Kurukshetra is the sacrificial arena of the devas. In the sruti it is said: kurukshetram deva-yajanam. What, then, is his intention in asking, 'What did they do'? In response to this, Dhritarashtra has used the words dharma-kshetre, the land of dharma. O Sanjaya, what did my sons and the sons of Pandu do, having assembled at Kurukshetra, desiring to fight? Here a question arises: Dhritarashtra has mentioned that his sons and the Pandavas have assembled with the sole purpose of fighting, so it is certain that they will fight. To explain the nature of Arjuna's lamentation and illusion, the speaker of the Mahabharata, Sri Vaisampayana, a disciple of Vyasadeva, recited the Bhishma-parva section to his listener, Janamejaya, by beginning with dhritarashtra uvaca. This will be examined later in more detail. On the other hand, pradhani-bhuta-bhakti remains mixed with karma and jnana. Therefore, it is known as parama-prabala (supremely powerful), akincana (whereby Krishna is one's only possession), ananya (unalloyed), and so on. Kevala-bhakti, being independent and supremely powerful, does not need any assistance from karma and jnana. Therefore, they are partially successful only when they are mixed with bhakti.īhakti is of two types: kevala (exclusive) and pradhani-bhuta (with bhakti predominating). Without bhakti, karma and jnana are fruitless. Bhakti is the very life of karma and jnana.
The six chapters placed between them are more confidential, describing bhakti-yoga, which is more rarely attained than either karma-yoga or jnana-yoga. Nishkama-karma-yoga, working without attachment to the fruits of one's prescribed duties, is described in the first six chapters, and jnana-yoga (acquiring union through knowledge) in the last six chapters. Thus Sri Krishna reveals the parama-purushartha or supreme objective. The eighteen chapters of Bhagavad-gita are blessed with the purport of the entire Vedas which manifest as eighteen types of knowledge. This Gita has three divisions: karma-yoga, jnana-yoga and bhakti-yoga. He directed these instructions of Bhagavad-gita to His very dear associate, priya-parikara Arjuna, who had voluntarily accepted a veil of lamentation and illusion. Another purpose was to uphold His glories which are found in the sastra and sung by the munis. But on the pretext of removing the burden of the earth, He in fact awarded supreme protection in the form of mukti (liberation) to miscreants, to those who were antagonistic towards Him and to all those jivas drowning in this vast ocean of material existence which is compared to Kumbhipaka-naraka, a hellish planet where sinful persons are cooked in boiling oil.īhagavan Sri Krishna instructed Bhagavad-gita so that even after His disappearance, baddha-jivas, conditioned souls, who have been influenced by ignorance since time immemorial and completely bound by lamentation, illusion and so forth, could be delivered. He appeared in this world, being bound by His promise to protect the saintly persons and annihilate the asuras. He submerged them in the great ocean of prema by bestowing upon them a taste of the sweetness of His beauty (saundarya-madhurya) and other qualities. He imparted the instructions of Bhagavad-gita, thus delivering the jivas of this world who were drowning in the ocean of birth and death. Although He is adhokshaja, supremely inconceivable, beyond the cognition of material senses, He nevertheless became visible to the eyes of common men through the medium of His yogamaya potency. The Supreme Absolute Truth, parabrahma Sri Krishna, whose lotus feet are the ultimate objective of all devotion and sastra, appeared in His original human-like form as Sri Vasudeva-nandana, the son of Sri Vasudeva, in Sri Gopala-puri. Therefore, saintly persons should forgive this surrendered soul. Although I am ignorant, by following the conclusions of Sri Gauranga-Sundara, the crest-jewel of all sannyasis, and by deliberating on the thoughts expressed by the previous Vaishnava acaryas, I have become greedy to taste a drop of nectar in the form of the Gita. May Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who dispelled the darkness of the earth by distributing His own name who is increasing the bliss of the lotus-like bhaktas who is the storehouse of the nectar of prema and who is the bestower of unnata-ujjvala-rasa, which is the most elevated relationship of divine conjugal love, perform His playful pastimes in my heart. The Innermost Intention of the Shower of Essential Meanings Nov 30, CANADA (SUN) Today is the auspicious occasion of Gita Jayanti, the advent of Srimad Bhagavad-gita. The Bhavanuvada of the Sarartha-varsini-tika The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - Feature Stories - November 2006
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