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.
(need) have no fear occasioned by the other world. With your heart intent upon the real entity, you will certainly come into my self.
CHAPTER XIX.
The Brâhmaṇa’s wife said :
This is not possible to be understood by one whose self? is frivolous, or by one whose self is not refined; and my intelligence is very frivolous, and narrow, and confused. Tell me the means by which this knowledge is acquired. I (wish to) learn from you the source from which that knowledge proceeds.
The Brâhmaṇa said:
Know that he who devotes himself to the Brahman is the (lower) Araṇi, the instructor is the upper Araṇi. Penance and sacred learning cause the attrition*, and from that the fire of knowledge is produced.
The Brâhmaṇa’s wife said:
As to this symbol of the Brahman which is denominated the Kshetragña, where, indeed, is (to be found) a description of it, by which it* is capable of being comprehended ? Se ee SE
* Le. mind, Arguna Misra.
* Scil. of the Araṇis (i.e. the wood used for kindling fire); the sense is, that the pupil who has penance and Vedic learning goes to a teacher for knowledge. See Svetâsvatara, pp. 307, 308.
* Le. the Brahman, says Arguna Misra, of which the Kshetragña is only a symbol. For a definition of Kshetragña, see Santi Parvan (Moksha), chap. 187, st. 2 a.
(need) have no fear occasioned by the other world. With your heart intent upon the real entity, you will certainly come into my self.
CHAPTER XIX.
The Brâhmaṇa’s wife said:
This cannot be understood by someone whose self is frivolous, or by one whose self is unrefined; and my own intelligence is very frivolous, narrow, and confused. Tell me the means by which this knowledge is acquired. I wish to learn from you the source from which that knowledge proceeds.
The Brâhmaṇa said:
Know that the student devoted to Brahman is the lower Araṇi, and the instructor is the upper Araṇi. Penance and sacred learning are the friction between them, and from that friction the fire of knowledge is produced.
The Brâhmaṇa’s wife said:
As for this symbol of the Brahman that is called the Kshetrajña, where, indeed, is a description of it to be found by which it is capable of being comprehended?
* That is, mind, Arjuna Misra.
* That is, of the Araṇis (i.e. the wood used for kindling fire); the sense is that the pupil who has penance and Vedic learning goes to a teacher for knowledge. See Svetâsvatara, pp. 307, 308.
* That is, the Brahman, says Arjuna Misra, of which the Kshetrajña is only a symbol. For a definition of Kshetrajña, see Santi Parvan (Moksha), chap. 187, st. 2 a.