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Bhagavad Gita 18.62

Chapter 18 · Edwin Arnold’s Song Celestial (cited by classical reference)

“And whatsoever deeds he doeth--fixed / In Me, as in his refuge--he hath won / For ever and for ever by My grace / Th' Eternal Rest!”
Bhagavad Gita 18.62 · Arnold

Translation: Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial; or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (1885), public domain, via Project Gutenberg (ebook 2388). Arnold’s Song Celestial is continuous English verse in 18 chapters, without numbered slokas; each passage is an exact excerpt, located by content and cited by the classical chapter.verse reference it renders. The key passages 2.20, 4.7-8, 9.26 and 18.66 were validated against the source before publishing. Poetic line breaks are shown with a slash.

Christian comparison

How this connects to Jesus

Whoever takes refuge in the Divine, the Gita says, wins the Eternal Rest by his grace, and not by his own strength alone. That single word, grace, stands at the very centre of the Gospel: it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8). A rare and moving place where the Gita and the Gospel almost touch: rest received, not earned.

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