Srimad Bhagavad - Gita

04/08/2018 The Background of the Bhagavadgita-1 The first chapter tells about Arjuna Vishadham, Begins with Drutharashtra uvacha : Dharmakshetre kurukshetre samavetha yuyutsavah, maamakaah  paandavaas caiva kim akurvata sanjaya (Gita 1.1). This is the first Slokam of the Bhagavadgita. It is a query raised by King Dhrutarashtra to his counsellor, Sanjaya: “When the Pandavas and the Kauravas were arrayed in the field for a battle, what actually happened? How did they get on among themselves?” This world, this field of universal conflict, may also be considered as Dharmakshetra and Kurukshetra at the same time. The field of the Mahabharata war was the geographical location called Kurukshetra – a place of pilgrimage even now, which you can visit whenever you have time. It is also designated in this verse as Dharmakshetra because it is said that in this particular holy spot many yajnas or sacrifices were performed by rishis of yore; therefore, the place has the blesse...

04/08/2018 The Tree of Life : Srimad Bhagavad Gita : 1.2 Chapter- 1: The Twofold Character of Cosmic Life-2. Post - 2. “What is the sorrow that is hanging heavily on our heads?” is not a question easy to answer. At one moment it may appear that the grief is of one type, and at another moment it is of another type. It changes its colour like a chameleon, and we are under the impression thereby that perhaps there are millions of sorrows. Not so is the case. Sorrow is a single structural or organic defect of personality which ramifies itself into various expressions of inconvenience to our personality, and which goes by the name of sorrow, grief, suffering, pain, and so forth. There is a basic illness which is deeply rooted in us, and we have not the time or the patience to go into the abyss of this sorrow. We seek immediate relief, as is the case with physical illness. There is an asking for an immediate remedy for an acute case of suffering, and this is human nature. The sorr...

04/08/2018 Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-13. ( Kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yogam) Slokam-21. purushah  prakttistho  hi  bhunkte  prakttijan  gunan, karanam   guaasangosya   sadasadyoni  janmasu.  purushah  prakttisthah  =  putushan  situating  in  the  prakrti;  prakttijan  gunan  =  the  guna-s  in  the  prkrti;  bhunkte  hi   =  enjoying; asya   guaasangah  =  his  ( jiva's )  association  with  guna-s; sad-asad-yoni   janmasu  =  in  superior   ( good )   and  inferior  ( bad )  species  of  life; karanam   =  becomes  the  cause  of  birth. ( The living entity in material nature thus follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of nature. This is due to ...