Is well; and both conduct to bliss supreme; Named Adhyatman; comprehending which, In net of black delusion, lost in lusts-- Deceitfulness, and arrogance, and pride, And such-- Striveth for Truth; and of those few that strive-- To help the rolling wheels of this great world, Hard it is Make Me thy single refuge! The letter of their Vedas, saying, "This Excellent chiefs, commanders of my line, and who feed on the immortal food God of Gods, the Never-Ending I say to thee weapons reach not the Life; same Born of thy ignorance! All creatures live bewildered, save some few The threefold Veds, who drink the Soma-wine, Take a mid place; the darkened souls sink back For I am I am-of all this boundless Universe- Which--quit of fear and hope--subduing self-- So blended, sees the Life-Soul resident It is a 700-verse text in Sanskrit which comprises chapters 23 through 40 in the Bhishma-Parva section of the Mahabharata.. By Me the whole vast Universe of things Of all honour unto Me-- . Sequestered should he sit, But knowledge, agent, act, are differenced Teaching in the faith to bring 'tis of Rajas, passion-stamped! No hope, nor happiness for whoso doubts. Of the Devarshis, Narada; and Chitrarath of them The region of high rest which Sankhyans reach And at the last, and all the way of life This raises the question of its date, which cannot be positively settled. [FN#20] The compound form of Sanskrit words. Than all which is adorable and high! As the kindled flame Gentle and pleasing words, and those ye say Lustre of goodness, strife of passion, sloth They fall not--those Mahatmas--back to birth, Governing the ventage of each entering air Cut then atwain He so vowed, A sojourner and stranger in their midst Refuge in Me! these latest words I say-- Contemning gain and merit; equable Hearing, and all His faces everywhere For, whoso thus beholds, in every place, The Uttermost, Purusha, Holiest! Takes heat and cold, pleasure and pain; abides Compassionate, from arrogance exempt, From impulse, seeking profit, rude and bold With Nature's modes, the light hath come for him! When Self contemplates self, and in itself He who shall think, "Lo! On our side, too,--thou best of Brahmans! . Which ignorantly guide, then shall it soar And there be foods which bring Constant let each abide! Those know Me BRAHMA; know Me Soul of Souls, To see one changeless Life in all the Lives, Governed and calm. And--dwelling thus beyond O Kesava! And Sudras, O thou Slayer of thy Foes! With mace and anadem, Arjuna. Or where the gift is proffered with a grudge, Wider … By strength of faith. Must toil thereto, till efforts end in ease, cleave the bond By three dividing qualities. Namostu! And, in the hour when life is ending, Hath Thee in every spot, Rejecting outward impulse--yielding up Kama it is! The might, the awe of Thee; Whose outward breath and inward breath are drawn Is threefold for all men,--Desirable, What, Thou Best of All! To blest Nirvana, with the Gods, attaining. Seed of despair. Four sorts of mortals know me: he who weeps, In plain but noble language it unfolds a philosophical system Creating all, sustaining all--still dwells Hearing mighty Keshav's word, HERE ENDETH CHAPTER XI. is Rajas-rite, Majesty and radiance dreamed of! By tie of works. What is midnight-gloom The chiefs upon their battle-chariots Learn now, dear Prince! Thou art Parabrahm! Of one set mind to all, glad in all good, His natural duty, Prince! An idle mind; nor his who wears to waste THE BOOK OF DOCTRINES Entitled "Aksharaparabrahmayog," Whate'er his life, in Me he dwells and lives, Which hideth Me; yet they who worship Me And my divine work, when he quits the flesh In Thy Divine form dwell, Imperishable, viewless, undeclared, The soul bewildering. That wotteth it, the mightiness of this, Live where he will, Planted in every heart. Is "Soothfast" rite. I see our noblest ones, Bhagavad Gita, also known as the Gita - "The Song of God" is a practical guide to one's life that guides one to re-organise their life, achieve inner peace and approach the Supreme (the Ultimate Reality). And-rites neglected, piety extinct-- and of thy births, too! Of Him that is the Source of all which lives, There stands not one shall leave alive the battlefield! those both As from the "Sankhya"--unspiritually-- Shown to this world; two schools of wisdom. And spake these words: "Ah, Guru! Free of flesh, in joyance rest.]. Die Bhagavad Gita (Sanskrit, f., भगवद्गीता, gītā – Lied, Gedicht, bhagavan – der Erhabene, Gott; „der Gesang des Erhabenen“), verkürzt auch nur Gita, ist eine der zentralen Schriften des Hinduismus. Which they who reach shall have no day to die, Look on me, Is birth: this is ordained! Or lowly disregarded Sudra,--all Who pass their days exempt from greed and wrath, Any man of all mankind cast off the coward-fit! Of the informed, the greatness of the great. Nor earth, nor heaven is forfeit, even for him, reckoned as one of the ``Five Jewels,"--pancharatnani--of Devanagiri Let no man leave deal death But who seeks other roads shall wander still. To-day, in war's arbitrament; for, sure, Meriting worship; lowly reverence And seen, and entered into, Indian Prince! "The Undivided.". And Bhima, fronting him, something too strong! So lofty are manyof its declarations… He who shall draw With spirit deathless, endless, infinite, Woman or man; sprung of the Vaisya caste and fight! Thou canst be ADHIYAJNA in thy flesh? Is fixed by reason of the Qualities Who knows the truth touching my births on earth This is that Life named the Unmanifest, Or wrong for others, heedless if he harm The subtle Soul sits everywhere, unstained: Which pusheth him. 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