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In 1903 the position was somewhat changed. Theosophist friends certainly intended to draw me into their society, but that was with a view to getting something from me as a Hindu. Theosophical literature is replete with Hindu influence, and so these friends expected that I should be helpful to them. I explained that my Sanskrit study was not much to speak of, that I had not read the Hindu scriptures in the original, and that even my acquaintance with the translations was of the slightest.
But being believers in Samskara (tendencies caused by previous births) and Punarjanma (rebirth), they assumed that I should be able to render at least some help. And so I felt like â Triton among the minnows. I started reading Swami Vivekananda's Rajayoga with some of these friends and M. N. Dvivedi's Rajayoga with others. I had to read Patanjali's Yoga Sutras with one friend and the Bhagavadgita with quite a number. We formed a sort of Seekers' Club where we had regular readings. 1 already had faith in the Gita, which had a fascination for me. Now 1 realized the necessity of diving deeper into it I had one or two translations, by means of which I tried to understand the original Sanskrit.