Book XVI · Two Polarities — Gītā, The Awakening Call

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XVI

Book XVI of XVIII

Two Polarities

दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोगः · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

“The two tempers a life is built from — the bright endowment that frees, the dark one that binds — and the three gates to guard.”

24 ślokas · 12 steps every verse, five depths — down to the eye

XVI Two Polarities दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोगः

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श्लोकाः · what is here

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शब्दसूची · vocabulary

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निबन्धाः · essays that touch this book

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The essays sit beside the song — none of them turns on this book in particular.

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Meet the verse in stillness. Sound it once, slowly — then open a depth.

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↑ choose a depth, or turn the Eye

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Dhyāna ध्यान — the eye itself

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✦ A seed — a fuller meditation for this śloka will grow here.

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BOOK XVI ENDS The gates are named — the three ways of faith now await.

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फलम् · the traditional fruit of this book

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