A History of Sanskrit Literature c18.41

c18.41

Of the eclectic movement combining Sāṅkhya, Yoga, and Vedānta doctrines, the oldest literary representative is the *Çvetāçvatara Upanishad*. More famous is the *Bhagavadgītā*, in which the Supreme Being incarnate as Kṛishṇa expounds to Arjuna his doctrines in this sense. The burden of his teaching is that the zealous performance of his duty is a man's most important task, to whatever caste he may belong. The beauty and the power of the language in which this doctrine is inculcated, is unsurpassed in any other work of Indian literature.