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Bhagavad Gita 4.11

Chapter 4 · Edwin Arnold’s Song Celestial (cited by classical reference)

“Whoso worship me, / Them I exalt; but all men everywhere / Shall fall into my path; albeit, those souls / Which seek reward for works, make sacrifice / Now, to the lower gods.”
Bhagavad Gita 4.11 · 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

In whatever way people approach him, Krishna says, so he receives them; all men everywhere tread his path. It is a generous, inclusive vision of the ways to God. Jesus made a narrower and more startling claim: I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me (John 14:6). Here two traditions differ honestly and importantly. We lay both before you, and invite you to read the Gospel and weigh it for yourself.

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