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.
; by the great egoism, which is sustained by the qualities; the fastenings in which are vexations ? ; SS ee a Se eee
* This means, I presume, that worldly life is conditioned, so to say, by space and time. See p. 343 supra.
* Le. the cause of the rotation, Nîlakaṇṭha. . $ Le. unintelligent.
* Now takes the form of a man, now of an animal, and then of some other thing, Nîlakaṇṭha. I think, however, that the meaning is, that it is not alike to all; different persons are in different states in this world.
* Arğuna Misra says this means that it is the cause of the movements in all the worlds. That is the sense I extract from his words, which are not quite clear, lokânâm saméarave hetus. The rendering in the text follows Nîlakaṇṭha.
* Le., I presume, that which retards the revolutions of the ‘wheel.’ Instead of ‘penance,’ Nîlakaṇṭha’s reading is ‘the quality of darkness.’
7 Cf. Sankhya-karika, p. 13, and Vakaspati’s commentary thereon.
* ‘Animated, Nîlakaṇṭha. Egoism is the cause of the world, and of all knowledge of it. Cf. Sânkhya-kârikâ, p. 24.
* The text here is unsatisfactory. I follow Nîlakaṇṭha, who says ‘vexations=those arising from not obtaining what is desired.’
; by the great egoism, which is sustained by the qualities; the fastenings in which are vexations
* This means, I presume, that worldly life is conditioned, so to say, by space and time. See p. 343 supra.
* That is, the cause of the rotation, Nîlakaṇṭha. † That is, unintelligent.
* It now takes the form of a man, now of an animal, and then of something else, Nîlakaṇṭha. I think, however, that the meaning is that it is not the same for everyone; different persons find themselves in different states in this world.
* Arjuna Misra says this means that it is the cause of the movements in all the worlds. That is the sense I extract from his words, which are not quite clear: lokânâm saméarave hetus. The rendering in the text follows Nîlakaṇṭha.
* That is, I presume, what retards the revolutions of the 'wheel.' Nîlakaṇṭha reads 'the quality of darkness' instead of 'penance.'
7 Cf. Sankhya-karika, p. 13, and Vakaspati's commentary thereon.
* 'Animated, Nîlakaṇṭha. Egoism is the cause of the world, and of all knowledge of it. Cf. Sânkhya-kârikâ, p. 24.
* The text here is unsatisfactory. I follow Nîlakaṇṭha, who says 'vexations = those arising from not obtaining what is desired.'