Bhagavadgita -Radhakrishnan 138

The Bhagavadgita -S. Radhakrishnan

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CHAPTER 4
The Way of Knowledge


26. srotradini 'ndriyany anye
samyameignisu juhvati
sabdadin viayan anya
indriyãgnisu juhvati

(26) Some offer hearing and the other senses into the fires of restraint ; others offer sound and the other objects of sense in the fires of sense By means of sacrifice interpreted here as means to mental control and discipline, we strive to make knowledge penetrate our whole being.[1] Our whole being is surrendered and changed. A right enjoyment of sense objects is compared to a sacrifice in which the objects are the offering and senses the sacrificial fires. Every form of self-control, where we surrender the egoistic enjoyment for the higher delight, where we give up lower impulses, is said to be a sacrifice.


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References and Context

  1. ↑ Cp. Madhusudana: dharana' dhyanam samddhir iti sabdenocyate tathacaha; bhagavan bhagavan, , trayam ekatra sa»tyamah sti. tatra hrtpundarikadau ntanasa cirakflasthapanath dharana; evam ekasya dhytasya cittasya bhagavadakaravrttipravaho'ntara'-nyakarapratyayavyavahtto dhyanarh. sarvathit vtjatiyapratyayantaritah sajatiyapratyayapravahah saradhih.

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1. The Hesitation and Despondency of Arjuna 63
2. Samkhya Theory and Yoga Practice 79
3. Karma Yoga or the Method of Work 107
4. The Way of Knowledge 124
5. True Renunciation 143
6. The True Yoga 152
7. God and the World 168
8. The Course of Cosmic Evolution 176
9. The Lord is more than His Creation 181
10. God is the Source of All; to Know Him is to Know All 192
11. The Lord's Transfiguration 200
12. Worship of the Personal Lord is better than meditation of the Absolute 211
13. The Body called the Field, the Soul called the Knower of the Field and Discrimination between them 215
14. The Mystical Father oF All Beings 222
15. The Tree of Life 227
16. The Nature of the Godlike and the Demoniac Mind 231
17. The Three Modes Applied to Religious Phenomena 235
18. Conclusion 239
19. Last Page 254
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