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way in a carriage drawn by horses, and going swiftly, such is the progress of the men of understanding. Having climbed up a mountain one should not look at the surface of the earth. One sees a man travelling in a chariot, and void of intelligence, afflicted by reason of the chariot. As far as there is a carriage-path, he goes in the carriage; where the carriage-path stops, a learned man goes on abandoning the carriage. So travels the talented man, who understands the procedure respecting (knowledge of the) truth and devotion, and who knows about the qualities, comprehending the gradations one above the other. As one who without a boat dives into the ocean with his arms only, through delusion, undoubtedly wishes for destruction; while a wise man likewise knowing distinctions", and having a boat with good oars, goes in the water without fatigue, and soon crosses the reservoir, and having crossed (it) goes to the other shore, throwing
' I.e. the Såstras, says Nilakantha. Cf. Gitá, p. 117.
• When one has arrived at knowledge,-the highest seat, says Nilakantha, -one need not perform the dictates of the Sastras, which are only preliminary to the acquisition of knowledge. Cf. Gha, pp. 48, 73. Cl. as to this figure of the chariot and the next one about the boat, Bribadaranyaka, p. 695.
'I adopt Arguna's rendering of the original here, viz. Yoga. The meaning, on that rendering, is the same as it is in the Gita.
• According to Arguna Misra, action with desire, action without desire, and lastly, knowledge. According 10 Nflakantha, action laid down in the Sastras, then Yoga, and then the condition of Hamsa, Paramahamsa, &c.
• Literally, one knowing divisions. I presume the meaning is distinctions between various things as to which suits which, and so forth. The boat, says Nilakantha, is a preceptor, and even a preceptor is not to be sought for after a man has achieved Yoga; bence the text proceeds to speak further on of casting aside the boat. Wishes for destruction=is sure to meet destruction.
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