OF THE ÍSHOPANISHAD, ONE OF THE CHAPTERS OF THE YAJUR VÉDA: ACCORDING TO THE COMMENTARY OF THE CELEBRATED SHANKAR-ÁCHÁRYA; ESTABLISHING THE UNITY AND INCOMPREHENSIBILITY OF THE SUPREME BEING; AND THAT HIS WORSHIP ALONE CAN LEAD TO ETERNAL BEATITUDE. Henry Fon Belfast 1822 31145 BY RAMMOHUN ROY. Transla Braman, Eel tron the i Calcutta : PRINTED BY PHILIP PEREIRA, AT THE HINDOOSTANFE-PRESS. INTRODUCTION. THE physical powers of man are limited; and when viewed comparatively, sink into insignificance; while in the same ratio, his moral faculties rise in our estimation, as embracing a wide sphere of action and possessing a capability of almost boundless improvement. If the short duration of human life be contrasted with the great age of the universe, and the limited extent of bodily strength with the many objects to which there is a necessity of applying it, we must necessarily be disposed to entertain but a very humble opinion of our own nature; and nothing perhaps is so well calculated to restore |