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Sri Aurobindo

Bengali writings

Sri Aurobindo’s essays on the Gītā written in Bengali, in English translation.

  1. iThe Gita – An IntroductionThe Gita ranks first among the world’s scriptures. The knowledge that has been briefly explained in the Gita is the highest and most secret knowledge. The law of right living, dharma, propounded in the Gita includes…
  2. iiThe CircumstanceIn order to understand fully the motives and causes of the acts and words of a man, it is necessary to know under what circumstances the acts were done or the words spoken. When at the…
  3. iiiSanjaya’s Gift of Divine VisionThe Gita was spoken on the eve of the Great Mahabharata War. Therefore we find in the very first verse of the Gita, King Dhritarashtra seeking information about the War from Sanjaya who had received the…
  4. ivThe Cunning of Duryodhana’s SpeechSanjaya began his description of those initial acts of war. Duryodhana on seeing the battle formations of the Pandavas presented himself before Dronacharya. Why he went to Drona needs an explanation. Bhishma was the commander-in-chief, it…
  5. vThe Question of the Ruin of ClansBut Arjuna finds another, a nobler argument in support of his weakness. “This war will lead to the ruin of clans and nations, therefore this war is not a righteous war but an unrighteous war. This…
  6. viThe Knowledge and the IgnoranceIn Arjuna’s words about the ruin of clans, we find the trace of a very high and large idea: it is extremely important for the interpreter of the Gita to consider the serious question involved in…
  7. viiSri Krishna’s Political ObjectivesThe clan and the nation become differentiated in course of the gradual development of human society. That differentiation did not become so well-marked in ancient times in India or in other countries. A nation would grow…
  8. viiiFratricide and the Ruin of ClansAll the arguments of Arjuna were set forth with a view to the interests of the clan, thoughts about the good of the nation had been effaced from his mind by the force of personal affection.…
  9. ixThe Political results of Sri Krishna’s WorkUnder the first impulse of pity, Arjuna had laid most emphasis on the ruin of clans, for on looking at that huge massing of troops thoughts of the clans and peoples automatically came to mind. We…
  10. xThe Unreality of DeathOn hearing Arjuna’s words, Sri Krishna’s face betrayed signs of a smile, a smile that was amused yet happy. The Knower of the hearts of men recognised in Arjuna’s delusion the old delusion of mankind, so…
  11. xiThe value of EqualityThis equality is the first teaching of the Gita. Equality is the very basis of the spiritual discipline of the Gita. The school of the Stoics in Greece received this teaching from India and propagated the…
  12. xiiThe Conquest of SorrowThe Stoic school of Greece made this mistake that they were unable to grasp the true means of conquering sorrow. They tried to conquer sorrow by suppressing it, pressing it down, treading it under the feet.…
  13. xiiiAsceticism and RenunciationThe Discipline of the Gita is the Discipline of desireless works. In this country with the resurgence of Aryan Discipline a flood of asceticism has spread everywhere. A man seeking Raja-yoga cannot rest content with the…