Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Issue#1
Dear Readers Bhagavad Gita is the conversation between Lord Krishna and Arjuna in the Battlefield of Kurushetra. In a way we are also like Arjuna waging war against the materialistic forces. After hearing the Bhagavad Gita Kirshna enquired Arjuna whether all his illusions are removed? And Arujna replied that all his illusions have been removed and told “Karishye Vachanam Tava” [18.73] I will follow whatever you have said. At the conclusion Krishna also says “Those who study or listen this sacred conversation shall attain the blessed worlds of those who perform virtuous deeds”. [18.71] That is the greatness of reading the Gita. The Gita is like an ocean that many philosophers and erudite scholars have written commentary on it. Adi Sankaracharaya says in his Bhaja Govindam “Bhagavad Gita Kinchida Deeta, Ganga Jalalava Kanika Peeta” i.e. “please read atleast few verses from Bhagavad Gita or take a sip of Ganga”. Reading Bhagavad Gita is such a sacred act. There is no doubt any who reads w