SHRIMAD BHAGWAD GITA, often referred to as the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the epic Mahabharata, dated to the second half of the first millennium BCE.🏹📚😊
TRUE RENUNCIATION Arjun asked, ‘O Almighty! What is the purpose of sacrifice or renunciation? What does life of sacrifice orrenunciation gain one?’ Krishna said, ‘O Arjun! The renunciation is giving up of all the acts based on the worldly desires and surrendering the consequences or rewards of all actions is ‘sacrifice’. One who is able […]
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THE PILLARS OF FAITH Arjun asked from Krishna, ‘O Madhusudan! Mostly the people do not worship as prescribed by the scriptures. They worship according to their own fancies. In what class shall you put such people? Are they Satvik, Rajsik or Tamsik (Noble, Attached or Negative)?’ Krishna answered, ‘O Parth! People eat food of their
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NOBLE AND DEMONIC NATURE Arjun asked Krishna, ‘O Man Supreme! In this world we find two types of people—one with noble disposition and others of evil or demonic nature. Both are your creations. Then, why this double standard, my lord?’ Krishna responded, ‘O Parth! I created the divine qualities of fearlessness, charitability, self-discipline, self purification,
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THE WORLD-TREE HYPOTHESIS Arjun said to Krishna, ‘O Keshav! After getting over the three basic tendencies, the soul goes to which zone or level you were referring? I want to know it more clearly.’ Krishna responded, ‘Arjun! This world is like a peepal tree in inverted form, the roots are on top and branches below.
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THREE SHADES OF NATURE Krishna added further, ‘O Arjun! After knowing the three basic properties (shades or instincts) and the sublime knowledge a man attains divinity. Vested in that knowledge a man gains divine nature like I do. Then, he does not come into existence at creation or gets destroyed at doom. O son of
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NATURE, CREATURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS Arjun visioned Lord’s universal mega-form with the divine sight blessed to him, but upon returning to the physical level, curiosities again seized him. He asked the Lord, ‘O Krishna! What is the differences between the nature and creature (physical reality), body and the master of the body and between knowledge and
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WHAT IS BHAKTI YOGA Krishna has again reverted to his normal human form. With folded hands Arjun says to him, ‘O Keshav! Deity Orignal!! Man Supreme!!! Those who worship you or who put their faith in formless Power Eternal, which of the two do I consider more accomplished?’ Krishna answered to him. ‘O Parth! Those
DIVINE SIGHT TO ARJUN Krishna’s long speech spread more confusion in the mind of Arjun. He said, ‘O Janardan! Hearing your glory has destroyed my infatuation. But it has fired up my desire to see your mind-boggling form. My head spins. You stand before me as my friend. But I don’t see your mega form.
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MARVELLOUS GLORY OF LORD Krishna spoke to Arjun, ‘O valiant Arjun! You are my friend. So, I will give you a knowledge that is still better and sublime than whatever I have revealed already. You should know that all the gods, deities, sages and yogis even, don’t know my real glory although they are born
WAR IS INEVITABLE Sanjay said to Dhritrashtra, “King! Arjun still is having lingering doubts even after hearing sermons from Krishna on worlds, creatures, objects, soul, God, life and death. The fact of Krishna being his bosom friend is preventing Arjun from accepting Krishna as God. He is yet undecided as to battle or not to
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TRUTH, SOUL AND MUNDANE WORLD Arjun asked Lord Krishna, ‘O man sublime! What is Brahma or truth? What is spirit? What is Karma? What is mortal? What is deity supreme? And O Madhusudan! What is yajna supreme? And how is it in this body? Please reveal these mysteries to me.’ Krishna answered, ‘O Dhananjaya! What
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THE PRACTICAL DIVINE KNOWLEDGE Arjun asked, ‘O Madhav! I have considered you as my friend and mentor. But I have still doubts about accepting what you have claimed. How I can accept you as God almighty and put my faith in you? I want you to reveal it to me?’ Krishna replied with a smile,
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FRIEND AND FOE Krishna said to Arjun, ‘Dhananjaya! One who performed his karma in unattached state of mind he is the real ascetic and true yogi. One who wishes to practise yoga, he must do selfless acts because this is real freedom from desires and the path to spiritual liberation. Thus, true yogi is one
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ARJUN’S CONFUSION Sanjay spoke to Dhritrashtra, “King! Krishna has again created confusion in the mind of Arjun by telling him in the same breath to do ‘karma without attachment’ and emphasizing on ‘importance of knowledge or wisdom’.” “Does he still stand confused?” Dhritrashtra asked in surprise. “I think he is scared of Kaurava forces.” “No,
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DIVINE KNOWLEDGE TO ARJUN Arjun was amazed at the Karma-Yoga revelations. It was a new knowledge for him. So, Krishna further clarified his sermon saying, ‘O Parth! This yoga knowledge is very ancient. I had imparted this knowledge to sun-god Surya first of all. Surya passed it on to original human, Manu who advanced it
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