Gita 1.16-17-18 anantavijayam raja kunti-putro yudhisthirah nakulah sahadevas ca sughosa-manipuspakau kasyas ca paramesv-asah sikhandi ca maha-rathah dhrstadyumno viratas ca satyakis caparajitah drupado draupadeyas ca sarvasah prthivi-pate saubhadras ca maha-bahuh sankhan dadhmuh prthak prthak Meaning – King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, blew his conchshell, the Ananta-vijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughosa […]
Gita 1.7 asmakam tu visista ye tan nibodha dvijottama nayaka mama sainyasya samjnartham tan bravimi te Meaning – “know also, O best among twice born, the names of those who are the most distinguished among ourselves, the leaders of my army, these I name to thee for thy information”. Explanation – In this verse, Duryodhana […]
Venu Payyanur Gita 1.3 pasyaitam pandu-putranam acarya mahatim camum vyudham drupada-putrena tava sisyena dhimata “O my teacher, behold the great army of the sons of Pandu, so expertly arranged by your intelligent disciple, the son of Drupada”. Duryodhana is thinking that Drona might decline to fight in the battle, out of affection for the […]
Venu Payyanur Chapter 1 – Arjuna Visada Yoga Chapter one introduces the scene, the setting, the circumstances and the characters involved determining the reasons for the Bhagavad-Gita’s revelation. The scene is the sacred plain of Kurukshetra. The setting is a battlefield. The circumstance is war. The main characters are the Supreme Lord Krishna and Prince […]
Venu Payyanur. The philosophy contained in the pages of the Bhagavad Gita is considered relevant and essential to our understanding of ourselves even in the western world. Leading business schools in the USA such as Kellogg have included the Bhagavad Gita as an elective subject in their curriculum. For thousands of years, the Bhagavad Gita […]
Venu Payyanur. Bhagavad Gita, the name itself inspires most of us, and we think of it with awe! Why? What is Bhagavad Gita? Different people think of and study Gita differently. For me Gita is a doctrine of universal truth. Its message is universal, sublime, non-sectarian and deals with most sacred metaphysical science. It imparts […]
Venu Payyanur After a hiatus of five months I am resuming my writing. And the topic is “Bhagavad Gita for executives”. There are hundreds of Gita commentaries available these days written by enlightened souls and Yogis, and there are plenty of management books written by eminent Gurus available for an aspiring learner to pick from. […]
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