BHAGAVAD GEETA:Chapter-2-4./Post-25.Swami Advayanandaji.

 

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BHAGAVAD GEETA 

Chapter - 2

Discourse – 2 (72 Slogas)

“Yoga of the SUPREME SELF”

Sri Veda Vyasaji

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Monday, 04 Sep 2023. 06:20.

Slogam - 4: Arjuna on the Defensive

Post - 25.

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Slogam - 4 : The “Bread of Beggary”

1

Guroon ahatvaa hi mahaa  =  Instead of slaying teachers

anubhaavaan  =   who are most noble, indeed

2

shreyah bhoktum bhaikshyam  =  It is better to eat “the bread of beggary”; 

api iha loke;  =  for even here in this world,

3

hatvaa artha-kaamaan tu  =  for the sake of wealth and desire, if I kill my 

guroon iha eva  =  teachers, then those very

4

bhunjeeya bhogaan  =  objects of enjoyment I wish to enjoy

rudhih apradigdhaan.  =  will be stained by their blood.

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Arjuna gives himself two options:

1-2 i) 

If he avoids the fight, he would be happier to eat the “bread of beggary”;

3-4 ii) 

If he fights and wins, all his enjoyments will be “tainted in blood” and he will 

live every moment suffering from his conscience.

Artha-Kaamaan: 

We note that amongst the “enjoyments” only wealth and desire 

are mentioned. Ungenerous to himself, Arjuna precludes Dharma (virtue) and Moksha 

(liberation), as he is convinced he would have transgressed them.

The logic is sound, but the premise on which it is based is incorrect.

Arjuna’s Honesty Commendable:

Arjuna is honestly saying what he feels in his heart. His honesty corresponds to a 

patient narrating his condition to his doctor. He is not hiding his feelings. That is a good sign

and it is recognized as an asset by his Doctor who has to treat him. Krishna welcomes

Arjuna’s openness, as we shall soon see. One who is in delusion cannot help seeing things 

from that angle. It is for the Doctor to do that by which the patient’s vision is rectified.

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Next

Slogam - 6: Arjuna’s Intellect Disengaged

To be continued

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