Gita and Gospel GITA AND GOSPEL. BY NEIL ALEXANDER. Calcutta THACKER, SPINK & CO. 1903. CALCUTTA: PRINTED BY THACKER, SPINK AND CO. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Chap. I.—WHAT IS THE _Bhagavadgītā_? . . . 1 Chap. II.—PLATO’S JUST MAN . . . 21 Chap. III.—THE SERVANT OF JEHOVAH . . . 26 Chap. IV.—VIRGIL’S NEW AGE OF JUSTICE AND PEACE 36 Chap. V.—JESUS OF NAZARETH . . . 41 APPENDIX.—NEO-KRISHNA LITERATURE . . . 67 ABBREVIATIONS. AMALNERKAR: Amalnerkar, _Priority of the Vedanta-Sutras over the Bhagavadgītā_. BOSE, _H. C._: Bose, _Hindu Civilization under British Rule_. DEUSSEN: Deussen, _Sechzig Upanishad’s des Veda_. DUTT, _C. A. I._: Dutt, _Civilization in Ancient India_. _G._: _The Gītā._ GARBE: Garbe, _The Philosophy of Ancient India_. GOUGH: Gough, _The Philosophy of the Upanishads_. HOPKINS, _R. I._: Hopkins, _The Religions of India_. HOPKINS, _G. E. I._: Hopkins, _The Great Epic of India_. KAEGI: Kaegi, _The Rigveda_ (Arrowsmith’s translation). KIDD, _P. W. C._: Kidd, _Principles of Western Civilization_. KRISHNACHARITRA: Bunkim Chundra Chatterji, _Krishnacharitra_, fourth edition. MACDONELL: Macdonell, _Sanskrit Literature_. MOMMSEN: Mommsen, _History of Rome_. MONIER-WILLIAMS: Monier-Williams, _Brahmanism and Hinduism_. MÜLLER, _A. S. L._: Müller, _Ancient Sanskrit Literature_, second edition. MÜLLER, _S. S. I. P._: Müller, _Six Systems of Indian Philosophy_. _S. B. E._: _The Sacred Books of the East._ SCHÜRER, _H. J. P._: Schürer, _History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ_. SEAL: Brajendra Nath Seal, _Comparative Studies in Vaishnavism and Christianity_. TELANG: Telang, _The Bhagavadgītā, &c._ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII.) WEBER, _I. L._: Weber, _Indian Literature_. CHAPTER I. WHAT IS THE _BHAGAVADGITA_?