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tinct. One who pursues either well obtains the fruit of both. The seat which the sankhyas obtain is reached by the yogas also. He sees (truly), who sees the sankhya and yoga as one. Renunciation, O you of mighty arms! is difficult to reach without devotion ; the sage possessed of devotion attains Brahman’ without delay. He who is possessed of devotion, whose self is pure, who has restrained his selfs, and who has controlled his senses, and who identifies his self with every being, is not tainted though he performs (actions). The man of devotion, who knows the truth, thinks he does nothing at all, when he sees“, hears, touches, smells, eats, moves, sleeps, breathes, talks, throws out", takes, opens or closes the eyelids; he holds that the senses deal with the objects of the senses. He who, casting off (all) attachment, performs actions dedicating them to Brahman, is not tainted by sin, as the lotus-leaf (is not tainted) by water. Devotees, casting off attachment, perform actions for attaining purity of self, with the body, the mind, the understanding, or even the senses ?-(all) free (from
Those who follow the yoga 'path. The form is noteworthy, grammatically.
. l.e. 'attains true renunciation,' says Sankara; Sridhara says, attains Brahman, after becoming a "renouncer."'
• Here sell is explained as body; in the line which goes before it is explained as heart.
• These are the various operations of the organs of perception, action, &c.
. Excretions, &c.
• A very common simile. Cf. inter alia K'handogya-upanishad, p. 376; Sulla Nipata, pp. 107-134; and Davids' Buddhism, p. 158 note.
Body=bathing, &c.; mind=mcditation, &c.; understanding= ascertainment of truth; senses=hearing and celebrating God's name.
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