The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ

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Sprache: English

Genres: Epen Poesie

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1. Preface
2. Chapter 1 - The Book of the Distress of Arjuna
3. Chapter 2 - The Book of Doctrines
4. Chapter 3 - The Book of Virtue in Work
5. Chapter 4 - The Book of the Religion of Knowledge
6. Chapter 5 - The Book of Religion by Renouncing Fruit of Works
7. Chapter 6 - The Book of Religion by Self-Restraint
8. Chapter 7 - The Book of Religion by Discernment
9. Chapter 8 - The book of Religion by Devotion to the One Supreme God
10. Chapter 9 - The Book of Religion by the Kingly Knowledge and the Kingly Mystery
11. Chapter 10 - The Book of Religion by the Heavenly Perfections
12. Chapter 11 - The Book of the Manifesting of the One and Manifold
13. Chapter 12 - The Book of the Religion of Faith
14. Chapter13 - The Book of Religion by Separation of Matter and Spirit
15. Chapter 14 - The Book of Religion by Separation from the Qualities
16. Chapter 15 - The Book of Religion by attaining the Supreme
17. Chapter 16 - The Book of the Separateness of the Divine and Undivine
18. Chapter 17 - The Book of Religion by the Threefold Kinds of Faith
19. Chpter 18 - The Book of Religion by Deliverance and Renunciation

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This work is a unique rendering of the Bagavad Gita by a well known poet. It is faithful to the text and yet does not read like a translation.The Sanskrit original is written in the Anushtubh metre. It has been cast into flexible blank verse by Sir Arnold, changing into lyrical measures where the text itself similarly breaks. In his autobiography, Gandhi has called this work the book par excellence for the Knowledge of Truth and that it afforded him invaluable help in his moments of gloom. (Summary by Jothi)