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know the mind to be my pupil. And, O Dhanangaya! I have related this mystery to you out of love for you. If you have love for me, O supporter of the family of the Kauravas! then having heard this (instruction) relating to the self, always duly act' (according to it). Then when this piety is duly practised, you will attain the absolute final emancipation, getting rid of all sins. It was this same thing I stated to you before when the time for battle had come, O you of mighty arms! Therefore fix your mind on this. And now?, O chief of the descendants of Bharata ! it is long since I saw the lord my father. I wish to see him, with your consent, O Phâlguna!
Vaisampâyana said: When Krishna spoke these words, Dhanañgaya replied (saying),‘O Krishna! let us verily go to day to the city of Gagasa“. Be pleased, O you who understand piety! to see there king Yudhishthira, who is of a devout heart, and after taking leave of him to go to your own city.'
Nilakantha interprets the words without supplying anything, thus be devoted to yama niyama,' &c. Yama &c. are the eight requisites for Yoga or concentration of mind as taught by Pataigali. • That is to say, in the Gilâ.
Here he takes up the thread of the story. In the first chapter it was hinted tbal Krishna was anxious to go to Dváraka. • This is a name of Arguna.
1.e. Hastinapur, the capital of the Pandavas. They were, when the dialogue was held, at Indraprastha. See p. 229 supra.
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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 |