The Gita according to Gandhi 138

The Gita according to Gandhi -Mahadev Desai

DELUSION DESTROYED (Discourse 18) The whole doctrine is now summed up and Arjuna finally exhorted to awake to a sense of his duty: 'Throw thyself on Me and do everything that comes to thee at every time, as at My instance, to My glory. Thus shalt thou by My grace attain to the supreme goal, by.My grace cross over every obstacle. But if thou wilt not listen to. Me, fancying that thou canst escape thy duty, rest assured, thy nature will assert itself and will compel thee. What thou wilt not do at My bidding thou shalt do at the bidding of thy nature and so perish. The Lord is seated in the heart of every being. It is open to them to listen to His bidding, and put themselves in His hands; but if they will not, then the Lord will let them be whirled round as on a machine, and dance to the tune of their prakriti. In Him therefore seek refuge, His grace shall lead thee to lasting peace' (XVIII. 56-62). "That Lord," Krishna again reassures Arjuna, "am I. I have revealed to thee, My beloved, the supreme mystery. Consider it fully and act as thou wilt. Dedicate thy thought, thy worship, thy sacrifice, thy homage to Me and I solemnly promise that thou shalt come to Me. Disturb not thyself by conflicting duties. Seek refuge in Me. I will deliver thee from sin. Sorrow rot" (XVIII. 63-66).