Understand

Bhagavad Gita
IN 18 days

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ISKCON Radha Govinda Temple Mangalore
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teachings of

His Divine Grace

A.C.
Bhaktivedanta
Swami
Prabhupada
Founder-Acharya
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Temple President
H G Nama Nishtha Das
B.Tech, IIT Kanpur
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 Bhagavad Gita is an epic scripture that ha

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 Those who
meditate on the
Gita will derive
fresh joy and
new meanings
from it every
day.”

“When I read the

Bhagavad Gita and
reflect about how
God created this
universe, everything
else seems so
superfluous.”
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 Why ISKCON’s Bhagavad Gita As It is?
Phone gets damaged if you charge
it with a broken cable,
It cannot be used for proper data
transfer either
This is due to lack of contact
between the source and the
receiver

Similarly the message of Krsna

must come via an unbroken chain
of disciplic succession

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 Gita is a vast book. A systematic
study of the Gita will take about an
year
In 18 Days we can’t do that.
So,
We are focusing on the flow of
thoughts between Krsna and
Arjuna

Objective : To prepare one for a

deeper study of Gita

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 The mood of BG

Arjuna’s bewilderment and appearance of illusion must

be understood to be Krishna’s arrangement.
If not for Arjuna’s confusion and bewilderment there would
have been no necessity for Krishna to speak the Bhagavad
Gita to rescue him. Although Arjuna is the apparent first
listener of the Bhagavad-Gita it is for the benefit of
everyone.

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 Arjuna’s indecisiveness

Krishna drove the chariot in midst of both armies.

ght the Battle of Kurukṣetra. He surrendered unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and consequently

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 Arjuna’s indecisiveness

Krishna drove the chariot in midst of both armies.

ght the Battle of Kurukṣetra. He surrendered unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and consequently

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 Every journey begins with a single step

Let’s begin the Journey into the mysticism of Gita

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Welcome
 sarva upanishado gavo,
dogdha gopala-nandanah
partho vatsah su-dhir bhokta,
dugdham gitamritam mahat

he son of Nanda. Arjuna is the calf, the beautiful nectar of the Gita is the milk, and the fo

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 ARJUNA VISADA
YOGA

Arjuna’s Yoga of Lamentation

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 Different reactions to the same scene

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 Dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre
samavetā yuyutsavaḥ
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva
kim akurvata sañjaya
BG 1.1

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 dharma-kṣetre

māmakāḥ
pāṇḍavāha

kim akurvata
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 “O my teacher,
behold the great
army of the sons
of Pāṇḍu, so
expertly arranged
by your
intelligent
disciple, the son
of Drupada.”
BG 1.3

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 1.19
sa ghoṣo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṁ
hṛdayāni vyadārayat
nabhaś ca pṛthivīṁ caiva
tumulo ‘bhyanunādayan

The blowing of these different

conchshells became uproarious, and
thus, vibrating both in the sky and on
the earth, it shattered the hearts of
the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

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 Dharmaksetra
Divine Chariot
Kapidhwaja
Shankha Nada
Gandiva (Pashupatastra)
Tyakta Jivita
Mokshada Ekadasi
BhagyaLakshmi
Hrsikesa

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 • Compassion(BG 1.28)
• No enjoyment(BG 1.31)
• Sin(BG1.36)
• Family traditions(BG 1.45)
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• Indecision(BG 2.6)
 Which can you relate to?

1.Compassion
2.No enjoyment
3.Sin
4.Family traditions
5.Indecision

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 Observing The Armies on the Battlefield
Event Reference Keywords

1. Dhrtarastra’s Enquiry 1.1 kim akurvata

2. Duryodhana’s fear 1.2-1.11 mahatīṁ camūm

vyūḍhāṁ
3. Blowing of Conches 1.12-1.19 hṛdayāni vyadārayat

4. Arjuna’s observation 1.20-27 gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāt

5. Arjuna’s reasons not to 1.28-1.46 apratīkāram aśastraṁ

fight

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