Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Shrimad Bhgwat Geeta Chapter-One Shlok 1


धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।

मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत संजय।।1।।

धृतराष्ट्र बोलेः हे संजय ! धर्मभूमि कुरुक्षेत्र में एकत्रित, युद्ध की इच्छावाले मेरे पाण्डु के पुत्रों ने क्या किया? (1)



Dhristhrastra said:
Dharma Ksetre Kuruksetre samaveta yuyutasava,
Mamkaha Pandvasachaiva kimkurvata Sanjaya.

Dhrishtrstra asked Sanjay, at Religious land of Kurukkeshtra, what did my Pandu Sons did who came together there for war purpose.


Explanation of Geeta Chapter 1 Phrase (1)


1.  Dhristrashtra was the king of Hastinapur.

2.  Sanjay got miracle eye to watch anything happening far away from the blessings of his respected teacher Guru ‘Vyas.

3. Before the war of Mahabharat, Dhristrastra wish to know that what Pandav’s are doing at war place.

4. Kurukkeshtra was a religious land as war which was going to conduct their was the war of truth, as Pandav’s want to have a piece of land from their own kingdom which was totally won by Kaurava’s.


Learning from Geeta Chapter 1 Phrase (1)

  1. Top managements, kings, high officers or head of family must keep in view about what’s happening in their organization or kingdom.
  2. There must be one or more specialized and skilled person who can convey information about day-to-day happenings to the top officers
  3. Worship your work place, always think good for land where you are living or working as ‘Dhristhrastra’ used the words ‘Dharma Ksetre Kuruksetre’
  4. Keep eye on everything around you whether world, nation, family, friend competitors or enemy, must be up to date with news about them.

Mahabharat War- Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta Origin

Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta was said by Lord Shri Krishna (Hindu God) to Arjun, so as to eradicate obstacles from the mind of Arjun before Mahabharat war. As Mahabharat war took place within own relatives, at that time Arjun was feeling sad about having war with his near once. Mahabharat, was the war of religion, set at the place known as Kurukkeshtra i.e. why that place is termed as auspicious and religious land as the war was for getting a piece of land from own kingdom of land. This war takes places thousands of years ago between Pandav's and Kaurawa's who belongs to same kingdom.

For the war purpose, Kurav's and Pandav's meets Lord Shri Krishna for his involvement in the war. Kaurav's asked Shri Krishna for his armed force and Pandav's asked for Lord Shri Krihna himself to help them in the war, so both gets respectively according to their desires. This war happened with all rules and regulations and was  full of tactics, strategies, management with shows a real competitive ways to won the war any how by following the path of truth.


Shrimad Bhgwat Geeta was originated and narrated within this war place by the words from mouth of Lord Shri Krishna which was having spiritual and philosophical lessons to Arjuna about having war and why Arjuna must not feel sad on having this war between his own relatives. In this text Shri Krishna explained to Arjuna about his basic work i,e, to fight for rights as being the protector of his own kingdom and he have to do so for his future.

Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta is divided into 18 chapters, every chapter contain poetic text or phrases known as sholaka's. This blog will keep on updating on these 18 chapters with their meaning and understandings about its psychology and its context from today's world.