BHAGAVAD GITA - THE SONG OF GOD

 

 

                                          

                                 

BHAGAVAD  GITA  - THE SONG OF GOD -   

 

The armies of  the Pandavas and the Kauravas stood facing each other on the battlefield.  Then suddenly, a chariot drew away from the Pandava side and came between the two armies.  A banner displaying the image of a monkey fluttered above it.  It was Arjuna !

Arjuna looked at the army before him.  Then he looked at the army behind him. Brothers, uncles and nephews, ready to fight and kill one another -- for what? A piece of land?  'I cannot do this,' he said.  'This cannot be dharma!'.

To the surprise of all assembled warriors, he lowered his bow.

 

'Don't be such  a weakling, Arjuna.  Face the situation like a man!'  shouted Krishna.

 

'I cannot,' moaned Arjuna, his shoulders drooping.

 

It is your duty as Kshatriya, said Krishna, trying to reason with him. 

 

I cannot,' said Arjuna.

 

'They abused your wife.  They encroached  upon your kingdom.  Fight for justice, Arjuna!',  pleaded Krishna.

 

Arjuna remained unmoved. ' I see no sense in killing brothers and uncles  and friends. This is cruelty, not nobility.  I would rather have peace than vengeance.'

 

'Noble thoughts indeed,' said Krishna,  'but where does this nobility come from?.  Generosity or fear?  Wisdom or ignorance?  Suddenly, you are confronted by the enormity of the situation -- the possibility of failure, the price of success -- and you tremble.  You wish it had not come to this.  Rather than face the situation, you withdraw.  Your decision is based on a misreading of the situation.  If you knew the world as it truly is, you would be in bliss even at this moment.'

 

'I don't understand,' said Arjuna.

 

It was then that Krishna sang his song, a song that explained to Arjuna the true nature of the world.   This was the Bhagavad Gita, the song of God.

 

 

 

 

The Bhagavad Gita is the most popular Hindu scripture because in it God speaks directly to man. 

 

 

The Shrimad Bhagavad Gita,   'The Song by God' often referred to as the Gita  is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the epic Mahabharata (chapters 23–40 of book 6 of the Mahabharata called the Bhishma Parva), dated to the second half of the first millennium BCE and is typical of the Hindu synthesis. It is considered to be one of the holy scriptures for Hinduism.  

 

The Bhagavad Gita is written by Veda-Vyasa who has written Mahabharata and this is a part of it.

 

 

 

The Gita is set in a narrative framework of a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide and charioteer Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. At the start of the Dharma Yuddha (righteous war) between Pandavas and Kauravas, Arjuna is preoccupied by a moral dilemma and despair about the violence and death the war will cause in the battle against his kin. Wondering if he should renounce the war, he seeks Krishna's counsel, whose answers and discourse constitute the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna counsels Arjuna to "fulfill his Kshatriya (warrior) duty to uphold the Dharma" through "selfless action"^.  The Krishna–Arjuna dialogues cover a broad range of spiritual topics, touching upon ethical dilemmas and philosophical issues that go far beyond the war Arjuna faces.

 

 

The Bhagavad Gita is the best known, and most influential of Hindu scriptures. While Hinduism is known for its diversity and its synthesis therefrom, the Bhagavad Gita has a unique pan-Hindu influence.

The Gita  was first translated into English in 1785 by Charles Wilkins under the patronage of the then Governor General, Warren Hastings.  It reached Europe and was translated into other European languages like French and German.  It was these translations that made the Gita so popular.

 

Krishna is no ordinary character.  He is God to the Hindus, Vishnu, who descends from Vaikuntha to establish dharma. 

 

Sri Krishna is the most worshiped god  by the Hindus of Kerala, India.

 

                    
                                                                   

 

  

While on the subject, I would like to present here a beautiful romantic song picturised on Krishna and Radha on a popular Hindi TV serial.

RadhaKrishn - Tum Prem Ho Tum Preet Ho (Original Happy Version) - YouTube.

 

 (If you have difficulty to open the below  link on the Computer window, then please type Tum Prem Ho Tum Preet Ho .. (Original Happy Version)  in YouTube to enjoy the same.) 

 

 

https://youtu.be/BdckBdgZ4Mk

 

                 

Sri Krishna is one of the most worshiped Hindu God.  He was the most romantic God with 16,008 wives.  Thence, he was the most virile God as well.

Apart from his eight principal wives, Krishna is described to to have married several thousand women, he rescued from the demon Narakasura.

Sri Krishna's 8 principal wives were Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Nagnajiti, Kalindi, Mitravinda,  Bhadra, and Lakshmana.

He loved butter and was famous for his childhood pranks.  He had stolen the clothes of many Gopikas (milkmaids) while they were bathing in a river. He was so  mischievous as a child.  

 

 

 

To talk about the romantic in him, every night, outside the village, in the forest, on the banks of the river Yamuna, in a meadow known as Madhuvan that was full of fragrant flowers, Krishna would stand and play the flute.  All the milkmaids would leave their homes while the rest of the family slept, and come to this meadow to dance around Krishna.  This was their secret pleasure.  Neither the darkness of the night nor the creatures of the forest frightened them.  They felt secure and loved in the company of Krishna.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thousands of Lyrics writers, story tellers, playwrights and such literary giants other than his usual devotees always praised him through their hymns and works.

BHAGAVAD GITA is the most liked Song  thru which God spoke to man.