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and being equable to all beings, moving and unmoving, one should become an ascetic with small belongings. One should not perturb any other (per. son), nor should one be perturbed by any other (person"). He who is trusted by all beings is said to be the foremost among those who understand final emancipation. One should not think of what is not come ?, nor reflect on that which is past; one should disregard the present, being concentrated (in mind) and indifferent to time. He should not de file anything by the eye, or the mind, or by speech, nor should he do anything wrong openly or in secret. One who draws in the senses from all sides as a tortoise (draws in his limbs, and in whom the senses, mind, and understanding are absorbed', who is free from desires, who understands all truth, who is free from the pairs of opposites, and from the ceremony of svaha, and who is free from salutations', and who is free from the thought that this or that is) mine, who is free from egoism, who is free from anxiety for new acquisitions or protection of old acquisitions, and self-controlled', who is free from
their duties),' but the sense seems to be different. The commenttators say nothing on this.
Cl. Gfrå, p. 101. • I.e. one should not look to the future with any aspirations or expectations, and should not look back on the past with grief, Arguna Misra. See too p. 170, note 9 supra.
"I am not sure if this is a correct interpretation. But it does Dot seem likely that the other possible sense — literally.expecting time-can be intended here.
• This is obscure. Is the sense this, that one should not observe, or think, or speak badly or of the bad side of things? • Cl. p. 343 supra, note 1.
• Cf. Kaila, p. 151. 'See p. 352 supra, note 1. • Cf. Gitá, p. 48, where the original words are the same.
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