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

Open to allEdited by F. Max Müller; translated by Müller, Legge, Bühler, West, Darmesteter, Palmer, Telang, Thibaut, Jolly, Rhys Davids, Oldenberg, Jacobi, Bloomfield and others2259 segments · 127 pp
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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.

* Having spoken of heat, he now speaks of the effects of cold. I am not sure if the water here refers to the water of the ‘ juicy’ substances before referred to.

* This means, I presume, within the dissolving body. Cf. Maitri-upanishad, p. 42. ° See note 4, last page. * To the head, Arguna Misra.

* That is, the wind, I suppose, and then the breath departs from the body, and the man is said to die. ‘Devoid of beauty,’ further on, means, disfigured in the state of death. ° Le. the mind, Arguna Misra. " The senses. Cf. Svetâsvatara, p. 288. $ See and cf. p. 262 infra.

* This, says Arguna Misra, is in answer to the possible question why this ‘sharp wind’ does not work with the life-winds. The answer is, that such working requires the presence of the soul, which Arguna Misra says here means ‘mind, As to ‘ production from food,’ cf. Khândogya, p. 421 seq., and Taittirîya Âraṇyaka, Pp. 893. *° Collection of that = turning the food into semen, says Arguna Misra, who adds, ‘in those vital parts, which are useful for this purpose, the life-wind dwells.’

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* Having spoken of heat, he now turns to the effects of cold. I am not certain whether the water mentioned here refers to the water contained in the 'juicy' substances discussed earlier.

* This means, I presume, within the dissolving body. Cf. Maitri-upanishad, p. 42. ° See note 4, last page. * To the head, Arjuna Misra.

* That is, the wind, I suppose, and then the breath departs from the body, and the man is said to die. 'Devoid of beauty,' further on, means disfigured in the state of death. ° That is, the mind, Arjuna Misra. " The senses. Cf. Svetâsvatara, p. 288. $ See and cf. p. 262 infra.

* This, says Arjuna Misra, is in answer to the possible question why this 'sharp wind' does not work with the life-winds. The answer is that such working requires the presence of the soul, which Arjuna Misra here takes to mean 'mind.' On 'production from food,' cf. Khândogya, p. 421 seq., and Taittirîya Âraṇyaka, p. 893. *° Collection of that means turning the food into semen, says Arjuna Misra, who adds that 'in those vital parts which are useful for this purpose, the life-wind dwells.'

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