THE GITA

Gita, short for Bhagavad Gita, 'the Divine Song', is a philosophical THE SONG OF ETERNAL WISDOM
diologue in the Mahabharata. The setting is the start of the great war
between the cousins, the Kauravas and Pandavas. Arjuna, the
Pandava hero, finds himself facmg his close kin, elders and teachers.
The thought of piercing them with his arrows deeply disturbs him.
Distraught, he breaks down, throws away his bow and declares he
will not fight. It is Krishna's task to counsel his friend about life as
well as his duty as a warrior so that he can fight the war with full
moral conviction.

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FOUR ÖRO THER5, OF WHOM ARdUNA WAS CONSIDERED THE FINEGT
aoruïD r*r Hic. r/jHF. rnAFTHER. THEV WERE CALLED THE PANDAVAST

ONCE, VUPHISH THIRA PERFORMEP THE RfkJASUVA SACPlF/CE,

PRINCES CAME FROM FAR ANP NEAR. TT MEANT TH/TT THEi
SUZE FPIN OVER THEM ML. 7H/5 WH 5 POSS/BLE BECAUSE
KR/óHNA, THE/R MATERNAL COUS/N. i- “

I ALONE
PE5ERVE TO
&E THE
E/MPEROR. ,

1HE LONE PRINCE WHO PELT dEALOUS OF THE PANDAVA

BROTHERS’ TRtUMPH WAS PURVOPHANA, THE/R COUSiN.

♦ NEER MODERN PELH! + PATRONVM/C FROM PANDU, THE/R FATHER. 1

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SflïRlF/ClAL CEREMüNYt THE K/N6S AND PR/NCE5 LEFT FOR THEIR RESPECTIEF
AF TER 7*E WE WILL INVITE VUPHI- >üPP06£ HE
PuftiOOHANA RETURNED TO MAS TINAPURA AL ONS H/ITH DUHSHASANA, H/S
XiUOPOMb SHTHIRA TO A 6AWE OF REFU&ES TV
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ANP OUR TEACHER,
PRONA ON OOR 6IPE P,

AFTER REACH/N6 NIS CAPITAL, DüRYODHANA WE EilIL -MINDED SHAKUNI, PURYODNANA’S

WENT STRAIGHT TO NIS FATTHER, DhRJTA - , MATERNAL UNCLE ,HAD A SUGG ESTION-
RASNTRA, WE BLIND HING OF THE KAURAUAS.

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THE IM/WEN5E
RICHE5 OF
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OVERCOME 3V Hfö NATURAL ATTACHMENT FOR NIS SONy DHRITARASHTRA YtELDED TO THE
REQUEST.

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ANCESTOR
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AT THE INWTATION OF PHRUARASHTRA VUQHtSHWIRA AND H/S
MSVNAPURA, AND THE GAME BE6AN. THE STAKEö WERF HEAPV.
ERS CAME TO
THE GITA

A LONG SE55ION

[XJRVOPHANA, HOU IVILL \I

NCW RULE AS THE SUPREME VS
KINö.THE RANPAVA6 fcV/LL fl
ROm ffiOüT IN THE IA
^ JUNGLES AS VAG KANTS. /vt

THEIR PERfOD OF EA/LE, WE PANPAPAS UPAPLfj WA

WH/YT NOW THAT WE HAVE FUL-
ShOULD FILLEP ALL THE CONDITIONS,
WE PO IVE WILL PE/KANP OOP KING“
Iw NOW? POft BACK. 6UT WE CAN
NEGOTIATE ONLV FROM A
PPSmON OF STRENGT H.
LET U6 ,TWEREFORE, H/RTTE
TP OUR FRIENP6 TO COME
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THE GITA
OF OMR! TfiRRSHTRA
KRISHNA, I AGREE >
ISZSSSg THE™CHE* OF *™> ™ KAURAVAS AND THE PANDAVAb, APPRESSEP
0 HING I GIVE THE KINGPOM
OF THÉ PM DAVA6 BACK WITH VOU. BUT PURVO-
TO THE*. LET THERE DHANA 16 BENT ON WAR*
v BE PEACE . TRV AND CONVINCE HIW.

KRtSHNA TUIN TURNED

TO DURVOPHANA.

DEAR ‘ W
BROTtlER, \f / y
THE PAN DRV A 5
WILL ACCEPT SOU > '
A5 THE CROWN \
PRlNCE.mOREOVER,
BV THEIR UNMATCHED
PRPWE56 j THEV WIU
MAKE VOOR FATHER
THE 5UPREME HING.
VOU MUST AU LIVE y
TOGETHER IN

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ACT ACCORD1NG
10 HI6 ADVICE.

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!N A SECLUPED SPOT HE HELP HURR/EP PIS CHS S/ONS WITH HIS UNCLE, 5HAKUN/.
THE GITA

1HE KING3 ANP COÜN6ELLORS IN THE ASSEM3LY ALL SHUT THE/P EVES. 3ÜW/NG THE/N
HEAPSy THEY STOOP WITH FOLPED HANDS- rP-r-
WE WU5T SEIZE
r AN EACELLENT
KRISHNA. ,——
IDE/) t LET U5 POST
flRMED WEN AT THE
ENTRANCE TO THE
A5SEWBLV HALL.

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^N^l^c^hRIT/)Rf]St1TRf) C*mE JQ MM OF H!5 SOH’S WICKED PLANS y HE SUMMONED

rSOON KRISHNA ASSUMEP HIS NOR/HAL FORM

I TAKE LEAVE OF VOU WITH
IAto SORRV.
A 5AD HE ART. I WILL TELL
I HEAR VOU I HAVE NO CON-
VUDHISHTHIRA THAT THE
WANT TO TROL OVER /VW
PE ACE OFFER HAS [\ <
SEIZE KRISHNA BEEN REJECTED. >^r<N . 50N-
15 IT TRUE?

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BACK AT UPAPLAVYA, KRISHNA TOLD THE PANDAVA BROTHERS AöOUT THE WILFDLNESS
AND PERVERSITV OF PURYOPHANA -

YCIPHISHTHIRA,
NOW THAT WE HAV
TRIED ALL PEACEFUL
WEANS.THERE 15 NO
ALTERNATIVE BUT TO
FIGHT. ALREADV THE
KAURAVA ARWY HA5
5TARTED WOVING
TOWARD5 THE
PLAIN5 OF
KURUK5HETRA.
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THE PANDAVA ARAfy HAD SEVEN PHHSLONS. THtRE WAS OREAT
TOWARPS THE BATTLEF/ELD Of KURUKSHETRA. --
f ONE RIDING A CHARIOT SHALL FI6HT ^
ONLV ANOTHER RIDING A CHARIOT. ONE
MOUNTED ON THE BACK OF AN ELERHAW
'^LL F1GHT ONLV ANOTHER AV9UNTED
ON AN EUPHANT. ONE WHO HA5 LOST
HIS> AR HOOR OR WEAPONS AND IS
V. \ 0EFENCELES5 SHOULD NOT /
BE ATTACKED.
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THE GITA
TUMULT AS THEV MOVEP
70 THE PANDAVA ArZ Tn Zr ZT.T ^ ™U6 ™ SUPERIOR
1 I»f *'TH5™ND ™e CmMy OH5LAUQHT, THE PWOAM m»V
SSSro. iw’ vow *** « ***»• kvshZwJÏms *
BHEESHMA WAS THE COMMAND ON THE OTHER SIDE,HR/SHNA AND ARJUNA TOO BLEW
ER OF THE KAURAVA ARMV. HE THE/R CONCHES. THE AIR WAS RENT W/TH THE SOUND
BLEW HIS CONCH. THIS WAS A OF THE BLOWJN6 OF CONCHES, THE BEAT/NQ OF DRUMS,
CALL TO hlS WARR/0R6 70
READV THEMSELVES FOR THE THE CLANK OF WEAPONS, THE TRUMPET/NO OF
F! FDHÜklTC. Okjn tuc _
BATTLE.
/ AGREED. AFTER THE X
PAV5 BATTLE 15 OVER, '
THERE WILL BE /MUTUAL GOOD¬
WILL BET WEEN U5. A5 USUAL,
THERE WILL BE NO FIGHTING
AFTER 5UNSET OR BEFORE
V SUNRISE. >
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THE GITA
ARJUNA UFTEP H/ö BOW W/TH GREAT SELF- THE BOW 5UPPED FROM ARJUNA ’5 THIS 15 VOUR MOOR
AS5URANCE AND THEN TURNED TO KR/SHNf). HANDS AND HE 6AT DE JE C TEDL Y OF TRIAL, ARJUN A 15UCH
IN THE CHAR/OT, HIS EYES FILLED BA5E PE5PAIR POES
KRI5HNA, PRIVÉ THE
WITH TEAR 5. NOT BECOWE yOU. 17
CHARIOT AHEAP.LET /WE
HAVE A CLEAR VIEW OF 15 INAPPROPRIATE.
NO ! I CANNOT 5LAV THE CALL TO BATTLE
/VW ENEMIE5 AND THEIR MV OWN KINS/WEN—
PATTLE PLAN5- HA6 BEEN
NOT EVEN FOR ALL SOUNPEP-ARIStj
THE THREE WORLPS,
/WUCH LE55 A KINGDO/n.

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Wh^ü)

V TO KILL /VW OWN \

'GRANDSlRE’6 BROTHER,
KRISHNA PROVE THE CHAR/OT SOAHE DIS TAN CE ANP THEN CAME TO A HALT IN THE THE GREAT &HEE5H/WA ?
CENTRE OF THE BATTLEFIELP' AS ARJUNA VIE WED THE 0PPO5/NG AR AVE 5, A SUPDEN 10 KILL /HV VENERABLE
CHAN6E CAME OVER H/S M/NP. QONE WAS H/S SEL F ~ ASSURANCE. TEACHER,PRONA P ALL FOR
A KINGPO/HI NO j I WOULP
KRISHNA, HH WHOLE RATHER BEG FOR fflV
&ODV TREAABLE5.1WV FOOP THAN PO
GRIP ON THE BOW 15 V 5UCH A THING. S
LOOSENINQ. I FINE? IT
PIFFICULT EVEN 10
STAND ERECT.

WHY, ARJUNAj
WHAT WEAKNE5S
HAö 5UPPENLy
COME OVER
VOO?

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ARJUNA, EVERVONE
DEPENDING ON HIS
STATION IN LIFE HA5 A
CERTAIN DHAR/MA* TO
PERFORM. SOU ARE A
WARRlOR. VOUR PttAKJftA
15 TO FI6HT FOR A
RIGHTE0U5 CAUSE.
THE GITA
IF VDU-A WARRIOR — SHUN
FIGHTING AFTER THE CALL JO ARJUNA, YOU CANNOT DO 70U /ME ANP*
lATTLE HA6 BEEN SOUNDED, KILL BHEESHMA OR WjJl WON'T wv ARROWS ie
YOU WILL BE SETTING A BAD DRONA. NOR CAN YOU jh VkiLL THE/M ?
EJOWIPLE. THINK fT OVER. KILL DURYODHANA OR
YOUR OTHER COUSINS-
THERE WILL BE CHAOS IN
SOCIETY IF PEOPLE FAIL
TO PO THEIR PHARIflA. IV1 ^

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/ WHATEVER WORK YOU ARE CAL LEP

UPPN TO DO, BV VIRTUE OF TOUR
STATION IN LIFE , THAT YOU MUST
DO; NAY, YOU /MUST NOT FAIL
TO DO.
17 !5 ONLH THE ÖODW OF MAN TH/TT t& SUBJECT TO CHANGES UKE ..
BIRTH... ...ChtLDHOOD...

ARJUNA, YOU GRIEVE

BECAU5E YOU THINK YOU
ARE THE DOER.THINK OF
GOD AS THE DOER. YOU ARE
BUT AN INSTRU/MENT IN HIS
HANDS.YOU ARE BUT CARRYING
OUT HIS WILL .RESIGNING ALL
YOUR WORK TO GOD , VOU
fflUST ACT. THIS IS TRUE
renunciation.giving UP
ATTlOW ic. wrrr

* duty.
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 AMAR CHITRA KAT HA
THE SOUL IN MAN
15 NEITHER BORN NOR
DOE5 FT DIE.WEAPONS CANNOT
CUT rr. FIRE CANNOT BEI RN |T. WATER
CANNOT WET IT> WIND CANNOT DRY
IT. WHAT MAKE5 WOU THINK
VOU CAN KILL THE 50UL f
44
JU5T Aö A MAN O/ÖCARDS OLO
CLOTHEö AND WEARS NEW ONEö
f BECAUSE yOU THINK THE
50CJL OF MAN AND HI5 BOpy ARE
ONE , yOU BELIEVE WOU CAN
KILL OR BE KILLED.TRULV
i I TEIL WOU. THE SOUL 15 ) AND CONDUCT HIMSELF? ^
\ NOT 50BJECT TO ANV /
v. CHARGE. S >
THE GITA
THAT 15 BECAU5E, EVEN ' THE QREEOV ONEö ARE EVER ACT/VE , TRW/NO TO
THOUGH WOU ARE NOBLE, 5AT/SFV THE/R CRAV/NOö. THEV ARE PAöö/ONATE
WOU ARE 6TILL BOL/ND TO
THE B0DV ! ARJUNA, MEN
ARE OF THREE TyPES-
BA5E MEN ARE DULL
AND LETHARölC-THEV
ARE 5TEEPED IN
• m
7HEN THERE ARE THE NOBLE ONEö WHO SEEK TT !5 ONLW WHEN THE NOBLE ONEö RECE/VE
ENL/6HTENMENT. THEV ARE EVER ENóAOED IN ENUOHTENMENT THAT THE BONOS T/1AT
DOINO 6000 OEEOö-BUT EVEN THEV ARE T/E THE SOUL TO THE BOOT ARE CUT AND
BOUNO TO THE BOPV TOU ARE NOEXCEPT/ON.
• THEV ATTA/N PERFECT EQUAN/AUTV OF
...THE ETERNAL SOUL AND ENTER5 AHOTHER HHND. THEV BECOME EVEN-AUNDEP *
5HED5 A PEAD &ODV.
TM
KRI5MNA, WHAT 15 THI5 STATE OF
EVEN-MINDEDNE55? HOW POE5
50CH A PERSON LIVE AND WORK
IN THAT STATE, MAN
LEARN5 TO VIEW PLEA5URE
AND PAIN, HONOUR AND
DISHONOUR, GAIN AND
WHAT yOU SM L055 A5 THE 5AME-
N\AV BE TRUE.
KRI5HNA» BUT I FAIL
TO PERCEIVE THE
tp/ith IN yOüR
STATEMENT
* STHlTAPRAJNA •
 AMAR CHITRA KATHA
THE GITA
BECAU6E OF THI5 ATTITUDE HOW CAN I REALI5E
TOWARD5 THE RE5ULT6 OF THIS THROUGH THE
HI5 WORK, HE 15 NEVER intellect p
TEN5E. THEREFORE HE EACEL6
IN HI5 WORK-EVEN THROUGH
VOUR INTELLECT YOU CAN
PERCEIVE THE TRUTH* —
700 ARE NOT VOUR BODY.

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T/£ 1HE IMMORTAL SOUL 70 THE MORTAL &OPV.

“IT IS 01/LV WHEN ML THE PESIRES
OF THE HE/)FT ME ABANPONEP TH/TT
THE INTELLECT CAN PERCEIVE
REAL! TV. ANP IT IS ONLV AFTER
PERCEIVINO REAL I TV THAT A MAN
CAN ÖECOME EVEN-
MINDEP.
“an even-minpep person does hot shun action.
3UT HE IS NOT MOVEP BH THE EFFECTS OF AC TlON.
HE IS URE THE OCEAN WHICH REMA/NS UNAFFECTED
BH THE POURINQ IN OF THE WATERS OF M/GHTV
RIVERS ♦ |-

KRI5HNA, I AM TEN5E
AND BEWILDERED.
ICAN'T THINK.
I CAN*T follow
THI5 TRANQUILLITV OF "THE ASPIRANT MUST F/NP A QU/ET SECLUPED PLACE.
VOUR ARGUMENT.
MIND CAN AL50 BE THERE HE MUST S»T ON A CLEAN SPOT ANP HOLDING
ACHIEVED BY THE HIS HEAP, NECR AND BODH ERECT, HE MU5T MEPITATE.
YOGA OF MEDI-

ARdUNA, IT 15 ONLY A
MIND WHICH 15 ATTACHED
10 A BODY THAT GET5 TEN5E
AND BEWILDERFD- 5OCH A MIND
DESIRES MANY THING5- WHEN
THE5E DE5IRE5 ARE NOT FUL-
FILLED, IT FEEL5 PAIN. IT 15
ANGRY WITH TH05E WHO GAVE
I GRIEF. THE FEAR THAT DE5IRE5
MAY NOT BE FULFILLED MAKE6
• TH/S is_ _
irwz> IS REFERReP TO AS üMaaja ^-/i
,~rTENSE AND BEWILDERED-
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<**-& TO CONNOTE THE UNtnunPV°0N UTERALLH MEANS UNION ANP 15 18
*** <* SOUL urm THE suprème spirit.
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*TO PERCEIVE THE TRUTH THROUGH THE INTELLECT 15 DIFFICULJ. THE YOGA OF MEDITATION 15
ALSO DIFFICULT. THE YOGA OF DE VO TlON — WORSHIP, ADORATtON, PRffYER, SURRENDER/NG
YOURbELF TO THE WILL OF GOD -15 THE SIMPLEST WAV BV WHICH YOU CAN CUT THE TIE5
7 HAT BIND THE SOUL TO THE BODY.

M THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF THERE ARE THOSE WHO * THERE ARE THE NOBLE ONE 5
DEPOTEE 5 • THE RE ARE THOSE WOR3HIP GOD FOR THE I WHO WORSHIP GOD ONLY
WHO IMORSHlP GOD U/HEN IN SAKE OF MATER!AL GA/N. TO RECEIVE ENLIGHTENMENT.-
DISTRE 55. |

THEREFORE THE YOGI SHOULD TRY TO WmiDRAW THE M/ND FROM WORLDLY TMNGS
AND MAkf rr d*jpi / rnj twp c.pi c ”•-- ■ ——s--

* ÖHAKTI YOóA • ANVONE WHO HA3 PERCEIVED THE SELF THROUGH THE /NTELLECr CANNOT
20 HELP APORINÓ THE 3ELF. THEREFORt THE YOGA OF BHART! OR PEVOTION 13 NOT
INCOMPATIBLE WI7H THE YOGA OF INTELLECT.
 AMAR CHITRA KAT HA THE GITA

...ANP FINALLV A FEW
N05LE O NES, BECAU5E
OF 7HEJR INTENSE
PCVOTION, 6EE QOD.
THEy SEE GOD IN ALL
ANP ALL IN GOD AND
CONTINUE THEIR
DEVOTION.
ftlANWWLB, ftRJUNft‘5 ftPftTHY ftND DESPft/ft HftD WE KftURftVftS SOON LEftRNT THROUGH ONE OF THEift MESSENGERE)
CflöT ft QLOOm ON THE PftNDftVft ftftMy. ftftJUNft 5 DESPONDENCy. .— —- _
WHV 15 ARdUNA 50 NO, BHEEMA. | DON’T
DEJECTEDP HA5 THE THINK 50. ONLY THI5 ARdUNA
NUMERICAL 5UPERIORITV CORNING HE TOLD Alt REFU5E5 TO
OF THE KAURAWA ARAW CONFIDENTLV THATT WHERE FIGHT. .
UNNERVED Hl KRI5HNA 15, THERE
15 VICTORV.

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r I HE AR
ARJUNA HA5 1
REFUSED TO FIGHT,

Y7 DUft WODtiftNft INft 5 ELftTED

X V
V
V X| DUH5HA5ANA,THE BATTLE
5EEM6 TO BE WON EVEN
BEFORE THE FIR5T ARROW
v HA5 BEEN 5H0T. v
OUftSODHftNft AL 50 VUft5 PUZZLED WHV HA5 ARdUNA
CA5T A5IDE HI5 BOWP
ARJUNA D0E5
WHAT 15 KRISHNA
NOT WANT TO
. TELLING HIM P <
FIGHT. THAT
COWARD J >
WE WILL 500N FINO
OUT. PERHAPS POOR
ARdUNA HA5 BECOAIE
PANICKY AT THE THOUQHT
OF FACING OOR AR/MED
MIGHT. X MEANWHILE KRI5HNA, ALL THAT I HAVE HEARD
FRom you GIVE5 ME THE FEELING
THAT ALL WORLDLV ACTI0N6 ARE
EVIL.THEV 5PRING FROM ATTACH-
/HENT OF THE 50UL TO THE BOPV
kl WOULD RATHER. RENOUNCE
ALL ACTION. ^

THE F ACT THAT

THERE 15 NO ACTION
D0E5 NOT MEAN
.THERE 15 NO DE51 RE

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THE GITA
ft JTlftN öt f f //va //Y &WLIILH/L. mnj wi • fis St&UES, MEN OFTEN SHUN
THINK OF PLEASURE AND THE 06JECT5 OF PLEASURE. ACT/ON ÖECAUSE OF LETHARoy
NO PURPOSE IS SERVED 3V KEEP!NO ONIV THE AND NEQUQENCE.
60PY INACTIVE. —ril ',i i h ■

r 0NE 15 THE PA™ °F RENUNCIATION OF WHICH

I HAVE ALREADV SPOKEN TO YOU. THINK OF WOUR
SELF AS AN INSTRUMENT IN THE HANDS OF GOD
AND THAT VOU ARE CARRVING OUT HI5 WILL.BU7
5IMPLER STILL IS THE YOGA OF ACTION * YOU
MUST THINK YOU HAVE THE RIGHT ONLY TO ACT
BUT NO RIGHT TO THE FRUIT OF YOUR ACTION8
, BECAUSE OF THIS ATTITUDE VOU CAN SLOWLV
ACT VOU MUST, AfcJUNA. Y&UT KRISHNA, 6ECAUSE THESE ARE THE USUAL EFFECTS OF BECOME FREE FROM A7TACHMENT TO THE
NO ONE INDEED, CAN Of MY ACTION OR THOSE ACTION. BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER 31 ^-- a Bopy.
KEEP ALOOF FROM /OF 0THER5, I SOMETIMES
ACTION. EVEN THE /FEEL HAPF*/, SOMETIMES
SURVIVAL OF THE X
«ÖERABLE, SOMETIMES
BODY CALLS FOR / \ANGRY AND EVEN TEN6E.
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THOUSANDS OF
GREAT TRUTHS AT THE VEARS AGO! HOW DO
BEGINNING OF THIS AGE, VOU MEAN ? VOU
THOUSANDS OF VEAR5 WERE NOT BORN THEH|
AGO,TO VIVA5WAT.HE HOW COULD VOU HAVE
TOLD THESE TRUTHS DONe rrp wou are
TO MANU. AND MANU. CERTAINLY NOT
OLDER THAN MANUj
THE FIRST MAN.

&Y YOGA OF FOR AN ACTIVE MAN

'NTELLECT, MEDITA- LIKE VOU, THE RE AR ARJUNA, VOU DON’T KNOW s
<J* TION AND DEVOTION, TWO OTHER WAY&. THE TRUTH ABOUT ALLTHI5.
WM CAN BE FREE NOW LISTEN. VOU HAVE
FR0^ THE EFFECT5 ALREADV LIVED MANY LIVES
:r^ v 0F ACTI0N*
3 v BEFORE, WITHOUT KMOWING
FT. A5 FOR ME, I AM NOT THE
MAN VOU THINK VOU KNOW.
I AM THE LORD OF ALL
THAT EXISTS — THE
MANIFESTED UNIVERSE
Lü
AS WELL AS THE
UNMANIFESTED.
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ARJUNA 5ATT DUMSFOUNDED ATT
VHS REVELATION OF KRISHNA.

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AT THE END OF THOÜ5ANP5
OF AEON5,* THE MANIFESTED
UNIVER5E MERGE& INTO THE
(JNMANIFE5TED-AGAIN IT
&PRING6 FORTH FROM THERE
AFTER TH0U5AND5 OF AEON5-
I PERVAPE THE MANIFESTEP
A5 WELL A5 THE UNMANI-
FE5TED UNIVER5E ANP AM
50BTLER THAN BOTH.
ARJUNA, VUHENEVER. THERE 15
Pi PECLINE OF RIGHTEOUSNES5
ANP A RI5E OF ONRIGHTEOC/S-
NE65, I INCARNATE ON THI&
EARTH TO PROTECT THE
GOOP ANP TO PE6T
THE EVIL.
A5 ARJUNA LOOKED UP, THE UGHT
PAZZLEP H/M' HE SAW IN TT ALL
SEINGÖ ■ IT SEEMED TO H!M AS
IF HE WERE LOOPING AT CREATtON\
THE WHOLE OF CREATtON; EUERY-
THING IN CREAT/ON; LOOPING AT
THE WHOLE OF THE PAST; THE
WHOLE OF THE PRESENT AND THE
WHOLE OF THE FUTURE -ALL AT
\,
ONCE. rr WAS A S/GHT NO MAN
HAP 5EEN BEFORE. IT STAGGERED
AND STUPEFIED H/M. HE WAS
AS IF THE OBSERVER OF THE ■(
WHOLE DRAMA OF LIFE. l'
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_THE GITA
ME AL50 SAW WE 7WELVE SONS, THE MOON AND THE STA#5. IT WAS AN ENDLEEA iHEN OF DIFFERENT FAFTHS WORSHIP ME fN DIFFERENT FOrMS
PANORAMA. IF THERE WERE ANY L/M/TAT/ONS., THEy WERE NOT IN THE FORM THAT THEIR PESIRES. UL TIMATELV, THEY AU COME TO ME. rv^~
HE BEHELP,307 IN THE VIEWER -IN H/MSELF • HE SAW ALL CREATURES ON HEAUFh
AND ON EARTH IN THAT FORM• ma r.---■ ^
WÊÊFZ

THE LORD THEN ASSUMED H/S NORMAL FORM.

f I SEE VOU, INFINITE DO NOT BE AFRAID, WHAT ARE THE QUAÜTIE5 OF THE / ... 15 THE 5AME IN
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MYTHOLOGY Talos Of Vishnu Swami Pranavananda True Fnends Yashodharma
ANN/H/LATEP- THE INCJDENT5 OF THE KURUKSHE TRA RftTTLE ARE RECOüNTED IN ALL Bost known stories from Talos Of Yudhishth»ra Talos Of Sai Baba Kanwal And Kehar Baban
Tansen Kesan Tho Fh/»ng Th#ef Bar da Bahadur
THEJR GLORIOU6 PETRIL TO TW3 PftV. BOT MORE MEMORA6LE 3T/U H//)5 THE tho Epics and tho Puranss Tapoti
Thanjavur Tulsidas Kmg Kusha Bappa Rawal
DtSCOURSE TH/ff LORP NR/3HNA GAVE TO ARÜUNA, WHICH HAö INSTRÜCTED, Abhimanyu Tho Chummg Of Tho Vidyasagar Manduka Bem Madho And Pv AM
Agastya Vtvek ananda PANCHATANTRA TALES Bhagat Smgh
ENUGHTENED MP IN5P/REP INPIAN6 POWN THE AGE5- Andhaka
Ocean
Tho Gita Zarathushtra Crows And Owts B»dhi Chand
Amruddha Tho Golden Mongooso How Tho Jackal Aie Bimbtsara
Arum And Uttanka Tho Kmg In INDIAN CLASSICS Tho Eiephant Chand Bib*
Ashwmi Kumars Enchanting talos from Tho Brahrnm And Chandra Shokhar Azad
A Parrot s Body
Ayyappan tndian htemturo The Goat Chandragupta Maurya
The Lord Of Lanka
Bahubali The Pandava Pnncos Tho Dullard Chonnamma Of Keéadi
Bhanumati Ananda Math The Greody Mother-
Tho Pandavas In Hiding Dara Shukho And
Bheema And Hanuman Ancestors Of Rama tnlaw
The Parijata Tree Dovi Choudhurani Aurangazeb
B hoes h ma The Jackal And
The Sons Of Rama Durgesh Nandmi Durgadas
Chandrahasa The Syamantaka Gom Tho Wanjrum
Kadamban EHora Caves
Dasharatha Raman Of Tenak
Tirupati Kannagi Hakka And Bukka
Dhruva And Ashtavakra Raman Tho Matchless Wit
Tnpora Kapala Kundala Kan Smgh Nalwa
Draupadi Sahasramalia
Uloopi Kumanan Harsha
Drona Vaishno Devi Sakshi Gopal
Elephanta Maarthaanda Var ma Hemu
Vali Satwant Kaur Humayun
Gandhari Malavika Sharan Kaur
Vishwamitra Ma non mam Jahangir
Ganesha Yayati Shremk
Ganesha And Tho Moon Pnnco Jivaka JaJkarrwala Bagh
Sukhu And Dukhu
Ganga Raj Slngh Kaipana Chawta
VISIONARIES Sundan
Gaaida Ratnavali Kochunm
Insprong talos ot thinkers, Tales Of Maryada Rama
Ghatotkacha ShakuntaJa Knshnadeva Raya
soctal reformors and The Acrobat
Hanuman Tho Adventures Of Kurrwar Smgh
natron butlders The Advenrures
Hanuman To The Rescue Pratapan Lachit Barphukan
Of Agad Datta
Harischandra Adi Shankara Tho Elusive Kaka Laiitaditya
The Adventures Of
Heroes Of Hampi Albert Einstem Udayana Mangal Pande
Baddu And Chhotu
Indra And Shach» Anant Pai Urvashi Noor Jahan
The Bndegroom s Ring
Indra And Shibi Babasaheb Am bed kar Vasantasena Padmmi
Tho Celestial Necklace
Indra And Vntra Basaveshwara Vasavadatta Panna And Hadt Ran»
The Dover D3ncer
Jagannatha Of Pun Buddha Veer DhavaJ Paurava And AJexander
The Cowherd Of AJawi
Jayadratha Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Pnthviraj Chauhan
The Feartess Boy
Kacha And Devayani Chanakya FABLES AND HUMOUR Raja Bhop
The FooTs Disoples
Karna Chokha Mela Evergreen folklaJes Rap Raja Chola
The Golden Sand
KnrTtikeya Dayananda legend* and talos of Rana Kumbha
The Green Demon
Konark Deshbandhu wisdom and humoor Rana Pratap
The Unhappy T>ger
Knshna Chrttaranjon Das Rana Sanga
A Bag Of Gold Coms Tho Leamod Pandit
Knshna And Jarasandha Eknath Ram Abbakka
Amrapan The Lost Pnnco
Knshna And Narakasura Fa Hion
Andhor Nagari The Magie Grove Ram Durgavati
Knshna And Rukmlm Ghanshyamdas Biiia
Angulimala Tho Miraculeus Cooch Ram Of Jhansi
Knshna And Shishupala Guru Arjan
Bikal The Temble The Mystery Of Ranjit Smgh
Knshna And The False Guru Gobind Smgh
BIRBAL STORIES The Missing GiH Rash B»han Base
Vaasudeva Guru Har Gobind
Birbal Tho Dover The Pandit And The Roopmati
Kubera Guru Nanak
Birbal Tho Genius Milkmaid Sambhaji
Kumbhakama Guru Tegh Bahadur
Birbal The Just The Pig And Tho Dog Samudra Gupta
Mahabharata Hiuen Tsang
Birbal Tho Wise The Pkxjs Cat Soa Route To India
Mahtravana J R D Tata
Birbal The Witty The Pnceloss Gom Shah Jahan
Nachiketa Jagadis Chandra Bose
Birbal To The Rescue The Pnnco And Shalivaharva
Nahusha Jamsetji Tata
The Immitable Birbal Tho Magician Shmntala
Nala Damayanti Jawaharial Nehru
Chandralalat The Prophecy Shoc Shah
Pareekshit Jayaprakash Narayan
Dhola And Maru Tho Queen’s Nockiaco Shivaii
Parashurama Jim Corbett
Fncnds And Foos Tho Rainbow Pnnco Subbas Chandra Bose
Prabhavati Jnaneshwar
Gopal And The Cowherd The Sec/et Of Tho SuJLina Razia
Pradyumna Kabir
Gopal The Jester Talking Bird Surjya S#n
Prahlad Kaltdasa
HITOPADESHA TALES Tho Silont Teacher Tachchok Othonan
Pu rus hot tam Dev And Lal Bahadur Shastn
Choice Of Fnonds Tho Tger And Tho Talos Of Shivap
Padmavati Lokmanya Tilak
How Fnends Are Parted Woodpockor Tanaji
Rama M S Subbulakshmi
Hothal The Tiger Eator
Ravana Humbled Madhvacharya Tonztng Norgay
JATAKA TALES Thogson
Saraswati Mahavira Tho Histonc Dt> Of D#lh»
Battie Of Wits Vidyut Chora
Sab And Shiva Mane And Pierre Curie Tho Ram Of Kittur
Bird Stories Vikrarrvadrtya % Thron#
Savitn Megasthenes Tipu Sultan
Deer Stonos
Shiva Parvati Mirabai Voer Hammtr
Eiephant Stones BRAVEHEARTS
Stones of Creation Mothor Terosa Veer Severker
Jackal Stones Sbmng telos of bravo mon
Subhadra Narayan Guru V#lu Thampi
Monkey Stoflos end women of indte
Sudama Rabmdranath Tagore
Nandi Vishala
Vlkrmdrtya
Sukanya Ram Shastn A Nabon Awakos
Stones Of Courage
Surya Ramana Maharshi Ahityabai Ho kar CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS
Stones Of Wisdom
Talos From The Ramanuja Ajatashatru INew Catogory)
Talos Of Misors
Upamshads Sahrn Ah Akbar Th# bost of modern
Th# Deadiy Foast
Talos Of Arjuna Shankar Dev Anur Smgh Rat hor Indiofl ktoraturo
Th# Giant And
Talos Of Balarama Soordas Ashoka
The Dwarf Tho Blue Umbrotla
Talos Of Durga Sri Ramakn5hmi Babur
Tho H«jd#n Troasur#
Talos Of Indra Snnrvasa Ramanujan Bagha JaUn
Th# Mog>c Chanl
Talos Of Narada Subramama Bharati Bajirao I

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