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BHAGAVADGITA.
mighty arms! destroy this unmanageable enemy in the shape of desire.
Chapter IV.
The Deity said : This everlasting' (system of) devotion I declared to the sun, the sun declared it to Manu?, and Manu communicated it to Ikshváku. Coming thus by steps, it became known to royal sages. But, O terror of (your) foes ! that devotion was lost to the world by long (lapse of) time. That same primeval devotion I have declared to you to-day, seeing that you are my devotee and friend, for it is the highest mystery.
Arguna said : Later is your birth ; the birth of the sun is prior. How then shall I understand that you declared (this) first ?
The Deity said : I have passed through many births, O Arguna! and you also. I know them all, but you, O terror of (your) foes ! do not know them. Even though I am unborn and inexhaustible in (my) essence, even though I am lord of all beings, still I take up the control of my own nature 3, and am born by
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Because its fruit is imperishable, viz. final emancipation. . In the K'handogya-upanishad, Manu is the channel of communication for some doctrine taught by Pragâpati, which Manu teaches the people,' interpreted by Sankara to mean Ikshvâku, &c. (p. 178; see too p. 625).
"Nature is what goes to the formation of the material form in which he is bom; the power' includes knowledge, omnipotence, &c. It is delusive because he is still really unborn.'
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |