That makes the Gi/ii a universal gospel: a human document containing the message of life which appeals to all irrespective of age, race or religion. The secret of the power which the Gita possesses is that Arjuna-the centre of the creation-to whom it is addressed, is just an ordinary good-natured man with high aspirations, just plain you and me or any one else the a vcrage man with fundamental strength and weakness of all ages and climes. It gives the power of God to everyone that believeth the power вЂto arise and win glory, to overcome foes and to enjoy KingshipвЂ™ a power, higher than which no man can covet or gain. By and through it, the weak become strong the shallow, deep the yoluble, silent the insolent, humble the wasted, effective. It is the power that makes everyone to whom it comes a little more of himself. It lies in real personal power not like the power of the worldly, in apparent glitter and domination. Why should it not be the inspiration of us, the weak? The strength which the Gila gives doe!вЂќnot lie on the surface. This has been the experience of the strong. The more desperate the situation, the greater is the power which the Gita reveals. Unto Arjuna each of us can say, inspired: Shake off this wretched faint-heartedness. Why should he be ashamed of openly confessing the real source of power, the power which strengthens everyone when he is feeble, inspires him when he is weak, upholds him when he is strong? When all resources fail, then through the words of the Gita, God speaks: вЂњWhy should anyone be ashamed of the Gospel which Sri Krishna taught mankind? No man is ashamed of his learning, of his artistic gifts, or of displaying power, however little it be. Paul in his letter to the Romans said: вЂњI am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. But if India is to continue its triumphant march to world influence, the fear must be cast out. It has a subconscious feeling that if it is found relying too often on the Gita, the possessor-the arrogant modern-will be classed with the superstitious, the weak, the outworn. Yet the modern educated mind in India is a timid mind. And it has a universality which embraces every aspect of human action, suits and elevates every stage of human development. It has also provided the inspiration to immortal works like the Bhagavata and TulasidasaвЂ™s Ramacarita Manasa which have shaped and strengthened the eternal edifice of Indian culture. This gospel has given more than human power to countless men for the last twenty-five hundred years to Sankara and Ramanuja to Vivekananda, Lokmanya Tilak and Gandhiji among the moderns. Its teacher is Sri Krishna the one who incarnated as the Man-Triumphant Him whom generations have worshipped as God Himself. It is composed by Vyasa Dvaipayana, the author of the Mahabharata, the poet of poets and the first and foremost prophet of the human race. Edwin Arnold called it The Song Celestial Humboldt characterised it as вЂњthe most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song in any known tongue.вЂќThe reasons for its preeminence are many. Of such Scriptures, the pre-eminent is the Bhagavad Gita вЂ“ this incomparable converse between God and Man. Of them, not more than half a dozen have come to be accepted as Scriptures. Of books a few only attain the position of classics. HereвЂ™s a wonderful excerpt about the Gita from KM MunshiвЂ™s book.

Srimad bhagavad gita pdf in english