Samnyasa Upanishads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c4.2

c4.2

I have regularly ignored the Sanskrit syntax, therefore, using several short English sentences to translate a single Sanskrit sentence. I have also departed from the common practice of placing within parentheses all English words not directly founded on the Sanskrit. Such parenthetical words and phrases only distract the reader who has no access to the original. It is, furthermore, unnecessary to use parentheses when the English translates accurately the original and often succinct Sanskrit, even when the English idiom or the exigencies of comprehension may require more words. On a few occasions, however, I have used parentheses to demarcate phrases not found in the original but that I felt would add to the comprehension of the text.