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Bhagavad Gita 9.30

Chapter 9 · Edwin Arnold’s Song Celestial (cited by classical reference)

“If one of evil life turn in his thought / Straightly to Me, count him amidst the good; / He hath the high way chosen; he shall grow / Righteous ere long; he shall attain that peace / Which changes not. Thou Prince of India! / Be certain none can perish, trusting Me!”

Bhagavad Gita 9.30 · 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

Be certain none can perish, trusting Me, Krishna says; even one of evil life who turns wholly to him is counted among the good and grows righteous. The Gospel makes a mercy just as bold, and dares to name its ground: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8), and Jesus welcomed a thief on a cross in his final hour. Compare the refuge of the Gita with the rescuing love at the heart of the cross.

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