1845.] Ve'ddnta-Sara, or Essence of the Veddnta. 11 1 



A qualified person is he, who by the perusal, as it is prescribed, 

 Qualified person, of the Vedas and Vedangas having first obtained 

 ^TT^RJIm the true sense of all the Vedas, who in this or a former 



life having renounced the objects of desire, and the works which are 

 forbidden, who by observing the daily ceremonies as well as those pre- 

 scribed on certain occasions, the expiations and acts of internal worship, 

 being liberated from all sin, and therefore thoroughly purified in his 

 mind, and who having performed the four means, has become perfect 

 in knowledge. 



Objects of desire, as for instance the Jydtishtdmas*, are such as are 



Objects of desire. means of obtaining heaven and other desirable ob- 



^TP^Tf^T jects; prohibited is what causes (the punishment 



and of aversion. of) hell and other undesirable objects, as for in- 



f'Tf^rWTf^T stance the killing of a Bramhan. Daily ceremonies 



Daily ceremonies. are for instance the Shandhydbandanai which to 



fifrW fcf oimt * s tne cause of sin. Ceremonies on certain 



Ceremonies on certain occasions are for instance the Jateshtya and others 



occasions 



s^ n r ' a r for the birth of a son. Expiations are for instance 



•1l«TITrqnM tne Chandrayanas,J which are causes of remov. 



^ ' _^ ing sin. Acts of internal worship, for instance 



^l^ia.'^TtUn such as originated from Shandilya, are actions 



>orsip. ^ t k e m [ n ^ } whose object is Bramha, united 



^HNHIH with the three qualities. The principal fruit of 



the daily ceremonies is the purification of the mind, that of the acts 



of internal worship is the fixing of the mind upon Bramha. 



" It is him, whom the Bramhans by the word of the Vedas and by 

 religious austerities wish to comprehend,'* says the Sruti. 



" By austerities sin is destroyed ; by knowledge, immortality obtain- 

 ed," says the Sruti. 



* A particular sacrifice, at which sixteen officiating priests are required. Wilson's 

 Sanscrit Diet. 



t Religious abstraction, meditation, repetition of Mantras, sipping of water, &c 

 to be performed by the three first classes of Hindoos at particular and stated periods 

 in the course of every day, especially at sunrise, sunset, and also, though not essen- 

 tially, at noon. Wil. S. D. 



| A religious or expiatory observance regulated by the moon's age, diminishing 

 the daily consumption of food every day by one mouthful, for the dark half of the 

 moon, and increasing it in like manner during the light half. Wil. S. D. 



