न विलक्षणत्वादस्य, तथात्वं च शब्दात् ॥ ४ ॥ na vilakṣaṇatvādasya, tathātvaṃ ca śabdāt || 4 || na—Not; vilakṣaṇatvāt—because of the contrary nature; asya—of this; tathātvaṃ—its being …
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My Master – Swami Vivekananda
"Whenever virtue subsides and vice prevails, I come down to help mankind," declares Krishna, in the Bhagavad-Gitâ. Whenever this world of ours, on account of growth, on account of added circumstances, …
The Mahabharata – Swami Vivekananda
(Delivered at the Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, California, February 1, 1900) The other epic about which I am going to speak to you this evening, is called the Mahâbhârata. It contains the story of a …
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The Ramayana – Swami Vivekananda
(Delivered at the Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, California, January 31, 1900) There are two great epics in the Sanskrit language, which are very ancient. Of course, there are hundreds of other epic …
Mundaka Upanishad 1.1.4
तस्मै स होवाच ।द्वे विद्ये वेदितव्ये इति ह स्मयद्ब्रह्मविदो वदन्ति परा चैवापरा च ॥ ४॥ tasmai sa hovāca .dve vidye veditavye iti ha smayadbrahmavido vadanti parā caivāparā ca .. 4.. To him he …
Brahma Sutra 2.1.3
एतेन योगः प्रत्युक्तः ॥ ३ ॥ etena yogaḥ pratyuktaḥ || 3 || etena—By this; yogaḥ—the Yoga philosophy; pratyuktaḥ—is (also) refuted. 3. By this the Yoga philosophy is (also) refuted. After …