| 1. Arjuna said:Of
samnyasa O Mightyarmed, I desire to know the truth, O Hyishikesa, as also
of tyaga, severally, O Slayer of Kesin.Samnyasa: the connotation of the
term samnyasa. Tyaga: the connotation of the term tyaga. Severally: as distinguished
from each other. Kesin was an asura whom the Lord, the son of Vasudeva,
slew, and the Lord is therefore addressed as Kesinisbudana, the Slayer of
Kesin The words samnyasa and tyaga have been used here and there in the
preceding discourses, their connotations, however, not being clearly distinguished.
Wherefore, with a view to determining them, the Lord addresses Arjuna, who
desired to know of them, as follows: The Blessed Lord said: |
