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The Lord, O Arjuna, dwells in the heart of every being, and by his delusive power spins round all beings set on the machine.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
Fools scorn me when I dwell in human form: my higher being they know not as Great Lord of beings.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
But for those in whom that ignorance of Self is by knowledge destroyed, their knowledge like the sun illumines That Supreme.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
Guarded by Bhīṣma, this our force is all too weak; and all too strong that force of theirs, by Bhīma guarded.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
Where Kṛiṣṇa is, Lord of Control, where is the bowman, son of Pṛithā, there—so I hold—are fortune, triumph, welfare sure, and statesmanship.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
If Dhṛtarāṣṭra's men, with weapons in their hands, should slay me in the fight, unresisting and unarmed, that were happier for me!
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
By me, in form unmanifest, is all this universe pervaded; all beings dwell in me, but I dwell not in them.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
Better a man's own duty, though ill-done, than another's duty well-performed; if a man do the duty his own nature bids him, he incurs no stain.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
More excellent than the austere, more excellent even than men of knowledge is the Ascetic deemed; more excellent than workers is the Ascetic; therefore be thou Ascetic, Arjuna.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
Thus spoke Arjuna on the field of battle, and sat down upon the chariot seat, dropping his arrows and his bow, his soul o'erwhelmed with grief.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
O son of Kuntī, bound by thine own duty born of thine own nature, that thing which thou desirest not to do by reason of delusion thou shalt do, even against thy will.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
For the saint who seeks to scale the heights of control work is said to be the means; when that same man has scaled the heights of control, quietude is said to be the means.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
For better is knowledge than constant practice; and than knowledge meditation is more excellent; than meditation, abandonment of the fruit of work; after abandonment, peace ensues.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
If, O Janārdana, discernment be held by thee more excellent than work, then why, O Keśava, dost thou set me to do a work of violence?
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
To Vivasvat I expounded this immutable doctrine of control; to Manu did Vivasvat declare it; Manu told it to Ikṣvāku.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
On the Field of Right, the Kuru-Field, assembled, eager to fight, what did my warriors and the warriors of Pāṇḍu, O Saṁjaya?
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
The author of the Gītā is interested in man and his destiny; for man is the centre of creation. Brahman, it is true, dwells equally in every living creature; but to man is given a gift denied even to the Lords of Heaven—man alone in all creation's scale can win release.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
The order of the four castes was created by me, with due distribution of Strands and works; I did that work indeed; yet know me as no worker and immutable.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
God descends with a purpose. From the earliest times sacrifice (yajña) had been accounted the most important work, and in the Gītā so imperative a work is sacrifice considered that we are told that 'ever on sacrifice firm-founded is Brahman all pervading'.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)
Kṛiṣṇa says (vii. 19) that the man of knowledge affirms that Vāsudeva is All. This is the central doctrine of the Bhagavadgītā. Kṛiṣṇa Vāsudeva is one with Brahman, the ultimate unity that lies behind this manifold universe, the changeless truth behind impermanent appearance.
The Bhagavadgītā (1973)