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.
1 Hope, viz. that some other deity will give them what they want; acts, vain as not offered to the supreme; knowledge, vain as abounding in foolish doubts, &c. ? Cf. p. 76 supra.
8 For a knowledge of the supreme, or for the means of such knowledge.
* Vows=veracity, harmlessness, &c.
5 Sacrifice of knowledge, viz. the knowledge that Vasudeva is all; as one=believing that all is one; as distinct=believing that sun, moon, &c. are different manifestations of ‘ me.’
6 Kratu is a Vedic sacrifice; Yagña, a sacrifice laid down in Smritis. Svadhâ=offering to the manes; ‘product of the herbs = food prepared from vegetables, or medicine.
7 Cf. p. 61 supra. 8 P. 79 supra.
1 Hope — that is, the hope that some other deity will give them what they want; acts, vain because they are not offered to the supreme; knowledge, vain because it is full of foolish doubts, and so on. Cf. p. 76 supra.
8 For a knowledge of the supreme, or for the means of such knowledge.
* Vows = veracity, harmlessness, etc.
5 Sacrifice of knowledge, namely the knowledge that Vasudeva is all; as one = believing that all is one; as distinct = believing that the sun, the moon, and so on are different manifestations of "me."
6 Kratu is a Vedic sacrifice; Yagña, a sacrifice laid down in Smritis. Svadhâ = an offering to the manes; 'product of the herbs' = food prepared from vegetables, or medicine.
7 Cf. p. 61 supra. 8 P. 79 supra.