Gita Rahasya -Tilak 30

Karma Yoga Sastra -Tilak

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY Nevertheless, none of these persons have thoroughly examined the Gita or attempted to clearly and in detail show how all the statements, deductions,' or chapters in it can be explained as being connected together on the basis of the philosophy of Energism (karma). On the other hand. Prof. Deussen has said in his book that such a conclusion would be very difficult to justify. * Therefore, the principal object of this book is to critically examine the Gita, in that light and to show the complete consistency which is to be found in it. But before I do so, it is necessary to deal in greater detail with the nature of the difficulty experienced by Arjuna as a result of his having been caught on the horns of the dilemma of mutually contradictory ethical principles, for other- wise, the readers will not realise the true bearing of the subject- matter of the Gita. Therefore, in order to understand tha nature of these difficulties in the shape of having to decide between Action and Inaction and to explain how a man on many occasions becomes non-plussed by being caught in the dilemma of " Shall I do this, or shall I do that ? ", we shall now first consider the numerous illustrations of such occasions, which are come across in our sacred books and especially in the Mahabharata.