhṛitarâshṭra! the ancient youth Sanatsugata, (otherwise called) Sanâtana,, who declared that death exists not—he, O descendant of Bharata! the best of all talented men, will explain all the doubts of your mind, both those (which are) secret²,, and those openly declared.
Dhṛitarâshṭra said:
What, do you not yourself know more about this (subject), that Sanâtana should explain (it) to me? Explain (it) yourself, O Vidura! if there is any remnant of intelligence (left) in you.
1 So Nîlakaṇṭha. Śaṅkara says Sanatsugâta is Sanatkumara, and the component parts of the name he paraphrases by ‘born from Brahman.’ For Sanâtana, see Bṛihadarâṇyaka, p. 506, and note I, p. 141 supra.
2 T.e. relating to subjects which may be freely discussed by all, and those which may not. Nîlakaṇṭha adopts a different reading, which he interprets to mean ‘doctrines exoteric and esoteric,’ e.g. self-restraint, &c., and the acquisition of mystic power, &c., respectively. The expression ‘doubts of the mind’ occurs, however, further on.
CHAPTER I.
Dhṛitarâshṭra said:
If there is anything, O Vidura, that you have not yet said in your discourse, then tell it to me — for I am eager to hear, and what you have spoken has been marvellous.
Vidura said:
O Dhṛitarâshṭra! the ancient youth Sanatsujâta—also called Sanâtana—who declared that death does not exist: he, O descendant of Bharata, the best of all talented men, will explain every doubt in your mind, both those that are secret² and those you have openly declared.
Dhṛitarâshṭra said:
What, do you not yourself know more about this subject? Why should Sanâtana explain it to me? Explain it yourself, Vidura — if any intelligence remains in you.
1 So Nîlakaṇṭha. Śaṅkara says Sanatsujâta is Sanatkumara, and he paraphrases the component parts of the name as "born from Brahman." For Sanâtana, see Bṛihadarâṇyaka, p. 506, and note I, p. 141 supra.
2 That is, relating to subjects that may be freely discussed by all, and those that may not. Nîlakaṇṭha adopts a different reading, which he interprets to mean 'doctrines exoteric and esoteric,' for example self-restraint and so forth, and the acquisition of mystic power and so forth, respectively. The expression 'doubts of the mind' occurs, however, further on.