Vakratunda Mahakaya GururBrahma GururVishnu

Surya Koti Sama Prabha GururDevo Maheshwaraha

Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Guru Saakshaat ParaBrahma
Sarva Karyesu Sarvada. Tasmai Sri Gurave Namaha
May God protect us, the teacher and the student. May we
enjoy together. Let us work together sincerely. Whatever
that we may learn, may that be useful to us. Let us not
hate each other for any reason.
 GEETA DYAANAM : MEDITATION ON THE BHAGAVAT

Om parthaya prathiboditham bhagawathaa narayanena swayam

Vyasaena grahithaam purana muninaa madhye mahabaratham |
Advaithamrutha varshineem bhagawtheem ashtadasaadhyayineem
Ambaa thvaam anusandadhaami bhagwad gite bhava-dweshineem ||1||

That which was taught to Arjuna by Lord Narayana himself, Which was written by the epic sage
Vyasa in the middle of Mahabaratha, Oh Mother goddess who showers the nectar of advaitha
called the Bhagawad Gita , Which has eighteen chapters , I meditate on you mother who removes
all past karma.
Namosthuthe vyasa vishala-buddhe phullaravindaayata pathra nethra |
Yena thvayaa bhaaratha thaila poorna: prajjvaalitho jnanamaya pradheepa: ||2||

Salutations to Vyasa who has immense intellect, who has eyes like petals of a lotus flower, Who
has filled up the oil to the lamp of Mahabaratha , and lighted it to pinpoint wisdom.

Prapanna-parijataaya totra vetraika paanaye |

Jnana mudhraaya krishnaaya geethamritha-duhe nama: ||3||

Salutations to Krishna who is a wish giving tree, who holds a cane to drive the cattle , Who also shows the seal
of Jnana , and gave us all the nectar of Gita.

Sarvopanishadho gaavo dogdhaa gopala- nandana: |

Partho vatsa: sudheer bhokthaa dugdam geetamritham mahathu ||4||

All the Upanishads are the cows and Krishna is the one who milks them, Arjuna is the calf, the devotees are
the consumers of the great nectar of Gita.
Vasudeva sutham devam kamsa chanoora mardhanam |
Devaki paramaanandam krishnam vande jagad-gurum ||5||

I salute the teacher of the world , who is the son of Vasudeva , Who killed Kamsa
and Chanoora and is the one who gave divine joy to Devaki.

Bhishma-drona-tathaa jayadradha-jalaa gandhaara neelothphala

Shalya grahavathee kripena vahanee karnena velaakulaa |
Aswathaama-vikarna-ghora-makaraa duryodhana varthinee
Sotheerna kalu pandavai rana-nadhee kaivarthaka: kesava: ||6||

Bheeshma and Drona were two banks , Jayadrada was the water, Sakuni the king of Gandhara was the
blue lotus, Salya was the crocodile , Kripa was the tide , Karna was the mighty wave, Aswathama and
Vikarna were the dangerous alligators and Duryodhana was the whirlpool, And the Pandavas crossed this
river of war with Krishna as their helmsman.
Paaraasarya-vaca: sarojam-amalam githartha gandothkatam
Naanaakhyanakakesaram hari-kathaa sambodhanaabodhitham |
Loke sajjana shat padairaharaha: pepiyamaanam mudhaa
Bhooyad bhaaratha pamkajam kalimalapradhvamsina: shreyase ||7||

Let the lotus flower of Mahabharata, which arose from the water, Which are the words of son
of Parasara, Vyasa, which has the pollen grains of different stories, Which is taught in the
form of stories of Lord Vishnu, That is drunk by the honey bee of very good people, Help those
who want to remove the ills of Kali age.

Mookam karoti vaachaalam pankhum langhayate girim |

Yath krupa tam-aham vande param-aananda maadhavam ||8||

I salute that Maadhava, the source of supreme bliss, whose grace makes the dumb man
eloquent and the cripple cross mountains.
Yam brahma varunendra rudra marutha: stunvanthi divyai: sthavai:
Vedai: saanga padakramopanishadai: gaayanthi yam saamagaah: |
Dhyanavasthitha thadgadena manasaa pasyanthi yam yogino
Yasyaantham na vidhu suraasura ganaa devaaya tasmai nama: ||9||

I salute him who is worshipped by divine chants by Brahma, Varuna, Indra , Rudra and Vayu,
Who is pleased by singers of Sama Veda, by singing Vedas and Upanishads, by following the
word sequence, Who is seen by yogis who are absorbed in him, with their mind merging in
him, and whose end is not known even by the devas and asuras.
śrībhagavānuvāca The Lord said
Tvam You
anvaśocaḥ are grieving
aśocyān for those who should not be grieved for
ca at the same time
bhāṣase prajñāvādān you are speaking the words of the wise people
paṇḍitāḥ Wise men
na anuśocanti do not grieve
gatāsūn for the dead
ca and
Agatāsūn for the living

Transalation:

The Lord said: You are grieving for those who should not be grieved for.
At the same time, you are speaking the words of the wise people. Wise
men do not grieve for the dead and for the living.
I an in so much of Grief
I am lamenting because there is
such a formidable situation

I do not know how to cope with it.

My body is shivering
My tongue is drying up
 paṇḍitāḥ

You are presenting yourself as a wise person,

by talking about kulakshaya, kuladharma,
varna samkharaha, and all those problems
you are talking about.

GRIEF/LAMENTATION
While speaking words of wisdom, you are
actually thinking foolishly
 ON THIS POINT ONWARDS SHRI KRISHNA WILL START GIVING
KNOWLEDGE TO ARJUNA

The first piece of knowledge

GRIEF

Who is to be grieved? Who is not worth grieving for?

 paṇḍitāḥ na anuśocanti.

wise people do not grieve in life.

WHO IS WISE PERSON /LEARNED PERSON

People of self-knowledge

ātma jnāni

Arjuna is profusely grieving

Arjuna is ignorant.
Arjuna is thinking foolishly
 Self-ignorance is the cause of all human problems and
therefore self-knowledge is the only solution for all human problems.
Action
Japa Cannot Remove Ignorance
Meditation

ātma jnānam
Remove Ignorance
self knowledge

Wise people na anuśocanti, do not grieve at all

The Sign of Wisdom is that we don’t lament in any situation.

 GRIEF

Health is bad
Quarrel in the family Economy is not doing well
 GRIEF
PAST PRESENT FUTURE

ātma jnāni
Wise person

gatāsūn agatāsūn ca.

They do not grieve for the living ones; they do not grieve for the dead ones.
 gatāsūn agatāsūn ca.

They do not grieve for the living ones; they do not grieve for the dead ones.
Whatever comes let it come, whatever goes let it goes. Whether it is sorrow
or happiness set your between these two that is the best way to live a life
 Two types of people

People who are gone People who are going

Nobody is permanent here
Coming and going is the flow of the life

Live wisely every moment that you are living

without cut down by the situation around. Be the
master of the situation and live.
 The only thing we should be grieving is our separation from the Lord
(deeply subjective and spiritual matter)
Nothing external should cause us any grief - Upanishads
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Aum Tryambakam yajaamahe sugandhim
pushtivardhanam |
Urvaarukamiva bandhanaan-mrityormuksheeya
maamritaat ||

The Meaning of the Mantra

We worship the three-eyed One, who is fragrant and who
nourishes all.
Like the fruit falls off from the bondage of the stem, may
we be liberated from death, from mortality.