Bhagavad-Gita - 5

by MB (Official) in English Spiritual Stories

CHAPTER VArjuna.Yet, Krishna! at the one time thou dost laudSurcease of works, and, at another time,Service through work. Of these twain plainly tellWhich is the better way? Krishna.To cease from worksIs well, and to do works in holinessIs well; ...Read Moreboth conduct to bliss supreme;But of these twain the better way is hisWho working piously refraineth not. That is the true Renouncer, firm and fixed,Who--seeking nought, rejecting nought--dwells proofAgainst the "opposites."[FN#8] O valiant Prince!In doing, such breaks lightly from all deed:'Tis the new scholar talks as they were two,This Sankhya and this Yoga: wise men knowWho husbands one plucks golden Read Less