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Bhagvad-Gita is the widely read theistic science summarized in the Gita Manatmya (Glorification of Gita). There it says that one should read Bhavad-gita very scrutinizingly with the help of a person who is devotee of Shri Krishna and try to understand it without personally motivated interpretations. The example clear understanding is there in the Bhavad-gita itself, in the way the teacing is understood by Arjuna, who heard the Gita directly from the Lord. If someone is fortunate enough to understand the Bhavad-gita in that line of disciplic succession, without motivated interpretation, then he surpasses all studies of Vedic wisdom, and all scriptures of the world. One will find in the Bhagavad-gita all that is contained in other scriptures, but the reader will also find things which are not to be found elsewhere. That is the specific standard of the Gita. It is the perfect theistic science because it is directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead,Lord Shri Krishna.
The topics discussed by Dhritrashtra and Sanjay, as described in the Mahabharat, form the basic principle evolved on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, which is a sacred place of pligrimage from the immemorial time of the vedic age. It was spoken by the lord when he was present personally on this planet for the guidance of mankind.
The word dharma-kshetra (a place where religious retuals are performed) is significant because, on the Battelefield of Kurukshetra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead was present on the side of Arjuna. Dhritrashtra, the father of Kurus, was highly doubtful about the possibility of his sons' ultimate victory. int his doubt, he inqirred from his seceretary Sanjaya,"what did they do?
Dharm-kshetre kuru-kshetre samveta yuyutsavah
mamkah pandavas schaiv kimkurvata sanjaya
Dharitrashtra said: O Sanjay, after my sons and the sons of Pandu assembled in the place of pilgrimage at Kurukshetra, desiring to fight, what did they do? Dhritrashtra was confident that both his sons and sons of his younger brother Pandu were assmbled in that field at Kurushetra for a determined engagement of the war. Still, his inquiry is significant. He did not want a compromise between the cousins and brothers, and he wanted to sure of the fate of his sons on the battlefield. Because the battle was arranged to be fought at Kurukshetra,which is mentioned elsewhere in the Vedas as a place of worship-even for the denizens of heaven-Drritrashtra became very fearful about the influence of the place of the outcome of the battle. He knew very well that this would influence Arjuna and the sons and the sons of Pandu favourably,beause by nature they were all virtuous. Sanjay was a student of Vyasa, and therefore, by the mercy of Vyasa, Sanjaya was able to envision the Battlefield of Kurushetra even while he was in the room of Dhritrashtra. And so Dhritrashtra asked him about the situtation on the battlefield.
Both the Pandavas and sons of Dhritrashtra belong to the same family, but Dhritrashtra's mind is disclosed herein. He deliverately claimed only his sons as Kurus, and he separated the sons of Pandu from the family heritage. One can thus understand the specific position of Dhritrashtra in his relationship with his nephews the sons of Pandu. As in the paddy field the unnecessary plants are taken out, so it is expected from the very beginning of these topics that in the religious field of Kurushetra, where the father of religion,Shri Krishna, was present, the unwanted plants like Dhritrashtra's son Duryodhana and others would ne wiped out and the thoroughly religious persons, headed by Yudhishthira, would be established by the Lord. This is the significance of the words dharma-kshetra and kuru-kshetra,apart from their historical and Vedic importance
JAI SHRI KRISHNA
(to be continue)
The topics discussed by Dhritrashtra and Sanjay, as described in the Mahabharat, form the basic principle evolved on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, which is a sacred place of pligrimage from the immemorial time of the vedic age. It was spoken by the lord when he was present personally on this planet for the guidance of mankind.
The word dharma-kshetra (a place where religious retuals are performed) is significant because, on the Battelefield of Kurukshetra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead was present on the side of Arjuna. Dhritrashtra, the father of Kurus, was highly doubtful about the possibility of his sons' ultimate victory. int his doubt, he inqirred from his seceretary Sanjaya,"what did they do?
Dharm-kshetre kuru-kshetre samveta yuyutsavah
mamkah pandavas schaiv kimkurvata sanjaya
Dharitrashtra said: O Sanjay, after my sons and the sons of Pandu assembled in the place of pilgrimage at Kurukshetra, desiring to fight, what did they do? Dhritrashtra was confident that both his sons and sons of his younger brother Pandu were assmbled in that field at Kurushetra for a determined engagement of the war. Still, his inquiry is significant. He did not want a compromise between the cousins and brothers, and he wanted to sure of the fate of his sons on the battlefield. Because the battle was arranged to be fought at Kurukshetra,which is mentioned elsewhere in the Vedas as a place of worship-even for the denizens of heaven-Drritrashtra became very fearful about the influence of the place of the outcome of the battle. He knew very well that this would influence Arjuna and the sons and the sons of Pandu favourably,beause by nature they were all virtuous. Sanjay was a student of Vyasa, and therefore, by the mercy of Vyasa, Sanjaya was able to envision the Battlefield of Kurushetra even while he was in the room of Dhritrashtra. And so Dhritrashtra asked him about the situtation on the battlefield.
Both the Pandavas and sons of Dhritrashtra belong to the same family, but Dhritrashtra's mind is disclosed herein. He deliverately claimed only his sons as Kurus, and he separated the sons of Pandu from the family heritage. One can thus understand the specific position of Dhritrashtra in his relationship with his nephews the sons of Pandu. As in the paddy field the unnecessary plants are taken out, so it is expected from the very beginning of these topics that in the religious field of Kurushetra, where the father of religion,Shri Krishna, was present, the unwanted plants like Dhritrashtra's son Duryodhana and others would ne wiped out and the thoroughly religious persons, headed by Yudhishthira, would be established by the Lord. This is the significance of the words dharma-kshetra and kuru-kshetra,apart from their historical and Vedic importance
JAI SHRI KRISHNA
(to be continue)
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