O son of Kunti, bound by the work born of your own nature, what you wish not to do through delusion — you shall do that very thing, even against your will.
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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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Brahman is beyond knowledge and ignorance, virtue and vice, merit and demerit, cleanliness and uncleanliness.
The ego gives rise to ignorance and evil.
Whoever hears me will not be confused or ashamed.
His spirit is clouded, and he does not know he has strayed. Since he erred out of ignorance, I forgive him and allow him to enter the highest place.