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Shree Hari Audio – The BhagavadGita Sadhak Sanjivani
Based on English
Translation of Swami Ramsukhdasji Please
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01.
Preface |
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02.
Forward |
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03.
Glory of Gita |
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04.
Specific Goal of Gita |
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05.
Yoga of Gita |
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06.
Two Discipline of
Seeking |
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07.
The Purpose of this Commentary |
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CHAPTER 1 |
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1 Dhrtaraashtra
asks Sanjaya |
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1 . 2 Sanjaya replies |
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3 Duryodhana Approaches Drona |
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1 . 4-6 Duryodhana shows warriors of the Pandav Army |
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7 Duryodhana description of Pandav Warriors |
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1 . 8 Duryodhana more description of Pandav Warriors |
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9 Duryodhana more description of Pandav Warriors |
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1 . 10 Duryodhana cleverness |
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11 Duryodhana attempting to please Bhisma |
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1 . 12 Bhisma cheers
Duryodhana |
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13 Effects of Bhisma’s
Conches |
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1 . 14 Sanjaya Explains what Pandu’s Sons Did |
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15 Description of Conch Blowing by Other
Warriors |
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1 . 16 More Conch Blowing by Other Warriors |
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17-18 More Conch Blowing by Other
Warriors |
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1 . 19
Effects of the sounds of Conch on Kauravas |
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1 . 21-22 Krishna
place the chariot between the two armies |
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23 Arjuna wants to behold the enemy
warriors |
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1 . 24-25 Lord
Krishna said to behold the Kurus |
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26 Arjuna saw his kith and kin in both
armies |
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1 . 27
Describes what Arjuna did seeing his family on both sides |
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28-30 Arjuna’s despondency - signs of sadness |
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1 . 31 Arjuna’s on inappropriateness of war
& inauspicious omens |
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32 Arjuna’s reluctance to get such
undesirable victory |
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1 . 33 Arjuna’s reasons why he has no desire
for victory |
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34-35 Description of the people for
whom Arjuna wants kingdom |
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1 . 36 Arjuna justifies his intentions not to
slay & consequences |
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37 Arjuna now dwells on the sheer
impropriety of waging war |
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1 . 38-39 Arjuna
explains Duryodhana’s contrary stand |
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40 Arjuna explains sins accruing from
destruction of family |
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1 . 41 continued …… sins accruing from destruction of family |
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42 what happens with inter-mixture of castes
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1 . 43 more on what happens with inter-mixture
of castes |
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44 what happens when customs and traditions
get extinct |
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46 Arjuna relates his decision arrived at
after these arguments |
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CHAPTER 2 |
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2 . 1 Sanjay Telling Dhrtarashtra,
Lord Krishna’s conversation |
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2 . 7 Arjuna at crossroads, being restless
prays to Lord Krishna |
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2 .
11 Lord preaches the gospel of
freedom to grieved Arjuna |
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2 . 21 Lords explains how the soul does not
slay |
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2 .
22 Lords explains that the soul is
free from change |
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2 . 23 Lords explains - the soul is unaffected |
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2 .
24 Lords explains that the soul
remains unaffected |
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2 . 25 Lords explains that the soul remains
unaffected |
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2 .
26 Lords says you should not grieve
over the inevitable |
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2 . 27 Lords says you should not grieve over
the inevitable |
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2 .
28 Lord speaks of the Law of Nature
about birth and death |
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2 . 29 Lord dwells on the marvelous Nature of
the Soul |
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2 .
30 The last verse on discrimination
between body and soul |
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2 . 44 About those men attached to pleasure and
prosperity, not able to concentrate on God. |
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2 .
71 Here Lord answers the last
question, ‘How does a man of steadfast wisdom, walk? i.e
what is his mode of conduct?. |
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2 . 72 Lord describes a person and his
condition, as a result of being free from desire,
thirst for necessities of life, the sense of mine and egoism. |
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CHAPTER 3 |
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3 .
42-43 An inspiration to kill
desire, the root of all sin |
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CHAPTER 4 |
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4 . 7 Lord Reveals the Occasion of His
manifestation |
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39 Explains Who is Eligible to
Attain that Knowledge |
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CHAPTER 7 |
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7 . 1 How to Without Any Doubt Know Lord
Fully |
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7 . 2 Lord Promises to Tell Him about It |
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7 . 3 How is it that Man do not know the
Reality about God |
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4-5 Explains Knowledge with
Realization |
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7 . 6 Further Clarifies Knowledge with
Realization |
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7 . 7 Declares Nothing in the Universe
besides the Lord |
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7 . 8 He Himself Becomes All the
Manifestations - v1 |
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7 . 9 He Himself Becomes All the
Manifestations – v2 |
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7 . 10 He Himself Becomes All the
Manifestations – v3 |
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11 He Himself Becomes All the
Manifestations – v4 |
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7 .
13 Explains How the Soul is
Bound |
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7 . 14 Why a Man Does not Know God, How to
Know Him? |
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15 Why All creatures don’t take
Refuge in God ? |
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7 . 16 Four Kinds of Virtuous Men who take
Refuge in God |
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Man of Wisdom is the best |
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7 . 18 Other Three are Also not Undervalued
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19 Description of Man of Wisdom
and his Devotion |
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7 . 20 Description of those who take refuge
in demi-gods |
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21 God steadies the faith of a
devotee in that form |
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7 . 22 Worship of other gods, gets fruit as
arranged by God |
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7 .
23 Describes Fruit According to
Worship |
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7 . 24 Explains why men don’t worship God ? |
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25 Explains why men think of
God as an ordinary man ? |
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7 . 26 None can remain covered with a veil
before the Lord |
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7 .
27 Lord provides answer why
people don’t know Him |
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7 . 28 About those who overcome the pairs
of opposites |
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29 Concludes on the three facts
to know Him in full |
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7 . 30 Concludes on result of worship with
a firm resolve |
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CHAPTER 8 |
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8 . 1&2 Arjun puts forth seven questions |
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8 . 3 Lord Krishna answers part of the
seven questions |
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8 . 4 Continues answers to the seven
questions |
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8 . 5 Answer-How one can realize God at
time of death? |
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8 . 6 What about those who don’t think
of God at death? |
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8 . 7 Way to Remember God at time of
Death |
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8 . 8 Way to Remember God at time of
Death |
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8 . 9 Way to Remember God at time of
Death |
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8 . 14 Way to Remember God at time of Death |
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CHAPTER 9 |
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9 . 1 Lord starts
the topic of Knowledge (Jnana) with Realization (Vijnana). |
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9 . 2 Lord mentions
the merits of Knowledge with Realization.
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22 God explains the position of those
who depend on Him |
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9 . 26 Lord clarifies that access to Him it is
not difficult |
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27 Actions Should be Offered to God |
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9 . 28 Good that accrues from offering everything
to the Lord |
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31 Lord Declares the Result of Right
Resolution |
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9 . 34 How to worship the Lord is made clear in
this verse. |
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CHAPTER 10 |
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10 . 8 Explains What is Meant by Unfaltering
Devotion |
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10 . 9 Explains
the Way of Worship of those Devotees |
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10 . 11 Lord bestows wisdom and destroys darkness |
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10 . 12-13 Arjun praising the Lord
about his unique grace |
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10 . 14 Arjun Accepts What the Lord Says as True |
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15 Only
the Lord Knows Himself by Himself |
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10 . 32 Lord is Beginning,Middle and End; He is Science of Self |
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33 Lord
is letter “A”; Endless Time; Sustainer of All |
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10 . 34 Lord is Death; origin of future beings;
female good qualities |
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10 . 35 Lord is the best of the Hymns, Vedic meters and
Seasons |
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10 . 36 Lord is glory of the glorious and more |
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37 Lord
is Krishna among Pandavas, Vyas among sages etc |
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10 . 38 Lord is authority of punishers, silence of
secrets etc |
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39 Lord
is the seed of all beings, no one can exist without Him |
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10 . 40 Lord says there is no end of my divine
glories |
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41 Everything
glorious, brilliant, powerful is spark of His splendor. |
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10 . 42 Lord tells Arjun an important fact |
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CHAPTER 11 |
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11 . 05 Lord asks Arjun to behold His cosmic
form |
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11 . 15 Overwhelmed Arjun describing the Lord’s
Cosmic form |
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11 .
16 Arjun
further describing the Lord’s Cosmic form
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11 . 17 Arjun further describing the Lord’s Cosmic
form |
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11 .
18 Arjun
praising the Lord as the One to be realized
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11 . 19 Arjun praising the Lord with His infinite
powers |
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11 .
20 Arjun
praising the Lord that all is pervaded by Him
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11 . 21 Arjun describes the scene of heaven, beheld
in Lord’s cosmic form. |
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22 Arjun
continuing to describe the scene of heaven, beheld in Lord’s cosmic
form. |
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11 . 46 Arjun praying to the Lord to reveal his four armed form |
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47 Lord
trying to remove Arjun’s misconception about Him being angry |
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11 . 48 Lord explains that besides His grace, there
is no other means to have a vision of His cosmic form. |
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11 . 49 Lord Krishna orders Arjun to behold his
gentle form |
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11 .
50 Sanjaya described the Lord’s four armed divine form |
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11 . 51 Lord by assuming the Human form
consoled Arjun |
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11 .
52 Lord explains the rarity of
the vision-four armed form |
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11 . 55 Lord explains the
means by which He can be reached |
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CHAPTER 12 |
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12-01
Arjuna’s question – Which devotee is better? |
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12-02 God’s answer on the Devotee who is
perfect Yogi |
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12-3&4
Worshippers of Attributeless Brahma also
come to God |
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12-5 Lord describes the difficulty and easy
of the two kinds of worship |
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12-6 Lord expresses terms for the devotee
with exclusive devotion |
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12-7 Lord delivers His devotees with
exclusive devotion from the ocean of death bound world. |
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CHAPTER 14 |
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14-08 Lord describes characteristics of Tamoguna and way in which it binds the spirit |
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14-09 Lord describes the natural functions
of the three gunas before these bind the spirit. |
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14-11 Lord explains the marks of the
predominance of the mode of goodness. |
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CHAPTER 15 |
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15-07 Lord explains the rarity of the
vision-four armed form |
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CHAPTER 18 |
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18-61 Lord
explains how the soul comes under the sway of nature. |
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18-62 Lord
explains what a man should do to get rid of bondage of nature |
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18-64 Lord giving
quintessence of His teachings consoles Arjuna. |
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