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.
Arguna said:
Where, indeed, O Kṛishṇa! is that Brâhmaṇa’s wife, and where is that chief of Brâhmaṇas, by both of whom this perfection was attained? Tell me about them both, O undegraded one!
The Deity said:
Know my mind to be the Brâhmaṇa, and know my understanding to be the Brâhmaṇa’s wife. And he, O Dhanañgaya! who has been spoken of as the Kshetragña, is I myself?
CHAPTER XX.
Arguna said:
Be pleased to explain to me the Brahman which is the highest object of knowledge; for by your favour my mind is much interested in (these) subtle 4
(subjects). The Vâsudeva said : On this, too, they relate an ancient story (in the shape of) a dialogue, connected with final emancipation, between a preceptor and a pupil. A talented
* Le. after the identification of the individual self with the universal self, when the individual ceases to be perceived as such. Cf. Santi Parvan (Moksha), chap. 187, st. 23.
* That beyond Kshetragias=the absolute supreme self. Cf. Gita, p. 106.
* The substance of this speech, says Arguna Misra, is that the mind and understanding devoted to the supreme lead to final emancipation.
* See p. 296 supra. The last chapter closes what in some of the MSS. is called the Brahma Gita, or Brâhmaṇa Gita contained in the Anugîtâ Parvan. See further as to this our Introduction, where the point is further dwelt on.
Arjuna said:
Where, then, O Kṛishṇa, is that Brâhmaṇa's wife, and where is that chief of Brâhmaṇas, through whom both of them reached this perfection? Tell me about them both, O undegraded one!
The Deity said:
Think of my mind as the Brâhmaṇa, and think of my understanding as the Brâhmaṇa's wife. And the one who has been spoken of as the Kshetrajña, O Dhanañjaya, is I myself.
CHAPTER XX.
Arjuna said:
Be pleased to explain to me the Brahman which is the highest object of knowledge; for by your favour my mind is much interested in (these) subtle 4
(subjects). The Vâsudeva said: On this point too, they tell an ancient story — a dialogue about final emancipation between a preceptor and a pupil. A talented
* That is, after the identification of the individual self with the universal self, when the individual ceases to be perceived as such. Cf. Santi Parvan (Moksha), chap. 187, st. 23.
* That beyond Kshetragias = the absolute supreme self. Cf. Gita, p. 106.
* The substance of this speech, says Arjuna Misra, is that the mind and understanding devoted to the supreme lead to final emancipation.
* See p. 296 supra. The last chapter closes what some of the manuscripts call the Brahma Gita, or Brâhmaṇa Gita, contained in the Anugîtâ Parvan. Our Introduction discusses this point further.