Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita-2.9 Swami Krishnananda

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27/03/2020.
The First Chapter – Vishadha Yogam, the Yoga of the Dejection of the Spirit-9.
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#In this condition, our only resort is the Guru. Fortunately, Arjuna had a good Guru; and, fortunately, he had the sense of feeling that it was necessary to surrender himself; and, fortunately, he knew that his egoism was not going to work any longer. 

#Had his self-confidence continued and had he stuck to the wrong arguments that he put forth in the First Chapter, nothing would have come out of it. However, some sattvic karma rose up, and he felt that it was necessary for him to know what was to be done.
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##Arjuna asked Sri Krishna, “In this chaotic condition of my mind, what is my duty? I surrender myself to you, great Master. Please tell me.”
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The answer of Bhagavan Sri Krishna is, ### “You understand nothing. You draw conclusions without proper understanding of the structure of life and your relationship to people or things in general. This is a very sorry state. How can you draw conclusions without proper premises? ###If you draw a conclusion based on a wrong premise, the conclusion is also wrong. Therefore, all that you have been told up to this time is without any foundation because you do not know either yourself or the world.”
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*What is the meaning of knowing oneself and the world? 

**These questions will be answered gradually in the Second and the Third Chapters. 

***The Second Chapter will tell us what we are, and the ****Third Chapter will tell us what the world is.
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NEXT : The Second Chapter Begins: Sankhya Yoga
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To be continued ...


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