Chapter One - Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra
SANSKRIT TEXT 1.1
dhrtarastra uvaca
dharma-ksetre kuru-ksetre
samaveta yuyutsavah
mamakah pandavas caiva
kim akurvata sanjaya
TRANSLATION
Dhrtarastra said: O Sanjaya, after assembling in the place of pilgrimage at Kuruksetra, what did my sons and the sons of Pandu do, being desirous to fight?
SHORT EXPLANATON
The topics discussed by Dhrtarastra and Sanjaya form the basic principle for this philosophy. It is understood that this philosophy evolved on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, which is a sacred place of pilgrimage of the Vedic age.
On the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Krsna) was present on the side of Arjuna. The unwanted elements like Dhrtarastra's son Duryodhana and others would be wiped out and the religious persons, like Yudhisthira, would be established by the Lord. The first verses mainly concern who were on the battlefield and the first verse is a question.
About the Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita literally means "Song of the Lord". The Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita are two books from Indian history. Mahabharata is the name of the war that is being fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Kauravas are the symbol of negative and the Pandavas are the symbol of the positive. The book is a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna. This dialogue sets out three ways in which man can achieve salvation of this earthly life. These roads are: karma yoga, bhakti yoga and gyan yoga. Bhagavad Gita is the essence of the Vedas and Upanishads and 5,000 + years old.
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Sources:
https://krishna.org/category/prabhupada/books/bhagavad-gita-books/
https://asitis.com
https://archive.org/stream/BhagvadGitaNotesComplete-GaurangaPriyaDasa/BhagvadGitaNotesComplete-GaurangaPriyaDasa_djvu.txt
http://www.iskcon.org
Note
There are many translations and as many interpretations of the verses.
I use the translation by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada from the Sanskrit to the Englisch.
Prabhupada is the founder acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
I lived in a Hare Krishna ashram for three years and know this book quite well. There were Sanskrit verses that I knew from my mind but that's worn out.More of my posts on Vaishnavism.
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@steemspoker/joining-the-hare-krishna-movement-and-dance-chant-eat-sing-and-waking-up-very-early-in-the-morning
https://steemit.com/religion/@steemspoker/hare-krishna-bhaktivedanta-swami-praphupada
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@steemspoker/bhakti-yoga
