^241:3 Explained by Sankara as the syllable Om.

^241:4 Cf. Bhagavadgita V, 27. Pranapanau samau kritva nasabhyantara karinau. See Telang's notes, Sacred Books of the East, vol. viii, p. 68 seq.

^241:5 A similar metaphor in Kath. Up. III, 4-6; Sacred Books of the East, vol. xv, p. 13.

^241:6 The question is whether sabdagalasrayadibhih should be referred to mano 'nukule, as I have translated it, or to vivargite, as Sankara seems to take it, because he renders sabda, sound, by noise, and asraya by mandapa, a booth. See Bhagavadgita VI, 11. In the Maitr. Up. VI, 30, Ramatirtha explains sukau dese by girinadipulinaguhadisuddhastane. See also Asv. Grihya-sutras III, 2, 2.

^242:1 Or, it may be, a crystal and the moon.

^242:2 The Yogaguna is described as the quality of each element, i.e. smell of the earth, taste of water, &c. It seems that the perception of these gunas is called yogapravritti. Thus by fixing the thought on the tip of the nose, a perception of heavenly scent is produced; by fixing it on the tip of the tongue, a perception of heavenly taste; by fixing it on the point of the palate, a heavenly colour; by fixing it on the middle of the tongue, a heavenly touch; by fixing it on the roof of the tongue, a heavenly sound. By means of these perceptions the mind is supposed to be steadied, because it is no longer attracted by the outward objects themselves. See Yoga-sutras I, 35.

^242:3 Or no death, na mrityuh, B.

^242:4 Paresham pathe tadvat sa tattvam prasamikshya dehiti.

^243:1 Sarvatattvair avidyatatkaryair visuddham asamsprishtam.

^243:2 This verse is found in the Vag. Samh. XXXII, 4; Taitt. Ar. X, 1, 3, with slight modifications. The Vagasaneyins read esho ha (so do A. B.) for esha hi; sa eva gatah (A. B.) for sa vigatah; ganas (A. B.) for ganams. The Aranyaka has sa vigayamanah for sa vigatah, pratyanmukhas for pratyanganams, and visvatomukhah for sarvatomukhah. Colebrooke (Essays, I, 57) gives a translation of it. If we read ganah, we must take it as a vocative.

^243:3 B. (not A.) reads yo rudro yo 'gnau.