THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BHAGAVAD-GITA

60 the

Pratishtha of Parabrahtnain

himself Parabrahmam, but only

he does not

its

call

or mani-

image

festation.

The only other passage in which Krshna refers to the same subject is chapter xv, verse 6

That

my

is

supreme abode (dhama), which neither Those who enter it do

sun, nor moon, nor fire illumines. not return.

There again he speaks of pat/am and refers

Parabrahmam all

as his abode.

I believe that these are

the statements that refer to

book, and they are pretty clearly, and

to

Parabrahmam

in this

sufficient to indicate its position

to

show the nature

of its con-

I shall now proceed to point nection with the Logos. out the passages in which reference is made to the

Logos

itself.

speaking, the whole of this book may be called the book of the philosophy of the Logos. There is hardly a page which does not, directly or Strictly

indirectly,

refer

to

it.

There

however,

are,

a few important and significant passages to which it is desirable that I should refer you, so that you may see whether

functions of

what the

I

have said about the nature and

Logos, and

humanity and the human teachings of

this

book.

its

with

soul, supported by the Let us turn to chapter iv,

and examine the meaning of verses 5

to 11

and thou have passed through many Arjuna, I know all of them, but thou dost not know, O I

births.

connection

is

harasser of foes.