{"id":1502,"date":"2023-11-09T07:53:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T07:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/othaingroup.com\/bhagavadgita\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2023-12-07T09:51:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T09:51:26","slug":"gita-chapter-1-verse-8-to-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/othaingroup.com\/bhagavadgita\/gita-chapter-1-verse-8-to-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Gita Chapter 1 , verse 8 to 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1502\" class=\"elementor elementor-1502\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65c9f047 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65c9f047\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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.elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><b><strong><u>Gita Chapter 1:<\/u><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0In Chapter 1, the story of the Gita, and of the various partcipants, is just being set-up. Many start the reading of the Gita after Chapter 1 for this reason.\u00a0 It starts off with a description of the various warriors on both sides and in each army.\u00a0 Duryodhana is constantly afraid. Drona was very accomplished but had had one weakness \u2013 his attachment to his son; that is what ultimately destroyed him. This is inserted here to show the reader that attachment has severe consequences.<\/p><p>Mythology: Shantanu marries the river Ganga. Their son is the mighty Bhishma. Shantanu represents the ordinary human being (matter), Ganga (Ganges) represents knowledge of the Self. So the water of the ganga \u00a0absolves you of \u201csin\u201d or in other words knowledge absolves you of Sin. Ganga is the \u201cspirit.\u201d The union of the matter and spirit (flesh and life force) is you.<\/p><p>Every ritual performed during prayer is a reminder to you of your purpose on this earth \u2013 your dharma \u2013 your reason for being on this earth: Self-realization. Because in your day-to-day life you get wrapped up in the demands and temptations of the material and sensual world, and you forget your duty to become self-realized. \u201cLord\u201d or \u201cGod\u201d is the Self within you (the life force), not some being up in the sky. Krishna did tapas, and realized his Self within him, he then became the Lord. Before that he was an ordinary man.<\/p><p><b><strong><u>Chapter 1, verse 5 and 6:<\/u><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0He continues with a list of warriors.<\/p><p><b><strong><u>Verse 7:<\/u><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0Arrogance \u2013 \u201cmy army.\u201d The first sign of spiritual development is dissolution of your ego. You stop seeking praise, and start acknowledging the contribution of others. Who taught you to read, to understand a language? Instead, we are fixated on \u201cits\u00a0<em><u>mine<\/u><\/em>,\u201d \u00a0or \u201chow well<em><u>\u00a0I<\/u><\/em>\u00a0did.\u201d We encourage likes and dislikes (raga and dwesha). Rather, it should be that you do what ought to be done, whether you like it or not.<\/p><p>We have explored the skies, the universe \u2013 we have not found a physical location for heaven or God. Nor in the underworld have we found a hell or satan. Heaven is a state of mind \u2013 when one is at total peace and there are no thoughts or desires running through the mind.<\/p><p>Hell \u2013 is a state of mind where there is constant and disturbing mental agitation at a very high, intolerable level.<\/p><p>Sin \u2013 is a mental reaction to an act. An act which causes mental agitation, because of guilt, as an example. The mental reaction to this is sin.<\/p><p>The ultimate goal is to be in absolute bliss, be permanently happy beyond your wildest dreams, forever. People who have achieved this in the past teach us that this is possible but to do that, we have to have our mind give up its constant agitation and hankering after its manifold, endless<\/p><p>desires. Therefore anything that takes us towards mental agitation is called sin, and the agitation of the mind itself is called hell.<\/p><p><b><strong><u>Chapter 1, verse 8:<\/u><\/strong><\/b><\/p><ol><li>Ego \u2013 \u201cI am superior\u201d . The more ego a person has, the more he becomes agitated and disturbed.<\/li><\/ol><p>Such a person constantly expect others to think of him\u00a0 as he thinks of himself. So he won\u2019t buy what he needs, rather he will buy what he think others will be impressed by.<\/p><p>Selfishness and self-centeredness boost the ego. People who are egotistical are selfish and self-centered.<\/p><ol start=\"2\"><li>Fear \u2013 the more selfish you are the more fearful you become, clearly shown in the case of a carnivorous animal versus a herbivorous animal, a herbivorous animal which is gentle and never hurts another animal is not fearful.<\/li><\/ol><p>Duryodhana is giving out all the names of the various warriors. Bhishma exemplifies the extreme of giving. He is considered great because of what he gave up. More respect for what a person can give up than what you have. Bhishma gave up his right to the throne as well as to stay celibate just so that his father (Bhishma\u2019s father), could marry a fisherwoman after whom he lusted.<\/p><p>Karna was the eldest pandava. He had the quality of gratitude. Bhishma sacrificed his desires, his option to become the king, to get married, to have children \u2013 just for the kingdom. His father, the king, was very distracted by the fisherwoman and as a result the kingdom suffered.<\/p><p>Chapter 15 \u2013 kritakritya \u2013 satisfaction doing what you ought to do.<\/p><p>Duryodhana had supported Karna all along, gave him things that he would not have gotten otherwise. So Karna showed gratitude, Karna also gave away his armor to Indra when he asked for it.<\/p><p><b><strong><u>Verse 9:<\/u><\/strong><\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0In Chapter 16 (sixteen) a distinction is made between the divine and the demonical (these are just qualities or traits of a human being) \u201cmine\u201d and \u201cI\u201d are demonical qualities. You magnify the world\u2019s power over you. The more selfish you are, the more afraid you are of the world. The less selfish you are, the less you are afraid. If you are Self-Realized, you are not at all afraid.<\/p><p>When a person has this ego that they \u201cknow,\u201d there is no point in saying anything because they are not going to listen anyway. Fights only occur between people because both believe that each knows. One must keep quiet.<\/p><p><b><strong><u>Verse 10:<\/u><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0Anybody who has done wrong will fear. Anybody who destroys others will have that fear that he will be destroyed. Note the difference between carnivores and herbivores.<\/p><p>All anxiety, depression, worry, are all related to selfishness \u201cwhat if it happens to me?\u201d Bird flu,<\/p><p>swine flu, etc., what if it comes here, to this country, what if it happens to me? The more selfish you are \u2013 the more fears you have. What will happen to me, my children, my money, my health, etc. As you give up this selfishness, the fear leaves you. If you stop thinking about you there is no fear or anxiety. This is a secret in life.<\/p><p><b><strong><u>Verse 11:<\/u><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0\u201cAnd stationed in your respective positions in all divisions, all of you guard Bhishma alone.\u201d<\/p><p><b><strong><u>Verse 12:<\/u><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0Bhishma blew his conch. Selfless \u2013 he renounced his kingdom. These guys took over, now he is fighting for them for an unrighteous war. He has a commitment \u2013 if he created an obligation he did it properly. Don\u2019t compromise, don\u2019t cut corners.<\/p><p>Bhishma\u2019s life shows that.<\/p><p>Karna also shows that.<\/p><p>A transferred epithet is an example of \u201ca hospitable door\u201d which means the people inside the door are hospitable. Similarly, Sanjaya here means \u201cwell-victorious\u201d \u2013 a person who has conquered himself can receive this knowledge.<\/p><p>Krishna is called madhava \u201cchapter 1, verse 14\u201d this comes from the Sanskrit word madhu which means honey. Instant satisfaction by satisfying desires instantly.<\/p><p>Hrishi-kesh means lord of the senses. The lord of the senses is the atman, or the Self within. Here<\/p><p>Krishna is being symbolized as the lord or the atman since he is Self-Realized.<\/p><p><b><strong><u>Verse 13:<\/u><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0Then conches, kettledrums &#8212; that noise was tumultuous. The war had begun!<\/p><p><b><strong><u>Verse 14:<\/u><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0Then, seated in a magnificent chariot.<\/p><p>This is the first mention of Arjuna and Krishna. The magnificent chariot is a transferred epithet because of the occupant Krishna. Transferred epithet means when you say magnificent chariot you mean magnificent Krishna just as if you a very hospitable door, it means the people inside are hospitable. Sanjaya means \u201cwell-controlled\u201d \u201cwell-victorious\u201d only a person of self-controlled can understand a person who is highly spiritual. The chariot example comes from the Katho Upanishad.<\/p><p>Rat race \u2013 rat forgets where he has put nuts, other valuables that he has stored. A<\/p><p>person\u2019s mind is like that. You could get one million dollars, you want more, the mind is nsatiable.<\/p><p><b><strong><u>Verse 15:<\/u><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0Those days they personalized their conches\u00a0 \u2013 they gave them names.<\/p><p><b><strong><u>Verse 16:<\/u><\/strong><\/b><\/p><p>Ramesh means Ram-ish (lord of Ram (bliss)).<\/p><p>Yogesh means \u2013ish of yoga, lord of yoga. So that when you call the name you thought of god.<\/p><p>Every aspect of life had spiritual connotations.<\/p><p>Madhu-sudana meant killer of the demon Madhu. Madhu means honey, sweetness.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>This is a connotation for desires as sweet. Killing desires meant killing Madhu. Throughout Krishna\u2019s life he is killing demons, demon means desire. It has to be constant in life, keep killing the demons.<\/p><p>Human mind minus\u00a0 desire equals god. You remove your desires \u2013 you achieve self-realization. The pursuit is constant. You can never letup because another one crops up. That\u2019s kalia \u2013 cut off one head, another head comes up. You control your desire for wealth, desire for fame comes up.<\/p><ul><li>Rakshas are the rajasik desires.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Asuras are the tamasik desires.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Devas are the satvik desires.<\/li><\/ul><p><b><strong><u>Verse 21 to 22.<\/u><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0Arjuna said: Place my chariot between the two armies, oh Acutta, that I may see these standing, desirous to fight, with whom all I must fight in this out-breaking battle. At this point, Arjuna is still the mighty warrior and ready to fight. He has been waiting 13 years for this war, acquiring more weapons and training himself. He knows what he has to do but when the moment to start the battle is on hand, he places his chariot between the two armies to \u201csee the\u00a0enemy.\u201d What is the implication here? On a symbolic note, the five pandavas represent each of our five senses or the five organs of action. The hundred kauravas represent the hundreds of temptations and stimuli racing towards our sense organs. The chariot in the middle represents the mind, the intellect is the person caught in the middle. Look at your own life \u2013 you believe at any point you are prepared for life, you think you know what you have to do and how your future is going to turn out. But you haven\u2019t prepared yourself to handle your own emotions. The mind will\u00a0throw up emotions at anytime when faced with a divorce, financial setbacks, death of a loved one, sickness, calamities. At that time, can you handle these emotions or will you collapse as Arjuna does. This is what the Gita teaches us. 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