| Krishna. Hear farther yet, thou
Long-Armed Lord! these latest words I say- Uttered to bring thee bliss
an peace, who lovest Me alway- Not the great company of
gods nor kingly Rishis know My Nature, Who have made the gods and Rishis long ago;
He only knoweth- only he is free of sin, and wise, Who seeth Me, Lord of the
Worlds, with faith-enlightened eyes, Unborn, undying, unbegun.
Whatever Natures be To mortal men distributed, those natures
spring from Me! Intellect, skill, enlightenment, endurance, self-control,
Truthfulness, equability, and grief or joy of soul, And birth and death, and
fearfulness, and fearlessness, and shame, And honour, and sweet harmlessness, and peace which is
the same Whate'er befalls, and mirth, and tears, and piety and thrift,
And wish to give, and will to help,- all cometh of My gift!
The Seven Chief Saints, the Elders Four, the
Lordly Manus set- Sharing My work- to rule the worlds, these too did I beget;
And Rishis, Pitris, Manus, all, by one thought of My mind; Thence did arise, to fill this
world, the races of mankind; Wherefrom who comprehends My Reign of mystic Majesty-
That truth of truths- is thenceforth linked in faultless faith to Me:
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