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.
doubt, on which your question is based as to what world you will go to by being joined to me, is wrong. See p. 256 supra.
1 He is speaking here on the footing of the essential identity of everything. Cf. Gita, p. 62.
2 The expression here is clumsy; the meaning is that he prefers knowledge to sovereignty, if the alternative is offered him.
5 Viz. knowledge. 4 T.e. the Brahman.
5 These are the four orders or Asramas.
6 The knowledge to be acquired, by whatever symbols the attempt to acquire it is made, is but this, that all is one; and that is acquired certainly when tranquillity has been achieved.
7 Le. by realising the identity of everything, not by the actions performed with the body, which, as he goes on to show, are perishable, and cannot lead to any lasting result.
The doubt underlying your question — about what world you will go to by being joined to me — is mistaken. See p. 256 supra.
1 He is speaking here on the footing of the essential identity of everything. Cf. Gita, p. 62.
2 The expression here is clumsy; the meaning is that he prefers knowledge to sovereignty, if the alternative is offered him.
5 Viz. knowledge. 4 I.e. the Brahman.
5 These are the four orders or Asramas.
6 Whatever symbols one uses in the attempt, the knowledge to be acquired is simply this: that all is one. And that knowledge is surely won when tranquillity has been achieved.
7 That is, by realising the identity of everything, not by actions performed with the body, which, as he goes on to show, are perishable and cannot lead to any lasting result.