BHAGAVAD GEETA – 9 : Swami Advayanandaji.

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Chapter-1.

Arjuna Vishadha yogam  (“Yoga of Arjuna’s Despondency” )

Sri Veda Vyasaji

Discourse – 1 (47 Slogas)

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Saturday, 10 Jun, 2023. 06:30.

Post - 9.

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Slogam-12 :  Bhishma Fires the “First Bullet”

Sanjaya Uvaacha: Sanjaya continues:

1 Tasya sanjanayan harsham   =  In order to cheer (Duryodhana), his

2 kuru vriddhah pitaamahah;   =  grandsire (Bhishma), eldest of the Kurus,

3 simha-naadam vinadya ucchaih   =  now sounded aloud a lion’s roar

4 shankham dadhmau prataapavaan.   =  by blowing his mighty, glorious conch.

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1-2 Judging from Sanjaya’s words, the deduction may be made that Duryodhana was 

sending the wrong signals to the army and causing a lowering of morale among his own 

ranks. Bhishma, sensing this, tried to arrest this slide within his army.

3-4 The sounding of the conches was the traditional way of announcing the start of a 

battle. Bhishma’s conch was aimed to resurrect the flagging spirits of his own army, who 

were observing the confusion in the mind of Duryodhana by his restless behaviour.

However, it also signaled the start to the war. As Pujya Gurudev puts it, “It was 

tantamount to firing the first bullet.”

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Next

Slogam - 13 : The Kauravas Become the Aggressors

To be continued

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