Commentary on the Bhagavadgita: 1. Swami Krishnananda
============================================================================ Wednesday 18, December 2024, 11:10. Commentary on the Bhagavadgita: 1. Discourse 1: The Colophon of the Bhagavadgita-1. Swami Krishnananda ============================================================================ Brahmavidyayam yogasastre Srikrisharjuna samvade. These words occur at the end of each chapter of the Bhagavadgita. Those who do not know Sanskrit might not have even noticed this. Those who know Sanskrit just take it for granted and bypass it as something that needs to be recited at the end of each chapter, whatever the reason may be. But there is no redundant word in the Bhagavadgita. There is nothing that can be bypassed or considered as introductory, just to be glossed over. Even if there is a well-known apostrophe—SrIbhagavAn-uvAca—that also has a meaning by itself. What does the Bhagavadgita teach? It teaches three things: brahmavidyayam yogasastre Srikrishnarjuna samvade...