See the sun gods, gods of light,howling storm gods, twin gods of dawn,and gods of wind, Arjuna,wondrous forms not seen before

I am the self abidingin the heart of all creatures;I am their beginning,their middle, and their end.

Men who worship me,thinking solely of me,always disciplined,win the reward I secure.

I am the universal father,mother, granter of all, grandfather,object of knowledge, purifier,holy syllable OM, threefold sacred lore.

He who sees me everywhereand sees everything in mewill not be lost to me,and I will not be lost to him

A man of discipline should alwaysdiscipline himself, remain in seclusion,isolated, his thought and self well controlled,without possessions or hope.

This is the ancient disciplinethat I have taught to you today;you are my devotee and my friend,and this is the deepest mystery

Whatever a leader does,the ordinary people also do.He sets the standardfor the world to follow.

Creatures depend on food,food comes from rain,rain depends on sacrifice,and sacrifice comes from action.

Disciplined by understanding,one abandons both good and evil deeds;so arm yourself for discipline—discipline is skill in actions.

People will tellof your undying shame,and for a man of honorshame is worse than death

Death is certain for anyone born,and birth is certain for the dead;

decisively—Which is better?I am your pupil.Teach me what I seek!

Krishna, how can I fightagainst Bhishma and Dronawith arrowswhen they deserve my worship?

Krishna,women of the family are corrupted;and when women are corrupted,disorder is born in society.

I do not want to kill themeven if I am killed, Krishna;not for kingship of all three worlds,much less for the earth

They are teachers, fathers, sons,and grandfathers, uncles, grandsons,fathers and brothers of wives,and other men of our family.

Krishna, I seek no victory,or kingship or pleasures.What use to us are kingship,delights, or life itsel

My limbs sink,mymouth is parched,mybody trembles,the hair bristles on my flesh.

your form is no different, you are just like me,

His hopes are destroyed

Gilgamesh, [the guide of the] teeming [people.] Though he is their shepherd and their [protector,]

Let me disclose, 0 Gilgamesh, a matter most secret, to you 1 will tell a mystery of gods.

Gilgamesh go without sleep for a week.

Only Shamash the hero crosses the ocean: apart from the Sun God, who crosses the ocean?

[ my friend, whom I loved so dear,] [who with me went through every danger,] [my friend Enkidu, whom I loved so dear,]

71 1. The Standard Version, Tablet IX [He] clad himself in their skins, he ate their flesh. Gilgamesh [dug] wells that never existed before, [he] drank the water, as he chased the winds. Sham ash grew worried, and bending down, he spoke to Gilgamesh: '0 Gilgamesh, where are you wandering? The life that you seek you never will find.' Said Gilgamesh to him, to the hero Shamash: 'After roaming, wandering all through the wild, when I enter the Netherworld will rest be scarce? I shall lie there sleeping all down the years! 'Let my eyes see the sun and be sated with light! The darkness is hidden, how much light is there left? When may the dead see the rays of the sun?'

The life that you seek you never will find.'

of which the handle [was x minas] of gold, he provided for his friend.

o Enkidu, may the paths [of] the Forest of Cedar mourn you [without pause,] by day and by night!

Gilgamesh [began mourning] his friend:

'[My] mouth [that] cursed you shall bless [you] as well!

Come, Shamhat, 1 will fix your destiny,

In [your presence] I will pray [to Anu,] father of the gods,

He has a second dream, in which he is dragged down to the Netherworld by the Angel of Death and granted a vision of hell.

She persuades Anu, her father, to give her the fiery Bull of Heaven (the constellation Taurus) so that she can punish Gilgamesh with death.

and Gilgamesh [carried] the head of Humbaba.

'My friend, Humbaba who guards the Forest [of Cedar-] [finish him,] slay him, [do away with his power,] before [Enlil] the foremost hears what we do!

Do not listen, my [friend,] to Humbaba's words,

['0 mountain, bring me a dream, so I see a good sign!']

[who] knew ... , was wise in all matters!

let [the days be] long, let the nights be short,

Who goes in front saves his companion, who knows the road protects his friend."

His speech is fire, his breath is death

[My son, in the city of] Uruk [go, seek out] Gilgamesh! I 135 ......... in his presence, his strength is as mighty [as a rock from the sky.]

took a pinch of clay, threw it down in the wild.

two-thirds of him god and one third human.