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CHAPTER IIIArjuna.Thou whom all mortals praise, Janardana!If meditation be a nobler thingThan action, wherefore, then, great Kesava!Dost thou impel me to this dreadful fight?Now am I by thy doubtful speech disturbed!Tell me one thing, and tell me certainly;By what road shall I find the better end? Krishna.I told thee, blameless Lord! there be two pathsShown to this world; two schools of wisdom. FirstThe Sankhya's, which doth save in way of worksPrescribed[FN#4] by reason; next, the Yog, which bidsAttain by meditation, spiritually:Yet these are one! No man shall 'scape from actBy shunning action; nay, and none shall comeBy mere renouncements unto