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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ANUGʻTA.
CHAPTER XXV.
Brahman said: From the unperceived was first produced the great self', of great intelligence, the source of all qualities ? ; it is said to be the first creation. That great self is signified by these synonymous terms-the great self, intelligence, Vishnu, Gishnu, Sambhu, the valiant, the understanding, means of knowledge, means of perception, and likewise cognition, courage, memory. Knowing that (great sell), a learned Brâhmana comes not by delusion. It has hands and feet on all sides“, it has eyes, heads, and faces on all sides; it stands pervading everything in the world. The being of great power is stationed in the heart of all. Minuteness", lightness, (the power on) obtaining (everything) (are his); he is the governor, the light, inexhaustible. Now people who comprehend the understanding, and who are always possessed of a good heart, who practise meditation, who are constant at concentration of mind, who are true to their promises, and whose senses are subdued, who are possessed of knowledge, who are not avaricious, who have subdued wrath, whose minds are clear, who are talented, who are devoid of (the thought that this or that is) mine, who are devoid of egoism, Sankhyas call Prakriti (see Svetâsvatara, p. 340, and Sankhya-sûlna I. 60, and commentary there) -as 'sattvasalıvábhyåmanirvakya'
'I.e. the understanding, on which see Sankhya-sQura 1, 61-64. It. is called being (Purusha) further on, as it dwells in the body (Puri).
il.c. of the effects of all qualities (namely, the universe ; cf. Gitá, p. 48), Nilakantha.
'I.c. all-pervading, Arguna Misra. On the whole passage, sce Sankhya-sâra, pp. 15, 16, and note 3 on page 333 infra.
• As, says Arguna Misra, it is the source of all activity. • The words are identical with those at Gitá, p. 103. • See p. 327 supra.
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