^247:4 The commentators interpret this verse as if not two philosophical opinions but only one was spoken of. Unlimited knowledge is according to them different from omniscience; in the second part of the sentence 'limited' refers to the sleep of Brahman during which he is unconscious.

^247:5 Men are some time embryos, then young men, then old men.

^248:1 Ahimsasamayam = ahimsasamatam, viz. as you do not wish to be killed, so others do not wish to be killed. The last part of the sentence might also be translated: know this to be the real meaning of the Law (samaya) of ahimsa. The same verse recurs I, 11, 10.

^248:2 Adana, right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct.

^248:3 Ukkasa = utkarsha, mana.

^248:4 Galana = gvalana, krodha.

^248:5 Numa = maya.

^248:6 Magghattha = madhyastha, lobha. Compare the similar expressions in I, 1, 2, 12, above, <page 241>, notes 1-4, and I, 2, 2, 29, below, <page 257>.