sri bhagvadgita revisited ch 1 to 5

KRSNAkkkkM VANDE JAGADGURUM

Eternal for human society formed means from very beginning . Right from vedic era to present one human has developed the imagination continuously into reality we say science which contains the material qualities and are thus perishable . Rishis were known to see immortality by their internal power and were called thus seers . They uttered the mantras visiting just in air . Today many of us call these observations as figment of imagination . In fact these are experience of imaginations where they could experience with the core teaching of Vedas as the achievement of almighty , although unimaginable but usually existing with a body assumed .In fact mostly vedmantras relate to the physical pleasures by begging from the deities .

Like a little pond of water has nil existence compared to the vast ocean in parity similarly most of the vedic thoughts do not much reiterate to the knowledge of god and liberation of the soul .

In the minds ofthose who are too attached to sense enjoymental material opulence,and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination of devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take place…gita 44/2 ch

Chapter one

Dhṛtaraṣṭra uvacha….. mamakaḥ paṇḍavaḥ cha kurukshetre kim akurvata , sanjay ?

Sanjay uvacha….Duryodhan tada acharyam upasangamya abravit.

Drupad putreṇa vyuḍham chamum pasya , Acharya . Asmakam cha shuraḥ tan nibodha .Tat Bhiṣhma abhirakṣhitam asmakam balam aparyaptam . Ayaneṣu bhavantaḥ eva abhirakṣantu Bhiṣhma

Sanjanayan tasya harṣham ,Bhishma shaṅkham dadhmau .

Tatah madhavaḥ paṇḍavaḥ cha shaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ .

Tada Arjuna uvacha… me ratham achyut ubhayoh senayoḥ maddhye sthapaya .

Tan sarvan bandhun yuyutsum samupasthitam samikṣya arjuna uvach….kṛṣṇa ,sidanti mama gatraṇi mukham cha parishuṣyati .

Yadi api ete lobha upahata chetasaḥ na pashyanti ,svajanam hi hattva katham sukhinaḥ syama ,madhava . Kulasya kula aghnanam pitarah hi eṣam lupta piṇḍa udaka kriyaḥ patanti.

Evam uktva Arjunaḥ saṅkhye ratha upasthaḥ upavishat .

Chapter two

Sri bhagavan uvācha….

tvā kutah idam kaśmalam vishme samupasthitam .

Arjuna uvach…na cha etat vidmaḥ katarat naḥ garīyaḥ yat vā jayema yadi vā naḥ jayeyuḥ ,yan eva hatvā na jijīviṣāmaḥ te pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ avasthitāḥ .

Srī bhagavān prahasan iva uvācha…. paṇḍitāḥ gata asūn ,agata asūn cha na anuśocanti .

Na tu eva aham jātu na āsam na tvam ,na ime janādhipāḥ na cha eva na sarve vayam ataḥ param bhaviṣyāmaḥ .na asat bhavah vidyate na abhavah satah vidyate . Ime dehāḥ antavantaḥ ,anāśinaḥ aprameyasya nityasya śarīriṇaḥ uktāḥ ,tasmāt yudhyasva . Vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya naraḥ navāni gṛhṇāti aparāṇi tathā jirnani śarīrāṇi vihāy dehi anyāni navani saṁyāti . Mahārathāḥ bhayāt raṇāt uparatam tvam maṁsyante yeṣām cha tvam bahumataḥ bhūtvā lāghavam yāsyasi . Arjuna , traiguṇya viṣayāḥ vedāḥ nistraigunyah nirdvandvaḥ nitya sattvasthaḥ niryoga kṣemaḥ ātmavān bhava . Shruti vipratipannā te yadā buddhih nishchala sthāsyati tadasamādhau achalā yogam avāpsyasi . Rāga dveṣa vimuktaiḥ tu viṣayān indriyaiḥ acharan ātmavaśyaiḥ vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati .

Chapter three

Sri bhagvan uvach…na hi kaśchit api jatu akarmkrit kṣaṇam tiṣṭhati . Sarvah kāryate hi avaśaḥ karma prakṛtijaiḥ guṇaiḥ . Iṣhṭān bhogān hi devah vaḥ yajñabhāvitāḥ dāsyante ,taiḥ apradāya ebhyah dattān yaḥ bhuṅkte sah eva stenaḥ . janaka-ādayaḥ karmaṇā eva hi saṁsiddhim āsthitāḥ . Prakṛteḥ guṇa-saṁmūḍhāḥ guṇa-karmasu sajjante ,tān akṛtsna-vidaḥ mandān krtsnavit na vichalyet .

arjunauvācha ..atha ayam kena prayuktaḥ pāpam purushah acharati .

śrī bhagavān uvācha …eshah kāmaḥ krodhaḥ eṣaḥ rajo-guṇa samudbhava mahā-śanaḥ mahā-pāpmā iha varinam viddhi .

evam buddheḥ param buddhvā atmana atmanam saṁstabhya durāsadam kāma-rūpam shatrum jahi ..

Chapter four

Śrī bhagavān uvācha ..bahūni janmani me cha tava vyatītāni arjuna ,tāni aham veda sarvāṇi .

kāṅkṣantaḥ siddhim karmaṇām yajante iha devatāḥ ,kṣipram hi mānuṣhe loke karmaja siddhiḥ bhavati . yah karmaṇi akarma paśyet ,yah akarmaṇi cha karma sah buddhiman . śhreyān dravyamayāt yajñāt gyāna-yajñaḥ parantapa sarvam karma akhilam ,pārtha gyāne parisamāpyate .

tasmāt agyāna-sambhūtam hṛt-stham atmanah gyāna asinā enam chhittam saṁśayam yogam ātiṣṭha uttiṣṭha bhārata .

Chapter five

Śrī bhagavānuvācha..sannyāsaḥ- karma-yogaḥ cha śreyasa-karau nih tayoh ubhau tukarma-sannyāsāt karma-yogaḥ viśiṣyate . karmāṇi saṅgam tyaktvā adhaya brahmani yah karoti lipyate na papen sah padma-patram iva ambhasā . ihaeva saknoti yaḥ prak sharira soḍhum vimokṣaṇāt— kāma krodha udbhavam vegam yuktah saḥ saḥ sukhī naraḥ sah . Gyatva mam bhoktāram yagya tapasām sarva-loka maheśvaram sarva bhutanam suhṛdam śhāntim ṛcchati.

It deals with the high politics creating the anger with in the minds of drona and bhishma may be they had till not decided to proceed .

See the arrangement of army prepared by dhrishtdumna , the son of drupad, your friend turned foe and vowed to kill you drona , my guru , duryodhana said .

Of course there are many warriors in my side but insufficient therefore you all please cover the old bhishma pitamah to life .

Naturally there existed no reason to not fight Mahabharata when bhishma and drona got enraged and insulted .

And thus the lord krsna announced the war which made arjuna confused .

How can we fight against these greedy aggressors who are not looking for family welfares and going to carry the sin . Over all they are our relatives nevertheless we are going to fight and for whom then .

Have we forgotten the worship to our pitars with water etc which vedas teach to be performed by our coming generations .

I do not find any reason of happiness to kill situation therefore, arjuna explained .

And this shows the wisdom narrated in vedas to live in any circumstance peacefully , arjuna told .

In the battlefield and in this situation of fight how you can talk irresponsible and shameful , O arjuna , lord asked .

There being drona and bhishma elders do I find me competent and lawful to fight where nothing except carrying sin for physical pleasures is coming the aim , arjuna replied .

And also there is a complete chance of win or no win situation therefore in a such a circumstance I am confused to decide for what to do or not .

Sri bhagvan spoke dramatically ..on one side you talk of pitars means souls as described in vedas as in case of a cowboy coming with new cloths daily and then believe in body acts on the other , what a joke ? There exists soul after death of the body even and thus no worries for pleasures and pain for soul is considerable .

Also if soul comes and goes in different bodies why to worry for physical experiences . There is neither persistence of material body like moon and nor shortage of light like in the sun and so is with the soul means no recognition of independent soul of a source but body .

Every creature is bound to do its duty similarly you being a warrior are supposed to fight for just .

Therefore the wisdom says to fight in both win and no win condition because there always is an enjoyment here or after death there .

Of course there where vedas talk of enjoyment ,no stability of intellect in almighty is taken who has made this universe running .

Therefore make the deeds oriented by wisdom and that is a stable minded act without caring for loss or profit .

Actually when the senses are controlled then the intellect is controlled but still senses go for variable mind and generate anger resulting the loss of wisdom .

A complete sense of peace is only attainable when intellect leans towards almighty and goes not for variation of different sides of desires .

Like running rivers go to fill ocean or rivers itself are fed with ocean this creation goes and goes on . For a stable minded person to attain the eventual peace this is the best way.

So if the stable minded person attached to thought of almighty is better why I should act this ghostly act of war then , arjuna asked . Sri bhagvan replied..there are always two factors of do and not to do . Nobody can live without doing as the body needs to work all the time . It is better to do as per nature of which this body is made of . Space ,air , fire ,water and earth five factors make the body and the body of universe of course . Making a balance of these elements is the balancing of nature and in other words the swabhav is the second factor of working the body . Every creature works as per nature and these elements react to provide the food for body to live . Only human possess the mind to control the senses and intellect .When used to cover the mind ,proper work is performed and with the qualities which are three in nature . It is therefore necessary to act as per three qualities and this performance makes the type of human . Even king Janak performed the prescribed duties who once decided to leave work for renunciation .

If such a process is there why people act to commit sin , arjuna asked .

Lust is the root cause of misdeeds , lord replied . This lust makes the mind of human only uncontrolled and even one sense is sufficient to misguide the mind to act . Therefore the soul being the super one guides the intellect to control mind and senses , only then the person succeeds win lust .

Sri bhagwan spoke..As already told about the soul coming and going every creature is bound to act but the body acquired differs and hence one always do not know the past . All the works are therefore performed by the qualities of nature comprised of five elements and hence one can also expect the return value from deities , may be natural elements or the souls in surroundings.

The philosophy of work differs from person to person but the winner always acts for the welfare of the soul and thus is never bound by the desires or the fruit of action .

Here the wisdom plays role for what and how to do or not to . Either one can attain the knowledge by self or as per the faith on the learned one .

A confused or under determined person lives with no more of the life .

Lord describes the difference between renunciation and abandonment here . sri bhagvan said..there is a small difference with the understanding of sanyas and karma , o arjuna . Every human , of course this applies to human only being of a rajas quality by nature , is bound to do work . For the purification of atman , the mind , everybody performs the act . The human being unattached to senses gratification is said to be a sankhyayogi , gyani etc performing the act like that a leaf of lotus in water remains un effected with touch . Similarly a human performing the act not caring to desires towards fruit of action is called karmayogi . A simple example shows the difference considering the activities of a woman as sanyasi and a man as karmyogi .

The person who is attached to the senses gratification is an ignorant one knowing all the pleasures thus achieved are perishable in nature and are for short time being . Although the mind when cleared with the ignorant dust achieves the pure soul , atmanam , the pleasure called brahman but the common person understands this performed by god .