The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

The Supreme Self ╯
and selfish desire, beyond the duality of pleasure
and pain, ever aware of the Self, the wise go
forward to that eternal goal. 6 Neither the sun
nor the moon nor fire can add to that light.
This is my supreme abode, and those who enter
there do not return to separate existence.
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An eternal part of me enters into the world,
assuming the powers of action and perception
and a mind made of prakriti. 8 When the divine
Self enters and leaves a body, it takes these along
as the wind carries a scent from place to place.
9
Using the mind, ears, eyes, nose, and the senses
of taste and touch, the Self enjoys sense objects.
10
The deluded do not see the Self when it leaves the
body or when it dwells within it. They do not see
the Self enjoying sense objects or acting through the
gunas. But they who have the eye of wisdom see.
11
Those who strive resolutely on the path of
yoga see the Self within. The thoughtless,
who strive imperfectly, do not.
12
The brightness of the sun, which lights up the world,
the brightness of the moon and of fire – these are my
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