Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
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

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SANATSUGÂTIYA.
whose thoughts are fixed on enjoyments, who is partial', proud”, boastful when he makes a gift, miserly, and devoid of power, who esteems the group (of the senses), and who hates (his) wifethus have been stated the seven (classes of) cruel persons of sinful dispositions. Piety, and truthfulness, and penance, and self-restraint, freedom from animosity, modesty, endurance, freedom from censoriousness, liberality, sacred learning, courage, forgiveness—these are the twelve great observances of a Brâhmana. Whoever does not swerve from these twelve may govern this whole world. And one who is possessed of three, two, or even one, of these, must be understood to have nothing of his own. Self-restraint, abandonment, freedom from delusion, on these immortality depends. These are possessed by those talented Brâhmanas to whom the Brahman is the principalo (thing). A Brahmana's speaking ill of others, whether true or false, is not commended.
copy of Sankara's commentary. Another reading, which is in the Madras edition and in Nilakantha, may be rendered, 'even obtaining benefits, they do not respect one (from whom they obtain them).'
The commentary says the meaning is the same as that of the expression used in the corresponding place before, viz. one who prospers by injuring others.
One copy of Sankara's commentary takes this to mean one who thinks the not-self to be the self. I adopt the other meaning, however, as agreeing with that of atimânî, which is the reading of some copies instead of abhimani.
Nilakantha reads durbala and does not explain it. See p. 167. * One commentator says this means that he should not be supposed to have incurred the demerit of having any attachment to this world. Nilakantha says, he gives up everything in the pursuit of even one of these observances.
See p. 168. • I.e. the goal to be reached. The commentary takes Brahman to mean the Vedas, and the whole phrase to mean those who devole themselves to the performance of actions stated in the Vedas.
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