The Bhagawadgita or The Divine Song

The Bhagawadgita or The Divine Song

There are two great epics to illustrate the historical nature of Bharata varsha. The first one is the Ramayana presented by Sri Valmiki and the second one –the Mahabaharata, an invaluable gift to mankind by Bhagawan Sri Vedavyasa. The guide lines for leading an ideal life were practically demonstrated in the Ramayana as the life of Sri Rama, where as the principles for removing the miseries in the human life by understanding the bonding nature of action and for practicing the spiritual progress and there by obtaining salvation are given in the Mahabharata simplifying them as the Bhagawadgita.

Before the beginning of the Kurukshetra war, Arjuna saw the both armies arrayed in the battle field. His mind was deeply agitated as he was going to be the reason for slaying the kith and kin, all blood relations and the pros and cons after the war. Krisha, his charioteer spoke to him in order to quell his agitation and remove his doubts. Krishna’s exhortation to Arjuna at that juncture in the Bhagawadgita, which is enshrined in millions of hearts as the word of God, and which is acknowledged by all as one of the supreme treasures of human literature. The gospel of devotion to duty, without attachment of desire or reward has shown the way of life for all men, rich or poor, learned or ignorant who have sought refuge and for light in the dark problems of life.

Human life is a battle field. All will get confusion at one stage or other, while deciding which is good and which is bad and if the actions are of binding nature, why not to refrain from them altogether. Arjuna is a replica of the confused soul as such. The Lord Himself preaches the necessity of performing one’s own duty without attachment and anticipation of the fruit of action, where by one will not be bound to the shackles of attachment and ultimately qualified for liberation from the vicious circle of births and deaths.

For the theists as well as atheist, the Bhagawadgita provides solutions for each and every problem of any nature in the day to day life and enables them to get rid of the grief arose due to those problems.

The Mahabharata is itself 18 parvas out of which, with 18 chapters blossoms the Bhagawadgita through the lotus –like face of Lord. All chapters carry equal prominence... However, the Lord with great compassion, presents to us a variety of points of great truth and wonder, one in each chapter. As a book of scripture, the Bhagawadgita has assumed a position of universal interest. Its teachings have gained appreciation not only in India , but far beyond its borders. Its greatness was acknowledged from the time immemorial by multitudes of people. The subject is ever green presenting a somewhat strange point to our understanding at each recitation. Hence nobody can say that he has fully mastered the Gita and under stood the hidden meanings in it.

All men, irrespective of caste, creed, status and sex possess the right to study the Gita: the only qualifications needed being faith and reverence. Hence those who desire their own welfare may go through the Gita with faith and reverence for spiritual practice and for realizing the divine truth that how improper it is to waste even a single moment of one’s time in indulging in the transient pleasures, which are roots of all types of miseries. They may encourage their children also for undertaking this practice. 

Article compiled by: Ch.S.P.Sarma, Jinnuru.