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BHAGAVADGITA.
unavoidable thing, you ought not to grieve. The source of things, O descendant of Bharata! is unperceived; their middle state is perceived; and their end again is unperceived. What (occasion is there for any) lamentation regarding them'? One looks upon its as a wonder; another similarly speaks of it as a wonder; another too hears of it as a wonder ; and even after having heard of it, no one does really know it? This embodied (self), O descendant of Bharata ! within every one's body is ever indestructible. Therefore you ought not to grieve for any being. Having regard to your own duty also, you ought not to falter, for there is nothing better for a Kshatriya. than a righteous battle. Happy those Kshatriyas, O son of Prithâ! who can find such a battle (to fight)-come of itself — an open door to heaven! But if you will not fight this righteous battle, then you will have abandoned your own duty and your fame, and you will incur sin. All beings, too, will tell of your everlasting infamy; and to one who has been honoured, infamy is (a) greater (evil) than death. (Warriors who are) masters of great cars will think that you abstained from the battle through fear, and having been highly thought of by them, you will fall down to littleness. Your enemies, too, decrying your power, will speak much about you that should not be spoken. And what, indeed, more lamentable than that? Killed,
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'Cl. Sutta Nipära, p. 125. 'In vain do you grieve, not knowing well the two ends of him whose manner either of coming or going you know not.'
'l.e. the self spoken of above. • Kasha-upanishad, p. 96. • One of the warrior caste. · Without any effort, that is to say, of one's own.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |