Originally published: The Song celestial. New ed. Boston : Roberts Brothers, 1899. With new notes and footnotes.
Distress of Arjuna -- Book of doctrines -- Virtue in work -- Religion of knowledge -- Religion by renouncing fruit of works -- Religion by self-restraint -- Religion by discernment -- Religion by devotion to the one supreme god -- Religion by the kingly knowledge and the kingly mystery -- Religion by the heavenly perfections -- Manifesting of the one and manifold -- Religion of faith -- Religion by separation of matter and spirit -- Religion by separation from the qualities -- Religion by attaining the supreme -- Separateness of he divine and undivine -- Religion by the threefold kinds of faith -- Religion by deliverance and renunciation.
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Written in the form of a poetic dialogue, it probes Hindu concepts of the nature of God and what man should do to reach him, providing a fascinating synopsis of the religious thought and experience of India through the ages. This edition offers the classic English verse translation by Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904). Explanatory footnotes.