Satapatha Bramhana Part 02

SR No.: 007678
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1885
Total Pages: 2521
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 44 MB

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mysterious ?, and practise marvellous (arts), in order to be mentioned with honour in future ages :—this is what I do not do 21. The good man tries to proceed according to the (right) path, but when he has gone half-way, he abandons it ;-I am not able (so) to stop. 22. The superior man, acting in accordance with the state of equilibrium and harmony, may be all unknown and unregarded by the world, but he feels no regret :-it is only the sage who is able for this?
23. 'The way of the superior man reaches far and wide, and yet is secret. 24. Common men and women, however ignorant, may intermeddle with the knowledge of it; but in its utmost reaches there is that which even the sage does not know. Common men and women, however much below the ordinary standard of character, can carry it into practice; but in its utmost reaches, there is that which even the sage cannot attain to. 25. Great as heaven and earth are, men still find things in their action with which to be dissatisfied
26. “Therefore, if the superior man were to speak (of this way) in its greatness, nothing in the world would be able to contain it; and if he were to speak of it in its smallness, nothing in the world would be
1 This is translated from a reading of the text, as old as the second Han dynasty.
With this ends the second chapter of the Treatise, in which the words of Confucius are so often quoted; specially it would appear, to illustrate what is meant by the state of equilibrium and harmony. Yet there is a great want of definiteness and practical guidance about the utterances.
• Who does not grumble occasionally at the weather, and disturbances apparently of regular order in the seasons?
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