Oct 6, 2009

The wonder of Sanskrit

sāṃkhyam asmābhir jñāyate: alepako nirguṇaḥ kṣetrajñaḥ puruṣaḥ

can be translated in two ways:

1. I am conversant with Sankhya: The soul is stainless, without Qualities, and the Knower of the field of experiences.

2. I am conversant with Sankhya: This person uses no cosmetics, has no merits, he is a plowman.

The translation is taken from "The Quarter of Causeries" Translated by Csaba Dezső & Somadeva Vasudeva.

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