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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
referred to during the discussion of above refered “Vruti Sankshepa” and Rasa Parityaaga”.
Verses 15 16 refer to the austerity of speech and serenity of mind. These requirements are practically the same, which are recommended, in the first chapter of the Uttaraadhyayana Sutra of the Jains.
The concept of charity referred ot in verses 20 to 22 is fully covered by the concept of “Aparigraha” (Limitation to possess material wealth), which is one of the five principal pillars of Jain ethics.
This chapter rightly concludes by stating that whenever a good step is taken with full faith and without any sort of attachment, it is called “Sat”, but if it is without faith it is called “Asat”.
This chapter solves the doubt raissed by Arjuna in the initial stage by stating tha if actions are performed with full faith without being
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