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1、TheBhagavad-Gita,translatedTheBhagavad-GitaTranslatedSirEdwinArnold1TheBhagavad-Gita,translatedDedicationTOINDIASohaveIreadthiswonderfulandspirit-thrillingspeech,ByKrishnaandPrinceArjunheld,discoursingeachwitheach;SohaveIwrititswisdomhere,--itshiddenmystery
2、,ForEngland;OourIndia!asdeartomeasShe!EDWINARNOLD2TheBhagavad-Gita,translatedPREFACEThisfamousandmarvellousSanskritpoemoccursasanepisodeoftheMahabharata,inthesixth--or"Bhishma"--ParvaofthegreatHindooepic.ItenjoysimmensepopularityandauthorityinIndia,whereiti
3、sreckonedasoneofthe``FiveJewels,"--pancharatnani--ofDevanagiriliterature.InplainbutnoblelanguageitunfoldsaphilosophicalsystemwhichremainstothisdaytheprevailingBrahmanicbelief,blendingasitdoesthedoctrinesofKapila,Patanjali,andtheVedas.Soloftyaremanyofitsdecl
4、arations,sosublimeitsaspirations,sopureandtenderitspiety,thatSchlegel,afterhisstudyofthepoem,breaksforthintothisoutburstofdelightandpraisetowardsitsunknownauthor:"MagistrorumreverentiaaBrachmanisintersanctissimapietatisofficiarefertur.Ergoteprimum,Vatessanc
5、tissime,Numinisquehypopheta!quisquistandemintermortalesdictustufueris,carminisbujusauctor,,cujusoraculismensadexcelsaquaeque,quaeque,,aeternaatquedivina,cuminenarraoihquddamdelectationerapitur-teprimum,inquam,salverejubeo,etvestigiatuasemperadore."Lassenre-
6、echoesthissplendidtribute;andindeed,sostrikingaresomeofthemoralitieshereinculcated,andsoclosetheparallelism--ofttimesactuallyverbal--betweenitsteachingsandthoseoftheNewTestament,thatacontroversyhasarisenbetweenPanditsandMissionariesonthepointwhethertheautho
7、rborrowedfromChristiansources,ortheEvangelistsandApostlesfromhim.Thisraisesthequestionofitsdate,whichcannotbepositivelysettled.ItmusthavebeeninlaidintotheancientepicataperiodlaterthanthatoftheoriginalMahabharata,butMrKasinathTelanghasofferedsomefairargument
8、stoproveitanteriortotheChristianera.Theweightofevidence,however,tendstoplaceitscompositionataboutthethirdcenturyafterChrist;andperhapstherearereallyechoesinthisBrahmanicpoemofthelessonsofGalilee,andoft