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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 -

"Better were it for me to eat even the dry and tasteless crust of the ragged beggar, than to be the instrument of death to these most noble and worshipful men, who were my preceptors and teachers! Were I to slay these well-wishers of mine, verily I should partake of but blood-besprinkled possessions, wealth and pleasures --- a horrid feast to which the beggar's crust would be noble and most worthy.

"I cannot see whether it would be better for me whether we be the victors or the defeated, for I should not wish to live after having caused the death of those arrayed against us --- my kinsmen and friends --- the sons and people of Kuril's king Dhritarashtra, who now confront us in angry battle array. My compassion weighs down my heart even unto faintness, and my mind reels confusedly before the problem presented to it. What is Right Action for me --- what is my Duty? O most blessed Krishna, my Lord, decide these weighty questions for me --- tell me what is Right. I, Thy disciple and student, beg for Thy instruction in this my hour of dire need.

"So confused and dazed am I, that my

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