The Sacred Books of the East: The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the AnugîtâClarendon Press, 1898 - China |
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¹ Cf abandonment action Anugîtâ Apâna Âpastamba Arguna Misra says attains Bhagavadgitâ Bhishma body Brahmakârin Brahman Brihadâranyaka Buddhism called castes chapter commentary concentration of mind creatures darkness death deity delusion descendant of Bharata desire destroyed devoid devotion Dhammapada Dhritarashtra divine duties dwelling egoism entities eternal final emancipation fruit Gîtâ gods highest infra inter alia Katha Kauravas Khandogya king knowledge Krishna Kshatriyas Kunti life-winds likewise lord Mahâbhârata Maitrî Manu Max Müller means Mundaka nature Nilakantha says objects of sense obtains passage passion penance perceived performed piety Prâna preceptor Prithâ referred renders restrained sacrifice sages Sanatsugâtîya Sankara Sânkhya-sâra Sanskrit Sânti Parvan Moksha says Arguna Misra says Nilakantha soul Sridhara stanza supra supreme Sûtra Sutta Nipâta Svetâsvatara T. W. RHYS DAVIDS takes three qualities tranquillity Translated truth twice-born Udâna understanding unperceived Upanishads Vedas Vedic verily Vidura Vishnu Vyâna words worldly Yoga Yoga-sûtra
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Page 61 - Whensoever, O descendant of Bharata, piety languishes, and impiety is in the ascendant, I create myself. I am born age after age, for the protection of the good, for the destruction of evil-doers, and the establishment of piety.
Page 94 - And O descendant of Bharata! see wonders, in numbers, unseen before. Within my body, O Gudakesa! see today the whole universe, including (everything) movable and immovable, (all) in one, and whatever else you wish to see. But you will not be able to see me with merely, this eye of yours. I give you an eye divine. (Now) see my divine power.
Page 57 - If I did not perform actions, these worlds would be destroyed, I should be the cause of caste-interminglings; and I should be ruining these people. As the ignorant act, O descendant of Bharata! with attachment to action, so should a wise man act without attachment, wishing to keep the people...
Page 93 - O terror of your foes ! there is no end to my divine emanations. Here I have declared the extent of (those) emanations only in part. Whatever thing (there is) of power, or glorious, or splendid, know all that to be produced from portions of my energy.
Page 287 - They are not afraid of anybody, and nobody is afraid of them. In that forest* are seven large trees*, seven fruits, and seven guests ; seven hermitages, seven (forms of) concentration, and seven (forms of) initiation. This is the description of the forest. That forest is filled with trees producing splendid flowers and fruits of five colours*.
Page 73 - Krzshwa ! the mind is fickle, boisterous *, strong, and obstinate ; and I think that to restrain it is as difficult as (to restrain) the wind.
Page 51 - Dhanangaya! is far inferior to the devotion of the mind. In that devotion seek shelter. Wretched are those whose motive to action is the fruit of action. He who has obtained devotion in this world casts off both merit and sin.
Page 56 - Pritha! he lives in vain. But the man who is attached to his self only, who is contented in his self, and is pleased with his self, has nothing to do. He has no interest at all in what is done, and none whatever in what is not done, in this world; nor is any interest of his dependent on any being. Therefore always perform action, which must be performed, without attachment. For a man, performing action without attachment, attains the Supreme.
Page 45 - I shall not engage in battle ;' and verily remained silent. To him thus desponding between the two armies, O descendant of Bharata ! Hr/shikera spoke these words with a slight smile. The Deity said : You have grieved for those who deserve no grief, 1 The commentators say that 'heart' here signifies the dispositions which are stated in chapter XVIII infra, p.
Page 72 - ... with a firm resolve coupled with courage; and fixing his mind upon the self, should think of nothing. Wherever the active and unsteady mind breaks forth, there one should ever restrain it, and fix it steadily on the self alone. The highest happiness comes to such a devotee, whose mind is fully tranquil, in whom the quality of passion has been suppressed, who is free from sin, and who is become one with the Brahman. Thus constantly devoting his self to abstraction, a devotee, freed from sin, easily...