The greatest incident of the [Mahabharata] war was the marvelous and immortal poem of the Gita, the Song Celestial. It is the popular scripture of India and the loftiest of all teachings. It consists of a dialogue held by Arjuna with Krishna, just before the commencement of the fight on the battle-field of Kurukshetra.
I would advise those of you who have not read that book to read it. If you only knew how much it has influenced your own country even!
If you want to know the source of Emerson's inspiration, it is this book, the Gita. He went to see Carlyle, and Carlyle made him a present of the Gita; and that little book is responsible for the Concord Movement. All the broad movements in America, in one way or other, are indebted to the Concord party.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Talk at Pasadena, California
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