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Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita- Discourse 3.8 - Swami Krishnananda

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================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, May 15, 2020. Discourse 3: The Second Chapter Begins ā€“ Sankhya Yogam -8. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Ten people crossed a river, and the water was neck-deep. With great difficulty they waded across. After reaching the other side, they wanted to check whether or not all of them had crossed, so one of them started counting. He said, ā€œOne, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Only nine are here.ā€ The others said, ā€œHow is it possible? Has one of us drowned? Oh, count again.ā€ Another said, ā€œYou stand there. Iā€™ll count.ā€ Again only nine people were counted. Every time they counted, they found that one man was missing. They started beating their chests and crying that one of them had been drowned in the water. A passer-by saw this a...