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ANUGITA
CHAPTER XXV
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Brahman said :
From the unperceived was first produced the great self 1 of great intelligence, the source of all qualities 2; it is said to be the first creation. That great self is signified by these synonymous terms--the great self, intelligence, Vishnu 3, Gishnu, Sambhu, the valiant, the understanding, means of knowledge, means of perception, and likewise cognition, courage, memory. Knowing that (great self), a learned Brahmana comes not by delusion. It has hands and feet on all sides 4, it has eyes, heads, and faces on all sides; it stands pervading everything in the world 5. The being of great power is stationed in the heart of all. Minuteness 6, lightness, (the power of) obtaining (everything) (are his); he is the governor, the light, inexhaustible.
Footnotes :
1. I. e. the understanding, on which see Sankhya-sutra I, 61-64. It is called being (Purusha) further on, as it dwells in the body (Puri).
2. I. e. of the effects of all qualities (namely, the universe; cf. Gita), Nilakantha.
3. I. e. all-pervading, Arguna Misra. On the whole passage, see Sankhya-sara, and note 3 on page 333 infra.
4. As, says Arguna Misra, it is the source of all activity.
5. The words are identical with those at Gita.
6. See supra.
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