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.
The Deity said :
Well then, O best of Kauravas! I will state to you my own divine emanations; but (only) the chief (ones), for there is no end to the extent of my (emanations). I am the self, O Gudakesa! seated in the hearts of all beings. I am the beginning and the middle and the end also of all beings. I am Vishṇu among the Adityas%, the beaming sun among the shining (bodies) ; I am Mart/i among the Maruts 4, and the moon among the lunar mansions 5. Among the Vedas, I am the Sâma-vedaf. I am Indra among the gods. And I am mind among the senses⁵. I am consciousness in (living) beings. And I am Sañkara$ among the Rudras, the lord of wealth* among Yakshas and Rakshases. And I am fire among the Vasus, and Meru” among the high-
* To know you fully being impossible, what special manifestation of you should we resort to for our meditations ? PP. 129 infra.
2 ‘ Aditya is used in the Veda chiefly as a general epithet for a number of solar deities’ Max Müller, Hibbert Lectures, P. 264.
* The storm-gods, as Max Müller calls them.
5 Cf. Sutta Nipâta, p. rar.
* As being, probably, full of music. " Cf. Khândogya, p. 121, where Sankara says, ‘ Mind is the chief of man’s inner activities,’
* Now the third member of our Trinity.
* Kubera. 7* The Golden Mount.
The Deity said:
Well then, O best of Kauravas! I will tell you my own divine emanations — but only the chief ones, for my emanations are without end. I am the self, O Gudakesa!, seated in the hearts of all beings. I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all beings. I am Vishṇu among the Adityas%, the beaming sun among the shining bodies; I am Marṭi among the Maruts 4, and the moon among the lunar mansions 5. Among the Vedas, I am the Sâma-vedaf. I am Indra among the gods. And I am mind among the senses⁵. I am consciousness in living beings. And I am Sañkara$ among the Rudras, the lord of wealth* among Yakshas and Rakshases. And I am fire among the Vasus, and Meru" among the high-
* Since knowing you fully is impossible, what special manifestation of you should we turn to for our meditations? PP. 129 infra.
2 'Aditya is used in the Veda chiefly as a general epithet for a number of solar deities' Max Müller, Hibbert Lectures, p. 264.
* The storm-gods, as Max Müller calls them.
5 Cf. Sutta Nipâta, p. 121.
* Probably because it is full of music. Cf. Khândogya, p. 121, where Sankara says, 'Mind is the chief of man's inner activities.'
* Now the third member of our Trinity.
* Kubera. 7* The Golden Mount.