788. ‘By the aid of patience’ is explained by the commentator as without leaving their seats and changing the yoga attitude, etc. ‘Withdrawing themselves from the world of... Read more
764. K.P. Singha translates these words very carelessly. The Burdwan translator, by following the commentator closely, has produced a correct version. Kulmasha means ripe grains or seeds of... Read more
741. The sense is this: parasitical vermin spring from sweat and other filth emitted by the body. Children spring from the vital seed. In the former case, it is Swabhava (nature) that suppli... Read more
721. Both the vernacular translators have wrongly rendered this verse, notwithstanding the help they have derived from Nilakantha’s gloss. The fact is, the gloss itself sometimes requi... Read more
694. The meaning seems to be this: ordinary men regard all external objects as possessing an independent existence, and their attributes also as things different from the substances which ow... Read more
670. Exists in its own nature, i.e., unaffected by attributes and qualities and accidents. 671. Some of the Bengal texts read sumahan and subuddhih in the second line. Of course, this is inc... Read more
638. It seems that Vikrita had given away a cow. He had then made a gift to Virupa of the merit he had won by that righteous act. 639. Picking solitary grains from the crevices in the fields... Read more
606. Brown and other followers of Reid, whether they understood Reid or not, regarded all the perceptions as only particular modifications of the mind. They denied the objective existence of... Read more
576. Upaskara means renunciation. 577. It is generally said that by procreating offspring, one gratifies the Pitris or pays off the debt one owes to one’s deceased ancestors. Here Bhri... Read more
547. The first word of this verse is diversely read. The reading I adopt is samunnam meaning drenched in water. If it be samjuktam it would mean united, with filth, of course. Another readin... Read more
