The Blessed Lord said: Arjuna, how has this despondency come upon you at this critical hour? It is unworthy of a noble person, it bars the way to heaven, and it brings only dishonour.
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The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.
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It takes great courage to acknowledge our own shortcomings, and without acceptance, we cannot make amends.
Use wine to build a fortress in your heart to brave the world's challenges. Even if it falls, the victor will use your remains to repair its own walls.
There is one God, whose name is true, the creator, fearless, without enemy, timeless, unborn, self-existent, and this is known by the guru's grace.
Because when he resists them, he gains courage, purity, light, comfort, and many blessings, just as our Lord said to Saint Paul: 'Virtue is made perfect in weakness.'