This work is a Christian interpretation of the proposed sacrificing by Abraham of his son, Isaac. The Latin word "Adsum" is the word used to translate Abraham's famous "Here I am" in the Vulgate Bible of the Middle Ages.
This image represents the opening of the Bhagavad Gita in
the Mahabharata: Arjuna is ready to kick butt in the impending Battle of Kurukshetra
and asks his cousin and charioteer Krishna (who just happens to be God
Incarnate), to show him the armies
arrayed in awesomeness for war. Once he gets out there, Arjuna realizes
that many, many people, including friends and relatives, are about to be
killed on both sides - many of them by him - and he becomes paralyzed
by grief and moral doubt. Krishna then succinctly explains to him the
nature of the entire Universe.
The Aramaic inscription (which concludes this story in the Talmud) reads: "What is hateful to thee, do not unto thy fellow; this is the whole law.
All the rest is a commentary; go and learn it."