“Whatever actions are performed by a man under whatever circumstances,
he gets the fruits of those actions under whatever circumstances they may be performed.
– Krishna, Jarasandhabadha Parva
Have you ever pondered Why our Holy Book Bhagavad Gita is considered one of the renowned books of all time?
Well, yes you may have gazed upon that human is bonded by a life-cycle and the process of performing karmas as a set of our birth purpose on this earth.
God
The body is a tool,
controlled by the unthinkable;
he is called God.
Karma Yoga
act without worry,
not color cloths and practices;
sannyasa is fire.
Kavishala discloses some epic moments of Battleground when our readers will get engaged from the history of Kauravas and Pandavas.
We bring you answers to some general questions that you may have been thinking before reading ahead:
=> What is the Geeta Saar and Bhagvad Gita all about?
=> What is Shree Krishna's Virat roop? What did Arjuna experience during Krishna Bhagwan's Virat roop darshan?
=>How can we get Spiritual Enlightenment according to the Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta?
=>What does Om Namo Bhagvate Vasudevaya mean? Why is Lord Krishna referred to as Vasudev and Narayan?
=>Why should people worship Bal Krishna (Laddu Gopal)?
=>Who runs the world, according to the Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta?
The mystery of Bhagavad Gita is revealed here in few words!
Ever imagined why did Lord Krishna tell Arjuna to fight the battle of Mahabharat?
At that time Lord Krishna was the nimit for precious words. Arjuna was overwhelmed with worldly attachment. Despite having acknowledged the duty (dharma) of a Kshatriya (role of a warrior), he couldn't forget the relations and attachment (moha) for his brothers and teachers who were his enemies on the battlefield.
Arjuna was in a deep dilemma and so Lord Krishna cautioned Arjuna saying, "Remove the illusion. Come fight for Your dharma right away.
Be YourSelf, Do not become the doer or the non-doer of karma." Lord Shri Krishna knew 'vyavasthit' and thus uttered what resided within the laws of vyavasthit, but people didn't understand this and so they asked the Lord being a Gyani would say, "Kill them all."
This instruction was meant for that moment, but it was not an instruction for the duration of his entire life. Seeing all his relatives around him, Arjuna was overcome with attachment and affection.
Lord Krishna knew that his attachment was temporary and that is why Lord Krishna spoke to him as a nimit (not the owner of the words).
He told Arjuna, "You are a Kshatriya and your parmanus (Prakriti's constitution) are such that they will not refrain from fighting.
In order to kill, carry out your actions without attachment. Do not have this ego of, 'I am killing all these people.'
Lord Krishna had attained a divine inner vision (divyachakshu) from Lord Neminath and only thereafter did give instruction and values in the Gita.
Lord Krishna is trying to say only 2 words in the Gita. People cannot understand those two words and that is why he had to create the whole Gita and just to understand the Gita, people have written commentaries.
Lord Krishna, himself says, "Only one out of a thousand people will understand the gross or overt meaning of what I am saying in the Gita. Out of 1000 such people, only 1 can understand the subtle meaning of what I am saying. Out of one thousand such people, only one can understand the subtler meaning, out of those who understand the subtler meaning, only one can understand exactly the essence of what I am saying."
Now out of 3 and 1/2 billion people, who would qualify to understand what Lord Krishna was saying?
Only the one, who has become Krishna himself, can say what Lord Krishna was trying to say in the two words. No one else can. Today, 'we have come as Krishna so whatever work you need to get done, get it done.
Men experience happiness and misery by turn.
No man ever enjoys unmixed happiness.
A wise man, possessing high wisdom, knowing that life has its ups and downs,
is neither filled with joy nor with grief. When happiness comes, one should enjoy it,
and when misery comes one should bear it.
What did Lord Krishna mean from these lines?
A person who dies, leaves the earth when people say, "He left the body?" That, which leaves, is the 'real thing' and whatever is left behind is the 'packing'. What you see with your physical eyes is the packing and the material (Soul or Atma) is within. There are varieties of packings. Some are in the form of a tree, some in the form of a donkey, some in the form of a man or a woman, etc, but the material, the content within each is the same. The packing can be in any form; it can even be rotten but a businessman is not really concerned with the outer packing, he is only concerned with the material within. Similarly, you should do the darshan of that material (the Self, the Lord) within the body.
Lord Krishna says, "The 'material' that is within is precisely what I am; that verily is Krishna. Recognize Him and you will find what you are looking for. Otherwise, even if you sing the verses of the Gita for millions of lifetimes, you will not make any progress."
Whatever Lord Krishna is saying is conveyed in these two words: 'packing' and 'material', but these so-called smart people try to find the meaning in the Gita and publish books in the process. They don't know how to extract the essence of his message and then they write volumes of commentaries and criticisms in trying to extract the essence. They do this out of their own intellectually driven agendas in order to gain recognition and fame. But the entire inner intent of Lord Krishna is within two words of the Universe.
Friendship never remains in the world in anyone’s heart without being worn out,
Time wears it out, anger destroys it.
The poor cannot be the friend of the rich,
the unlearned cannot be the friend of the learned,
the coward cannot be the friend of the brave.”
– Drupada to Drona
Who can expose Lord Krishna's intention?
In the ancient era, a son understood his father even with an age difference of 25 years but today one doesn't have the inner ability to understand what the father is really trying to convey.
So, if anyone is going to understand what Lord Krishna was trying to convey?
There is a lot being written about the Gita but the author himself does not understand even a hair's worth of the essence of the Gita. This is like the blind leading the blind. It is all useless. It is like that. Yet it is not wrong; it is correct but it is all comparable to a teacher of the first standard. Herewith 'us' the talks you hear are comparable to the level of Ph.D. These commentaries on the Gita are like teaching in the 1st year of school. One can only get complete information on all the scriptures from a Gyani Purush.