The Bhagavad Gita
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Themes
All Themes Detachment and Dharma Krishna, the Absolute, and Human Knowledge Reincarnation and the Self Forms of Worship
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All Characters Arjuna Krishna Sanjaya
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All Terms Hastinapura Bharata Pandavas Kauravas Dharma Yoga Karma Samkhya Samnyasa Bhakti Gunas Sattva Rajas Tamas Brahman Atman Samsara Om/Aum Vedas Tyagi Caste System Brahmin Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Outcaste
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All Symbols Ashvattha Tree
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Sanskrit term for action. “Yoga of action” is a translation of “karma yoga.”
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