--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister
> wrote:
> >
> > Translation by Swami Gambhirananda
> >
> > 2.45 To those who are thus devoid of discriminating wisdom, who
> > indulge in pleasure, [Here Ast. adds 'yat phalam tad aha, what
> result
> > accrues, that the Lord states:'-Tr.] O Arjuna, vedah, the Vedas;
> > traigunya-visayah, have the three qualities as their object, have
> the
> > three
> > gunas, [Traigunya means the collection of the three qualities, viz
> > sattva
> > (purity), rajas (energy) and tamas (darkness); i.e. the collection
> of
> > virtuous, vicious and mixed activities, as also their results. In
> this
> > derivative sense traigunya means the worldly life.] i.e. the
> worldly
> > life, as
> > the object to be revealed. But you bhava, become; nistraigunyah,
> free
> > from the three qualities, i.e. be free from desires. [There is a
> > seeming
> > conflict between the advices to be free from the three qualities
> and
> > to be
> > ever-poised in the quality of sattva. Hence, the Commentator takes
> the
> > phrase nistraigunya to mean niskama, free from desires.] (Be)
> > nirdvandvah, free from the pairs of duality -- by the word dvandva,
> > duality, are meant the conflicting pairs [Of heat and cold, etc.]
> > which are
> > the causes of happiness and sorrow; you become free from them. [From
> > heat, cold, etc. That is, forbear them.] You become nitya-
> sattvasthah,
> > ever-poised in the quality of sattva; (and) so also niryoga-ksemah,
> > without (desire for) acquisition and protection. Yoga means
> > acquisition of
> > what one has not, and ksema means the protection of what one has.
> For
> > one who as 'acquisition and protection' foremost in his mind, it is
> > difficult to seek Liberation. Hence, you be free from acquisition
> and
> > protection.
> > And also be atmavan, self-collected, vigilant. This is the advice
> > given to
> > you while you are engaged in your own duty. [And not from the point
> of
> > view of seeking Liberation.]
> >
>
> A vishiSTaadvaita view of the same (Shrii Raamaanuja):
>
> 2.45 The word Traigunya means the three Gunas --- Sattva, Rajas and
> Tamas. Here the term Traigunya denotes persons in whom Sattva, Rajas
> and Tamas are in abundance. The Vedas in prescribing desire-oriented
> rituals (Kamya-karmas) have such persons in view. Because of their
> great love, the Vedas teach what is good to those in whom Tamas,
> Rajas and Sattva preponderate. If the Vedas had not explained to these
> persons the means for the attainment of heaven etc., according to the
> Gunas, then those persons who are not interested in liberation owing
> to
> absence of Sattva and preponderance of Rajas and Tamas in them,
> would get completely lost amidst what should not be resorted to,
> without knowing the means for attaining the results they desire. Hence
> the Vedas are concerned with the Gunas. Be you free from the three
> Gunas. Try to acquire Sattva in abundance; increase that alone. The
> purport is: do not nurse the preponderance of the three Gunas in their
> state of inter-mixture; do not cultivate such preponderance. Be free
> from the pairs of opposites; be free from all the characteristics of
> worldly
> life. Abide in pure Sattva; be established in Sattva, in its state of
> purity
> without the admixture of the other two Gunas. If it is questioned how
> that is possible, the reply is as follows. Never care to acquire
> things nor
> protect what has been acquired. While abandoning the acquisition of
> what is not required for self-realisation, abandon also the
> conservation of
> such things already acquired. You can thus be established in self-
> control
> and thereby become an aspirant after the essentail nature of the self.
> 'Yoga' is acquisition of what has not been acquired; 'Ksema' is
> preservation of things already acquired. Abandoning these is a must
> for
> an aspirant after the essential nature of the self. If you conduct
> yourself
> in this way, the preponderance of Rajas and Tamas will be annihilated,
> and pure Sattva will develop. Besides, all that is taught in the
> Vedas is
> not fit to be utilised by all.
>
Wow. That seems so superficial and WRONG compared to MMY's commentary.
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