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sacrifice, whence those who are contented in their own selfs repair to the divine grandsire himself. Those whose wishes are reduced', whose wishes are (fixed) on good vows, whose sins are burnt up by penance, merging the self in the self', devote themselves to Brahman. Those people who understand the forest of knowledges, praise tranquillity. And aspiring to that forest, they are born so as not to lose courage“. Such, indeed, is this holy forest, as understood by Brahmanas. And understanding it, they act (accordingly), being directed by the Kshetragna.
CHAPTER XIII.
The Brâhmana said : I do not smell smells, I perceive no tastes, I see no colour, and I do not touch, nor yet do I hear various sounds, nor even do I entertain any fancies'. Nature desires objects which are liked; nature hates all (objects) which are hateful Desire and hatred are born from nature?, as the upward and rivers is very sacred here the meaning intended seems to be ibe absorption of all desires by contentment into the heart.
· Literally, 'lean. I.e. the body in the soul, Arguna Misri.
• Knowledge is Brahman, which is described as a forest here, Arguna Misra.
• Cf. Gîtâ, p. 70. • This is the name for the operations of the mind.
• The sense is similar to that at Gila, p. 55. The self has nothing to do with these feelings; the qualities deal with the qualities.
i Cr. Gitâ, p. 65. The meaning of nature here, as in the Git. is in substance the result of all previous action with which the self has been associated, which result, of course, exists connected not with the self, but with the developments of nature, in the form of body,
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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 |