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The Language of the Bhagavadgita: 5. Swami Krishnananda.

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  ================================================================================= Saturday 25, January 2025, 10:00. Article Srimad Bhagavad Gita The Language of the Bhagavadgita: 5.  Swami Krishnananda. (Gita Jayanti Message spoken on December 26, 1982) ============================================================================== Now darshanam is necessary. ā€ Manyase yadi tac chakyam maya drastum iti prabho, yogesvara tato me tvam darsayatmanam avyayam (B.G. 11.4): ā€œO Lord, if you feel I am fit for this vision, deign, condescend to grant me this vision.ā€ The vision was granted. The whole sky was lit up with light, and thousands of suns arose, as it were, said the poet. What else can be said? Thousands of suns are nobodies before this light, but we have to say something. What else can we say? We are like frogs in a well and the ocean is so big, but whatever we say, it cannot be equal to the actual ocean. So we may say it is like thousands of suns or millions of suns, but tha...