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The Song Celestial (Bhagavad Gita)

Edwin Arnold

Hinduism

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1. "The Song Celestial. or Bhagavad-Gita (From the Mahabhara", para. 1. The Song Celestial. or Bhagavad-Gita (From the Mahabharata) Being a Discourse Between
2. "PREFACE", para. 1. PREFACE This famous and marvellous Sanskrit poem occurs as an episode of the Mahabhar
3. "PREFACE", para. 4. Its scene is the level country between the Jumna and the Sarsooti rivers-now Kurnul a
4. "PREFACE", para. 8. CONTENTS I. THE DISTRESS OF ARJUNA II. THE BOOK OF DOCTRINES III. VIRTUE IN WORK IV.
5. "CHAPTER I", para. 1. CHAPTER I Dhritirashtra: Ranged thus for battle on the sacred plain-- On Kurukshetra-
6. "CHAPTER I", para. 4. Then, at the signal of the aged king, With blare to wake the blood, rolling around Li
7. "CHAPTER I", para. 6. Thus, by Arjuna prayed, (O Bharata!) Between the hosts that heavenly Charioteer Drove
8. "CHAPTER I", para. 8. The rule of all Three Worlds; then, how much less To seize an earthly kingdom! Killin
9. "CHAPTER II", para. 1. CHAPTER II Sanjaya. Him, filled with such compassion and such grief, With eyes tear-d
10. "CHAPTER II", para. 7. Krishna. Thou grievest where no grief should be! thou speak'st Words lacking wisdom!
11. "CHAPTER II", para. 8. Who knoweth it exhaustless, self-sustained, Immortal, indestructible,--shall such Say
12. "CHAPTER II", para. 12. This Life within all living things, my Prince! Hides beyond harm; scorn thou to suffe
13. "CHAPTER II", para. 13. Thus far I speak to thee As from the "Sankhya"--unspiritually-- Hear now the deeper t
14. "CHAPTER II", para. 14. Yet, the right act Is less, far less, than the right-thinking mind. Seek refuge in th
15. "CHAPTER II", para. 15. Arjuna. What is his mark who hath that steadfast heart, Confirmed in holy meditation?
16. "CHAPTER II", para. 17. The mind That gives itself to follow shows of sense Seeth its helm of wisdom rent awa
17. "CHAPTER III", para. 1. CHAPTER III Arjuna. Thou whom all mortals praise, Janardana! If meditation be a noble
18. "CHAPTER III", para. 5. Who eat of food after their sacrifice Are quit of fault, but they that spread a feast
19. "CHAPTER III", para. 5. ure wrought In interaction of the qualities. The fool, cheated by self, thinks, "This
20. "CHAPTER III", para. 6. Arjuna. Yet tell me, Teacher! by what force doth man Go to his ill, unwilling; as if
21. "CHAPTER IV", para. 1. CHAPTER IV Krishna. This deathless Yoga, this deep union, I taught Vivaswata,[FN#6] t
22. "CHAPTER IV", para. 3. Arjuna. Thy birth, dear Lord, was in these later days, And bright Vivaswata's precede
23. "CHAPTER IV", para. 5. Thou sayst, perplexed, It hath been asked before By singers and by sages, "What is ac
24. "CHAPTER IV", para. 5. Burn on a hidden altar-stone the bliss Of youth and love, renouncing happiness: And t
25. "CHAPTER IV", para. 6. In sight of Brahma all these offerings Are spread and are accepted! Comprehend That a
26. "CHAPTER V", para. 1. CHAPTER V Arjuna. Yet, Krishna! at the one time thou dost laud Surcease of works, and
27. "CHAPTER V", para. 3. Krishna. To cease from works Is well, and to do works in holiness Is well; and both c
28. "CHAPTER V", para. 4. ster of this World Takes on himself the good or evil deeds Of no man--dwelling beyond
29. "CHAPTER V", para. 6. The Saint who shuts outside his placid soul All touch of sense, letting no contact th
30. "CHAPTER VI", para. 1. CHAPTER VI Krishna. Therefore, who doeth work rightful to do, Not seeking gain from w
31. "CHAPTER VI", para. 6. Sequestered should he sit, Steadfastly meditating, solitary, His thoughts controlled,
32. "CHAPTER VI", para. 9. Steadfastly the will Must toil thereto, till efforts end in ease, And thought has pas
33. "CHAPTER VI", para. 12. Arjuna. And what road goeth he who, having faith, Fails, Krishna! in the striving; fa
34. "CHAPTER VII", para. 1. CHAPTER VII Krishna. Learn now, dear Prince! how, if thy soul be set Ever on Me--stil
35. "CHAPTER VII", para. 4. Earth, water, flame, air, ether, life, and mind, And individuality--those eight Make
36. "CHAPTER VII", para. 7. Four sorts of mortals know me: he who weeps, Arjuna! and the man who yearns to know;
37. "CHAPTER VII", para. 11. Who cleave, who seek in Me Refuge from birth[FN#14] and death, those have the Truth!
38. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 1. CHAPTER VIII Arjuna. Who is that BRAHMA? What that Soul of Souls, The ADHYATMAN? What
39. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 7. Right life! And, in the hour when life is ending, With mind set fast and trustful pie
40. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 11. The worlds, Arjuna!--even Brahma's world-- Roll back again from Death to Life's unres
41. "CHAPTER IX", para. 1. CHAPTER IX Krishna. Now will I open unto thee--whose heart Rejects not--that last lor
42. "CHAPTER IX", para. 10. Thus doth the stuff of worlds, moulded by Me, Bring forth all that which is, moving o
43. "CHAPTER IX", para. 13. Of great gods feed them in high Indra's heaven. Yet they, when that prodigious joy is
44. "CHAPTER IX", para. 17. I am alike for all! I know not hate, I know not favour! What is made is Mine! But the
45. "CHAPTER X", para. 1. CHAPTER X Krishna.[FN#l6] Hear farther yet, thou Long-Armed Lord! these latest words
46. "CHAPTER X", para. 3. Arjuna. Yes! Thou art Parabrahm! The High Abode! The Great Purification! Thou art God
47. "CHAPTER X", para. 4. Krishna. Hanta! So be it! Kuru Prince! I will to thee unfold Some portions of My Maje
48. "CHAPTER X", para. 4. d chiefs Rama with blood imbrued, Makar 'mid fishes of the sea, and Ganges 'mid the s
49. "CHAPTER XI", para. 1. CHAPTER XI Arjuna. This, for my soul's peace, have I heard from Thee, The unfolding o
50. "CHAPTER XI", para. 4. Thou canst not!--nor, with human eyes, Arjuna! ever mayest! Therefore I give thee sen
51. "CHAPTER XI", para. 9. Of Brahma, sitting lone Upon His lotus-throne; Of saints and sages, and the serpent r
52. "CHAPTER XI", para. 16. Rishis and Siddhas cry "Hail! Highest Majesty!" From sage and singer breaks the hymn
53. "CHAPTER XI", para. 25. With helpless haste, which go In headlong furious flow Straight to the gulfing deeps
54. "CHAPTER XI", para. 32. Arjuna. Worthily, Lord of Might! The whole world hath delight In Thy surpassing power
55. "CHAPTER XI", para. 41. Alone, or in the throng, Do Thee, most Holy! wrong, Be Thy grace granted for that wit
56. "CHAPTER XI", para. 48. Sanjaya. These words to Arjuna spake Vasudev, and straight did take Back again the se
57. "CHAPTER XII", para. 1. CHAPTER XII Arjuna. Lord! of the men who serve Thee--true in heart-- As God revealed;
58. "CHAPTER XII", para. 5. Who hateth nought Of all which lives, living himself benign, Compassionate, from arro
59. "CHAPTER XIII", para. 1. CHAPTER XIII Arjuna. Now would I hear, O gracious Kesava![FN#26] Of Life which seems,
60. "CHAPTER XIII", para. 7. Now will I speak of knowledge best to know- That Truth which giveth man Amrit to drin
61. "CHAPTER XIII", para. 10. Yet is this Yea! in its bodily prison!--Spirit pure, Spirit supreme; surveying, gover
62. "CHAPTER XIII", para. 14. HERE ENDS CHAPTER XIII. OF THE BHAGAVAD-GITA, Entitled "Kshetrakshetrajnavibhagayog,"
63. "CHAPTER XIV", para. 1. CHAPTER XIV Krishna. Yet farther will I open unto thee This wisdom of all wisdoms, ut
64. "CHAPTER XIV", para. 5. Moreover, when a soul departeth, fixed In Soothfastness, it goeth to the place-- Perf
65. "CHAPTER XIV", para. 11. And such-- With single, fervent faith adoring Me, Passing beyond the Qualities, confo
66. "CHAPTER XV", para. 1. CHAPTER XV Krishna. Men call the Aswattha,--the Banyan-tree,-- Which hath its boughs
67. "CHAPTER XV", para. 9. Another Sun gleams there! another Moon! Another Light,--not Dusk, nor Dawn, nor Noon-
68. "CHAPTER XV", para. 15. Who knows Me thus, With mind unclouded, knoweth all, dear Prince! And with his whole
69. "CHAPTER XVI", para. 1. CHAPTER XVI Krishna. Fearlessness, singleness of soul, the will Always to strive for
70. "CHAPTER XVI", para. 5. Two stamps there are marked on all living men, Divine and Undivine; I spake to thee B
71. "CHAPTER XVI", para. 7. Ensnared In nooses of a hundred idle hopes, Slaves to their passion and their wrath,
72. "CHAPTER XVII", para. 1. CHAPTER XVII Arjuna. If men forsake the holy ordinance, Heedless of Shastras, yet kee
73. "CHAPTER XVII", para. 5. Thus with rites;-- A sacrifice not for rewardment made, Offered in rightful wise, whe
74. "CHAPTER XVII", para. 13. The gift selfishly given, where to receive Is hoped again, or when some end is sought
75. "CHAPTER XVIII", para. 1. CHAPTER XVIII Arjuna. Fain would I better know, Thou Glorious One! The very truth--He
76. "CHAPTER XVIII", para. 8. The fruit of labours, in the lives to come, Is threefold for all men,--Desirable, And
77. "CHAPTER XVIII", para. 13. There is the "rightful"doer. He who acts Free from self-seeking, humble, resolute, St
78. "CHAPTER XVIII", para. 17. Hear further, Chief of Bharatas! from Me The threefold kinds of Pleasure which there
79. "CHAPTER XVIII", para. 23. Better thine own work is, though done with fault, Than doing others' work, ev'n excel
80. "CHAPTER XVIII", para. 24. Learn from me, Son of Kunti! also this, How one, attaining perfect peace, attains BRA
81. "CHAPTER XVIII", para. 26. Thus hath been opened thee This Truth of Truths, the Mystery more hid Than any secret
82. "CHAPTER XVIII", para. 31. Arjuna. Trouble and ignorance are gone! the Light Hath come unto me, by Thy favour, L
83. "CHAPTER XVIII", para. 52. [FN#19] Called "The Jap." [FN#20] The compound form of Sanskrit words. [FN#21] "Kamal