1321. The commentator explains that one should not cherish ‘the desire for wealth even for the sake of acquiring virtue therewith. When, however, wealth is obtained without effort, suc... Read more
1296. This is the mastery or puissance that is brought by Yoga, so that the person succeeds, flats of the will, in creating whatever he desires. 1297. The Burdwan translator gives a ridiculo... Read more
1268. Sadharana is opposed to kevala. Yathavalam implies yathavaira-gyam, Gachcchatam Gachcchatam means purushamatrasyavanigvya-dhadeh. The Burdwan translator misses the sense altogether and... Read more
1247. Dwandwarama very likely means here the joys of wedded couples and not ‘the pleasures derived from pairs of opposites’. The sense seems to be this that man is a Brahmana who... Read more
1221. The commentator supposes that after sadhun the word kartum is understood. The line may also be taken as meaning,–‘If thou dost not succeed in rescuing the honest without sl... Read more
1192. Kadarya is explained by the commentator as ‘miserly.’ I think it may be taken also in a more extended sense. Then again vardhushi is a usurer and not necessarily a dealer i... Read more
1167. The sense is that in former days when the true meaning of Sacrifice was understood and all men performed them without being urged by the desire of fruit, the beneficial consequences th... Read more
1134. The commentator cites the instance of Drona and others of that class. These men must be regarded as Mahajanas and Sadhus, but how can their conduct be regarded as righteous? What Yudhi... Read more
1106. The Rishis, it is evident, regarded an entity not as an unknown substance in which certain known properties inhered, but as the sum total of those properties themselves. So far as the... Read more
1079. Atikrantaguna-kshayam, i.e., one who has transcended disregards the very puissance that the destruction of the gunas is said to bring about. 1080. Karyyatam is Prakriti which alone is... Read more
