Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 4 & 5

I'm going back to the monastery. No not really! Writing about the Bhagavad Gita brings back beautiful memories. The food, bhajans, kirtans and the Devotees. I still Chant Hare Krishna mantra . Not according to the standards of ISKCON (16 rounds of 108 beads) That takes about 2 hours

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Chapter One

Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra

SANSKRIT TEXT 4

atra sura mahesv-asa
bhimarjuna-sama yudhi
yuyudhano viratas ca
drupadas ca maha-rathah

sanskrit tekst

TRANSLATION

Here in this army there are many heroic bowmen equal in fighting to Bhima and Arjuna; there are also great fighters like Yuyudhana, Virata and Drupada.

SHORT EXPLANATION

A warrior like Arjuna can kill thousands of other warriors because he has had such a good training. At that time they also used a kind of atomic bomb called Brahmastra

SANSKRIT TEXT 5

dhrstaketus cekitanah
kasirajas ca viryavan
purujit kuntibhojas ca
saibyas ca nara-pungavah

sanskrit tekst 3

TRANSLATION

There are also great, heroic, powerful fighters like Dhrstaketu, Cekitana, Kasiraja, Purujit, Kuntibhoja and Saibya.

SHORT EXPLANATION

According to the writings, war was very different in that time than today. Mantras and weapons with special powers were used. Just think of all those marvel comic movies, Very similar :-)

As I mentioned earlier, the first verses are an introction on the book and the people that appear in it. I therefore use 2 verses by post at this time. Later there is more philosophy in the texts.

Previous texts
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 1
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 2 & 3

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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:
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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.
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