Translation of an abridgement of the Vedant, or, resolution of all the Veds ... likewise a translation of the Cena Upanishad, one of the chapters of the Sama Veda; according to the gloss of ... Shancaracharya / [Edited by John Digby].

  • Ram Mohan Roy
Date:
1817
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Credit: Translation of an abridgement of the Vedant, or, resolution of all the Veds ... likewise a translation of the Cena Upanishad, one of the chapters of the Sama Veda; according to the gloss of ... Shancaracharya / [Edited by John Digby]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4th. He alone, who has never been described by language, and who directs language to its meaning, is the Supreme Being; and not any specified thing which men worship : Know Thou this 5th. He alone, whom understanding cannot comprehend, and who, as said by learned men, knows the real nature of understanding, is the Supreme Being; and not any specified thing which men worship: Know Thou this 6th. He alone, whom no one can conceive by vision, and by whose superintendance every one perceives the objects of vision, is the Supreme Being; and not any specified thing which men wors hip: Know Thou this 7th. He alone, whom no one can hear through the sense of hearing, and who knows the real nature of the sense of hearing, is the Supreme Being; and not any specified thing which men worship: Know Thou this ■ V . ' 6th. He alone, whom no one can perceive through the sense of smelling, and who applies the sense of smelling to its objects, is the Supreme Being; and not any specified thing which men worship : Know Thou this 9th. If you, [continues the Spiritual Parent,] from what I have stated, suppose and say, that “ I know the Supreme Being tho¬ roughly,” you, in truth, know very little of the Omnipresent Being ; and any conception of that Being, which you limit to your powers of sense, is not only deficient, but also his description, which you extend to the bodies of the celestial Gods, is also imperfect; # you, conse- * The sum of the notion concerning the Supreme Being given in the Yeti ant, i% that he is the $oul of the universe; and bears the same relation to all material extension, that a human soul does to the individual body with which it is connected. ✓
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