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Bhagavad Gita

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Introduction - The Scene; Theme; and Character - Gloom of Arjuna - Inner Doctrine - The Secret of Work - Spiritual Knowledge - Renunciation - Self Mastery - Spiritual Discernment - Mystery of Omnipresence - Kingly Knowledge - Universal Perfection - Universal Manifestation - Yoga of Devotion - Knower and the Known - Three Gunas or Qualities - Consciousness of the Supreme - Good and Evil Natures - Threefold Faith - Renunciation and Freedom - Contents -

Dhritarashtra, who gathered under the leadership of the eldest son of the latter, named Duryodhana, who was in command by reason of his father's blindness; and under the general name of the family, "the Kurus" the elder branch began a determined resistance to the invasion or attack of the younger branch, the Pandus.

This brings us to the scene and time of the battle. The Kuru faction led by Duryodhana (acting for his blind father, Dhritarashtra) was arrayed on one side; and on the other side was the hosts of the Pandus, led by the five Pandu princes. The active command of the Kuru army was vested in Bhishma, the oldest war-chief of his faction; the Pandu army being led by Bhima, a renowned warrior. Arjuna, one of the five Pandu princes, and one of the leading characters in the story, was present at the battle with his brothers, and was accompanied in his war chariot by the human incarnation of THE SUPREME SPIRIT --- Krishna, the latter having become the friend and companion of Arjuna as a reward for the fortitude with which the latter had borne his persecutions, and as a recognition

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