BHAGAVADGĪTĀ. CHAPTERS 16–17 / TRANSLATION FROM THE SANSKRIT, INTRODUCTORY ARTICLE AND COMMENTARIES BY D. BURBA
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This publication presents the Ukrainian translation of the sixteenth and seventeenth chapters of Bhagavadgita, composed perhaps in the 1st or 2nd century CE that is the most famous Hindu Scripture.
The sixteenth chapter is entitled The Yoga of Division, between the Divine and the Demonical. This chapter notes that there are two kinds of beings in the world – the divine and the demon-like. The first three verses of the sixteenth chapter list virtues of persons born with divine endowment. Then the chapter lists vices of demonic people. The divine nature is conductive to liberation and the demoniac leads to bondage. There are three gates of hell, leading to ruin of soul – desire, anger, and greed. The eighth verse condemns the philosophical views of the ancient Indian hedonists. Such persons “perform sacrifices only in name, with ostentation, disregarding spiritual ordinances”. The chapter ends with an appeal to know the ordinances of Scriptures and act accordingly.
The seventeenth chapter is entitled The Yoga of Division of the Threefold Faith. The chapter is almost entirely devoted to the three gunas or modes of material nature through which its manifestation and functioning takes place. This topic was partially disclosed in the fourteenth chapter which describes the influence of the three gunas on a person’s psyche and behavior, as well as on the character of his posthumous life. The seventeenth chapter gives a threefold classification of faith, penance, food, sacrifice and gifts. The last verses of the seventeenth chapter interpret the Om Tat Sat mantra.
The concepts and realities considered in these chapters are explained by the translator in notes, with quotations from the Mahabharata, as well as by citing the Yoga Sutras, Laws of Manu, Samkhya Karika, Upanishads, and other classical texts of Hinduism.
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Bhagavadgita, Hinduism, India, Mahabharata, meditation, religion, Sanskrit, translation, yoga
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