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.
1 According to the Vedantic theory, the acts of piety purify the inner man, and are thus a stepping-stone to knowledge. See Introduction, p.147 supra. Cf. Gita, p.122; and Bṛihadâraṇyaka, p. 899. ? Le. physical, mental, and such as is caused by superhuman agency. This is Śaṅkara’s explanation. It is somewhat farfetched, but I can find none better. Cf. Gita, p.49. And see also Bṛihadâraṇyaka, p. 876, and the commentary of Śaṅkara there with Anandagiri’s gloss.
8 E.g. wife, children, &c.
4 T.e. vexed as to how his livelihood is to be earned, &c.
5 Excess, e.g. too much obsequiousness towards a ‘taciturn man,’ owing to his holiness, &c. Taciturn man = ascetic. Injury = disrespect, &c. Perhaps the protest against worldliness is here carried to an extreme. Śaṅkara cites Manu as a parallel, ‘A Brâhmaṇa should be afraid of (worldly) respect as of poison.’
6 E.g. the Kusa grass, deerskin, &c., mentioned at Gita, p. 68.
7 Le. he should not parade his actions. Śaṅkara compares Vasishṭha and a Vedic text. See, too, the quotation at Taitt. Araṇ. p.902.
1 According to Vedantic theory, acts of piety purify the inner man and so serve as a stepping-stone to knowledge. See Introduction, p.147 supra. Cf. Gita, p.122; and Bṛihadâraṇyaka, p. 899. ? That is, physical, mental, and such as is caused by superhuman agency. This is Śaṅkara's explanation. It is somewhat farfetched, but I can find none better. Cf. Gita, p.49. And see also Bṛihadâraṇyaka, p. 876, and the commentary of Śaṅkara there with Anandagiri's gloss.
8 E.g. wife, children, etc.
4 That is, troubled about how his livelihood is to be earned, etc.
5 Excess, e.g. too much obsequiousness towards a taciturn man, owing to his holiness, etc. Taciturn man = ascetic. Injury = disrespect, etc. Perhaps the protest against worldliness is here carried to an extreme. Śaṅkara cites Manu as a parallel, 'A Brâhmaṇa should be afraid of (worldly) respect as of poison.'
6 E.g. the Kusa grass, deerskin, &c., mentioned at Gita, p. 68.
7 I.e. he should not parade his actions. Śaṅkara compares Vasishṭha and a Vedic text. See also the quotation at Taitt. Araṇ. p.902.