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Bhagavad Geeta - The Major Explanations (Part-1)

Bhagavad Geeta- The Major Explanations


Introduction-

Bhagavad means “God” and Geeta means “Song”, together which means “song of God”
The entire Bhagavad Geeta can be divided into 3 portions "Tat", "Twam", "Asi", the chapter 1 to 6 is Twam pada which is about Jiva(soul); the individual, the chapter 7 to 12 is Tat pada which is about Ishvara(Supreme soul); GOD and the chapter 13 to 18 is Asi pada which is about equating soul with the Supreme soul.


The whole philosophy of Bhagavad Geeta is about "Body & Soul" & what is the differentiation between the two. On the one hand, the Body is said to be perishable while the Soul is immortal which never dies. Lord in Bhagavad Geeta is only teaching that we should consider ourselves as that immortal Soul & that we all are immortal if we do not think of ourselves as this Body but Soul.


Soul, Spirit, Atman, Self, etc. are words that are used to define the subtle nature of ourselves which is invisible & mysterious. The soul is something that is within this body & something which can exist without this body. When the soul lives in this physical body then it enjoys the different sensory objects through this body. The soul is indestructible & immortal. It moves from one body to the other. As we are not able to see this Soul due to its subtle nature so it looks mysterious to us. The dead body has all the internal and external organs but the energy that keeps it alive is the "soul".

Below are Quotes in Bhagawad Geeta, which describe the Soul, in detail: 

God said: As a human being puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones." The soul is never born nor dies at any time. The soul is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, and primeval.

According to Bhagwad Geeta, the Soul, or Atman has the properties that Weapons cannot pierce it, fire cannot burn it, water cannot moisten it and wind cannot dry it (Chapter 2.23).

1. (Bhagwad Geeta: Chapter 2, verse 23)

"nainam chindanti shastrani

nainam dahati pavakah

na chainam kledayanty apo

na sosayati marutah"

Meaning:

God said: "The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind."

The below verse tells how Soul is superior to matter (mind, senses & intelligence):


2. (Bhagwad Geeta: Chapter 3, verse 42)

"indriyani parany ahur

indriyebhyah param manah

manasas tu para buddhir

yo buddheh paratas tu sah" 

Meaning:

God said: "The working senses are superior to dull matter; the mind is higher than the senses; intelligence is still higher than the mind, and he [the soul] is even higher than the intelligence." 

There are generally two types of mind, pure mind, an impure mind. only with a pure mind we can get to divinity, through the right understanding of knowledge and working in the world as inspirit of karma yoga selflessly we can purify our mind. a pure mind can alone experience divinity. once you have all this knowledge you would need to reflect, this reflection is very important by reflecting the knowledge will settle down in your mind. when well recorded in mind we need to practice it otherwise what's the point in knowing things if your not going to implement all the good things in life; that's what yoga here means "practice a philosophy of life".


3. (Shrimad Bhagavatam  chapter 4, verse 7)

                      "yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata 

                    abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛijāmyaham"

Meaning: 

Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and an increase in unrighteousness, O Arjun, at that time I manifest myself on earth.


4. (Shrimad Bhagavatam  chapter 4, verse 8)

                        "paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśhāya cha duṣhkṛitām

                         dharma-sansthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge"

Meaning:    

To protect the righteous, to annihilate the wicked, and to reestablish the principles of dharma I appear on this earth, age after age.


5. (Shrimad Bhagavatam  chapter 3, verse 19)  

                          "tasmād asaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samāchara

                              asakto hyācharan karma param āpnoti pūruṣhaḥ"

Meaning: 

Therefore, giving up attachment, performing actions as a matter of duty because by working without being attached to the fruits, one attains the Supreme.

   

6. (Shrimad Bhagavatam  chapter 6, verse 4) 

                            "yadā hi nendriyārtheṣhu na karmasv-anuṣhajjate 

                               sarva-saṅkalpa-sannyāsī yogārūḍhas tadochyate"

Meaning:

When one is neither attached to sense objects nor to actions, that person is said to be elevated in the science of Yoga, having renounced all desires for the fruits of actions.

 

Link for Part 2: https://spiritualizingyou.blogspot.com/2022/01/bhagavad-geeta-part-2.html



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