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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 -

despondency, and sadness filled his heart, and, sighing deeply, with sorrow permeating his tones, he spake thus to Krishna, who stood by his side in the chariot:

"O Krishna now that I behold the faces and forms of my kindred and loved ones, thus arrayed against each other, and chafing for the fight, my heart faileth me. My legs tremble; mine arms refuse to do my bidding; my face is drawn in agony; my skin burns as with a fever; my hair standeth upon end; my brain reels; my whole body is convulsed with horror; my war-bow slips from my fingers.

"Evil omens fill the air, and strange voices seem to speak around me, so that I am overcome with confusion and indecision. What good can come from my killing these my kindred, and loved ones, and friends? I desire not the glory of victory, O Krishna. Nor do I long for the kingdoms or dominion; nor do I seek for enjoyments of life, or pleasure; nor even life itself. These things appear most vain and undesirable to me when those for whom they were to be coveted have abandoned life and all else.

"Tutors, sons and fathers; grandsires and

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