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Where Kṛiṣṇa is, Lord of Control, where is the bowman, son of Pṛithā, there—so I hold—are fortune, triumph, welfare sure, and statesmanship.

— W. Douglas P. Hill The Bhagavadgītā (1973)

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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.

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Fools scorn me when I dwell in human form: my higher being they know not as Great Lord of beings.

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But for those in whom that ignorance of Self is by knowledge destroyed, their knowledge like the sun illumines That Supreme.

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Guarded by Bhīṣma, this our force is all too weak; and all too strong that force of theirs, by Bhīma guarded.

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If Dhṛtarāṣṭra's men, with weapons in their hands, should slay me in the fight, unresisting and unarmed, that were happier for me!

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