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VICHAR MALA.
BOOK I.
VALEDICTORY STANZA,
Ganesh, Shiva, Vishnu, Gouri, Sun-deities five, Destroy & servant's miseries five. Venerable Guru, Gopal, do condescend to show me
supreme happiness, Let me cover my dad with the dust of your feet to
destroy ignorand Sri (Reverend) Harip shad full of knowledge and
devoid of ignorance envelopment), Lord, and intelligence--my Guru-to him I salute, For the removal of miseries produced from illusion. For the good of myself I adore the five (deities) and
Guru, and write the present commentar y “ Balbodini" of Vichar Mala.
At the outset, it is necessary to define the indication of commentary, inagmuch as an object can only be known by its indication and proof. If any question be raised in this manner, it is therefore said, an indication consists in analyzing the words of a sentence, separating them, finding out their meanings, construing them according to the rules of grammar, and their natural connection, and if the literal meaning would in this way create any misapprehension, to remove it; these are the five indications of a commentary. The usual valedictory address is imperatively necessary in all uudertakings like the present; for without a necessity, there can be no inclination
