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The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

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Wisdom from Realization ╯

faith is completely unified, one gains the object of

devotion. In this way, every desire is fulfilled by

me. 23 Those whose understanding is small attain

only transient satisfaction: those who worship the

gods go to the gods. But my devotees come to me.

24

Through lack of understanding, people believe that I,

the Unmanifest, have entered into some form. They

fail to realize my true nature, which transcends birth

and death. 25 Few see through the veil of maya. The

world, deluded, does not know that I am without birth

and changeless. 26 I know everything about the past,

the present, and the future, Arjuna; but there is no one

who knows me completely.

27

Delusion arises from the duality of attraction and

aversion, Arjuna; every creature is deluded by these

from birth. 28 But those who have freed themselves

from all wrongdoing are firmly established in worship

of me. Their actions are pure, and they are free from

the delusion caused by the pairs of opposites.

29

Those who take refuge in me, striving for liberation

from old age and death, come to know Brahman,

the Self, and the nature of all action. 30 Those

who see me ruling the cosmos, who see me in

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