& ed.), The Dicing and the Sequel to Dicing, Doaba. The Mahābhārata / translated and edited by J.A.B. Van (Johannes Adrianus Bernardus), 1928-1979.
The Lord Krsna, appearing in the poem as Arjuna's friend and charioteer, persuades him that he must do battle, and we see Arjuna changing from revulsion at the thought of killing members of his family to resignation and awareness of duty, to manly acceptance of his role as warrior and defender of his kingdom.
The Bhagavadgita ('Song of the Lord') tells of the young and virtuous Prince Arjuna who is driven to lead his forces into battle against an opposing army composed of close relatives and others whom he loves. Philosophers such as Emerson and the other New England Transcendentalists were deeply affected by its insights, a dozen or more scholars, including Annie Besant and Mahatma Gandhi, have attempted its translation, and thousands of individuals struggling with the problems divided loyalties have found comfort and wisdom in its pages. No other Sanskrit work approaches the Bhagavadgita in the influence it has exerted in the West.
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