🪷 Mahābhārata · 6.39.2

Bhīṣma-Parva · The Book of Bhīṣma · Chapter 39 · Verse 2

⭐ This IS Bhagavad-Gītā 17.2
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श्रीभगवानुवाच त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु
— Mahābhārata 6.39.2 · Sanskrit reading text

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MBh 6.39.2local per-verse Mahābhārata source routeMBh 6.39parent chapter route for local contextBhīṣma-Parvaparent Parva chapter indexBG 17.2exact Bhagavad-Gītā cross-anchor with full translation/commentary depth/mahabharata18-parva Sanskrit reading index with edition and address notesMBh 6.23Bhagavad-Gītā chapter 1 in its Itihāsa homeMBh 6.40Bhagavad-Gītā chapter 18 in its Itihāsa homeRāmopākhyānaVana-Parva 258 · Vyāsa narrates the Rāma-kathā inside Krishna's epicNārāyaṇīyamŚānti-Parva 335 · Nārāyaṇa/Krishna/Viṣṇu/Vāsudeva unity witness/bhagavad-gitadeep Gītā corpus with translations, commentaries, and verse-level anchorsBG 1.1Dharma-kṣetra opening cross-anchored to MBh 6.23.1BG 18.66Carama-Śloka surrender seal inside the Bhīṣma-Parva arcVyāsa vibhūtiBG 10.37 · Krishna names Vyāsa among munisBG 10.37Vyāsa and Dhanañjaya as Krishna-vibhūti source routeŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Vyāsa corpus source seal/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Itihāsa as one Bindu aperture/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation
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