Thursday, August 05, 2004
The Origin, the Middle, the End
"I am the object of all knowledge,
father of the world, its mother,
source of all things, impure and
pure, of holiness and horror.
I am the goal, the root, the witness,
home and refuge, dearest friend,
creation and annihilation,
everlasting seed and treasure.
I am the radiance of the sun, I
open or withhold the rain clouds,
I am immortality and
death, am being and non-being.
I am the Self, Arjuna, seated
in the heart of every creature.
I am the origin, the middle,
and the end that all must come to."
Krishna, speaking to Arjuna, in
"The Bhagavad Gita," (5th?-2nd? century
B. C. E.), tr. Stephen Mitchell
father of the world, its mother,
source of all things, impure and
pure, of holiness and horror.
I am the goal, the root, the witness,
home and refuge, dearest friend,
creation and annihilation,
everlasting seed and treasure.
I am the radiance of the sun, I
open or withhold the rain clouds,
I am immortality and
death, am being and non-being.
I am the Self, Arjuna, seated
in the heart of every creature.
I am the origin, the middle,
and the end that all must come to."
Krishna, speaking to Arjuna, in
"The Bhagavad Gita," (5th?-2nd? century
B. C. E.), tr. Stephen Mitchell
