Bhagavadgeeta : ( 26/11/2012. )

--------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, October 20, 2020. 08 : 27. AM. 2. Sri Gita Dhyana : MEDITATION ON THE GITA. ------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Om, O Bhagavadgita, with which Partha (Arjuna) was illumined by Lord Narayana Himself and which was composed in the middle of the Mahabharata by the ancient sage Vyasa, O Divine Mother, the destroyer of rebirth, the showerer of the nectar of Advaita (teaching on the Oneness of all things) and consisting of eighteen chapters—upon Thee, O Bhagavad Gita! O affectionate Mother! I meditate. 2. Salutations unto thee, O Vyasa of broad intellect and with eyes like the petals of full-blown lotus, by whom the lamp of knowledge, filled with the oil of the Mahabharata, has been lighted. 3. Salutations to Krishna, the Parijata tree or the Kalpataru or the bestower of all desires for those who take refuge in Him, the holder of the whip in one hand, the wielder of the symbol of knowledge, and the

  Introduction : The Bhagavadgita occurs in the Bhishma-Parva of the Mahabharata. The whole culture and aspirations of an entire race are embedded in this great Epic. The Bhagavadgita is, as it were, a shining pendant in the garland of that majestic procession of the magnificent literature on the Epic of the Soul,—the Mahabharata. The theme of the Bhagavadgita is the problem of life and its solution. It is the art of solving every conflict and a guide-line in every situation of life. The conflicts are really the apparent irreconcilabilities, and these are precisely the tension of relation between the individual and the society, between the layers of the personality of the individual, between the individual and the universe, and between the universe and the Absolute. These aspects of spiritual evolution are dealt with not only in the entire series of the eighteen Books of the Mahabharata, but also, particularly in the First Chapter, from the Second to the Sixth Chapter, from the Seventh