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GITA-RAHASYA OR KARMA-YOGA
kinds of Doers ( kartā); the Unattached (nihsanga) Doer is sütturka. 29–32. The three kinds of Reason (buddhi). 33-35. The three kinds of Perseverance (dhrti). 36-39. The three kinds of Happiness; that which arises out of Self-Identification is sültvika. 40. The three divisions of the entire universe according to different constituents. 41-44. The justification of the four castes on the basis of the three different constituents; the inherent Actions of Ksatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sūdras. 45, 46. Ultimate Perfection by doing one's own duties, as prescribed for the four castes. 47-49. Living according to another's religion is fraught with danger; Action according to one's own religion, though faulty, ought not to be abandoned; and when all Actions are done according to one's own religion (dharma), with a degireless frame of mind, one attains the 'narşkarmya-siddhi' (The Perfection of Desireless Action). 50-56. An explanation of how this perfection ( siddhi) is obtained, even after performing all Actions. 57, 58. The advice to Arjuna to follow this Path. 59-63 Individuation (ahainkāra) is helpless before the inherent nature of Prakrti; one must surrender oneself to the Isvara : the advice to Arjuna that he should realise this mystic secret, and then do whatever he wants. 64-66. The final promise of the Blessed Lord that if Arjuna surrendered himself to Him, giving up all other Paths of Religion, He would redeem him from all sins. 67-69. The benefit to be derived by maintaining the tradition of the Path of Karma-Yoga. 70, 71. A description of the results thereof. 72, 73. Arjuna becomes ready to fight, after the clearing of his doubts as to what he ought to do. 74–78. The summing up by Sañjaya after he had told this story to Dhrtarāştra.
