Action & Inaction (Karm & Akarm) 4.18

Since in Sanskrit same word can have more than one meaning based on the context. Hence this shloka can confuse us. Two meanings of each
•Karm
–The literal meaning of Karm is Action / Work/Activity.
–And the dharmic or as per scriptures / shastra, the meaning work with doership/ego or for fruits
•Similarly for Akarm
–The literal meaning of Akarm is inaction / Inactivity.
–And the dharmic or as per scriptures / shastra the meaning is duty, selfless work
Lets code the words to help decode the meaning



Red for Activity & Blue for Bhaav
•Action at activity level = ACTION
•Inaction at activity level = INACTION
•Action at Intention/Shastra level = ACTION
•Inaction at Intention/Shastra level = INACTION


The words karm and akarm (action and inaction) used differently in different parts of the shloka.


The 4 theoritical combos:
1.ACTION in INACTION : Action at activity level & Inaction at intention level , simple example is seva or any work done as a karamyogi
2.INACTION in ACTION : Inaction at activity level & Action at intention Level , thinking about harming someone , but not really doing it, or being on a diet & thinking of cake
3.ACTION in INACTION : Action at intention level & inaction at activity level : Meditating for world peace, praying for others

4.INACTION in ACTION : Inaction at intention level & Action at activity level …any work done as a karamyogi

Lets code the words differently to help decode the meaning


Hindi Bhaav & English for Activity
•Action at activity level = Action
•Inaction at activity level =Inaction
•Action at Intention/Shastra level = Karm
•Inaction at Intention/Shastra level = Akarm

Since the words karm and akarm (action and inaction) used differently in different parts of the shloka.The 4 theoritical combos:

1.ACTION in AKARAM : Action at activity level & Inaction at intention level , simple example is seva or any work done as a karamyogi
2.INACTION in KARAM : Inaction at activity level & Action at intention Level , thinking about harming someone , but not really doing it, or being on a diet & thinking of cake
3.KARAM in INACTION Action at intention level & inaction at activity level : Meditating for world peace, praying for others
4.AKARAM in ACTION : Inaction at intention level & Action at activity level …any work done as a karamyogi

•ACTION IN INACTION : Action (at activity level) in Inaction (work done as inaction at intention level) . EG. Doing seva or work as karamyogi.
•INACTION IN ACTION : Inaction (at activity level) in action (work done as action at intention level) . EG. Refraining to eat sweet & thinking about it

Examples : Action in Inaction

•if someone needs help crossing the road and we think "I won't help him because I will be late for my bus". Behind our absence of helping someone cross the road is a selfish motive.
•if we hold back on admitting a mistake that we had committed, our absence of admitting our guilt is driven by a selfish motive

It is doing a paap/sin / creating bondage by not doing what is RIGHT

Examples : Inaction in Action
•A mother doing her duty
•All seva activities

The shloka is trying to tell us that one who is wise
•Can understand every action at both its activity level & its bhaav level AND
•Can hence see “Action in Inaction” as well as “Inaction in Action”

Gita chapters 1 to 6, an introduction

Chap 1, is all about setting the context and symbolism ..what Pandavas symbolise and what Kauravas represent. It touches upon a key issue that all humans have to deal with - emotional attachment..and that wrecks duty

Chap 2, Krishna speaks only after Arjun demonstrates his intent to surrender. Gives high level gyan  about soul and supreme ( Sankhya Yog) . Then introduces Karam yoga concept that do your duty. Also touches upon qualities of a stable minded person ( budhi yog) and ends with Bhakti yog.  Like a mother and a good teacher, Krishna too tries explaining using different approaches.

Chap 3 elaborates all about Karam Yog

Chap 4  further elaborates linking Knowledge and Renunciation to Karam Yog

Chap 5 in Karam Sanyas Yog emphasises on

Chap 6 focusses on Dhyan Yog - Meditation


The first 6 chapters are about the "Me" ...about what to do

Next 6 are trying to comprehend Lord/the Supreme...




Chap 7 titled Jnan Vigyan Yog....

Chap 8 Akshar Brahm yog

Chap 9 Yoga of supreme knowledge

Chap 10 is about Vibhuti Yoga ...God in All

Chap 11 is the Vishwaroop darshan...All in God



Upto Chap 6…about Individual, and what to do..chitt shudhi..”Tvam”
Chap 7 -12 , about Lord and how to connect with God..”Tat”
And last 6 chapters 13 to 18 are

Gita is knowledge and all advise in interlinked.

Happiness qoutient & Gita

Gita talks about desires

We have read that desires causes the mahabharat

Buddhism talks about " Desire is teh cause of all suffering"

And I recently heard about the Happiness Quotient (HQ)

Number of desires fulfilled divided by number of desires.

Simple Math if denominator keeps reducing, even if numerator is constant, the HQ keeps increasing

And if denominator becomes 1, i.e. only 1 desire to reach God , and numerator keeps growing as one is grateful for all that is happening, teh HQ grows exponentially and always....

Think about it.

Gyan & Vigyan

In 3.41 there is a mention of Gyan & Vigyan.

Gyan being knowledge, more like reading, bookish knowledge. Vigyan is understanding, learning with experience .

Was reminded on a trip to a Thailand beach where a bunch of us were going for snorkelling. And one of the group members decided to sit back on the beach chair & said " have seen all this on Discovery Channel" .

The two connected in my head. Does watching on TV a documentary about teh fish under sea and teh coral compare with being there....Do I remember all the documentaries I have watched? Answer is NO. And do I recall my snorkelling trips and teh response will be a big enthusiastic YES.

Reading about the fish & watching a documentary can never compare to the experience of being there . And if one has read before or after , the experience and knowledge connects and stays forever.

More about sense control

Is the sense object the problem?

Not till it comes in contact with the senses.

So are the senses a problem?

Not till connected to mind.

So is mind the problem?

Well,  yes in a way...

And the only way to disengage the mind from the senses and sense object is to engage it in something bigger & better

About the soul

A disciple asked his Guru- "Is there a 'Soul' in our body,? Will it not 'perish' like the body.?"

The Guru explained..

"Milk" is useful but if left as it is.. it gets spoiled..

In case u add a drop a "Buttermilk".. it becomes "Curd".. and the Milk that turns to Curd, remains for one more day without getting spoiled..

If left as it is.. the Curd gets spoiled..

Yet, if u churn the "Curd" it becomes "Butter" which doesn't get spoiled..

But, even Butter also does not remain fresh for many days.. It becomes rancid or spoiled after a few days..

But if u melt Butter in a proper manner.. It becomes pure "Ghee", which never gets spoiled..

Now, do u see that the "Milk" which gets spoiled contains "Ghee" that never gets spoiled.?

Likewise, inside the "perishable" Body, there is an "imperishable" Soul..

Satsang, (niskaam) Seva & Sadhana..
makes the "perishable Body"..
to be one with "imperishable Soul"..

Human Body is the milk..
Satsang - (company of truth) is the buttermilk..
(Niskaam) Seva - (service) is the churning..
& then by Sadhana- (Daily practices of meditation and kriya) we melt the 'reformed body' to be one with the 'soul'..

18.58 An Elaborate explanation

In the meaning notice that it covers

• Mind : that needs to be trained and freed from slavery of senses
• Fixation on God : connection with God 24*7
• Challenges : all mental, emotional, physical & spiritual, include distractions 
• Grace : is usually teh outcome of mind fixed on God
• Ego - implying duality with God, surrender, faith 
• Listen : surrender 
• Destroyed : wasted

Out of ego do not listen : Ego is what separates us from God. Ego is what does not let us surrender. Ego leads us to the external world that is unreal.

Decisions and actions that come from the ego space , do not help in spiritual progress, they pull us down. That is what egocentric action leads to destruction.

Recall : Chapter 1 tells us that emotion wrecks duty and deludes us. Chapter 6 mentions mind can be your friend and your enemy.

After the entire discourse Krishna is kind of reassuring Arjun & us that

• If you perform your duty with mind fixed on me  ( Karam Yog)
• All obstacles removed by my grace ( Bhakti Yog)
• However if not listen out of Ego , destruction ( Dhyan Yog, as it is implying understanding teh knowledge )

The entire Gita is summed up in this verse too!


Below are some excerpts from various sources relating to this verse.

BG 18.58, Translation and Purport: 

If you become conscious of Me, you will pass over all the obstacles of conditioned life by My grace. If, however, you do not work in such consciousness but act through false ego, not hearing Me, you will be lost.

A person in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not unduly anxious about executing the duties of his existence. The foolish cannot understand this great freedom from all anxiety. For one who acts in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, Lord Kṛṣṇa becomes the most intimate friend. He always looks after His friend's comfort, and He gives Himself to His friend, who is so devotedly engaged working twenty-four hours a day to please the Lord. Therefore, no one should be carried away by the false ego of the bodily concept of life. One should not falsely think himself independent of the laws of material nature or free to act. He is already under strict material laws. But as soon as he acts in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he is liberated, free from the material perplexities. One should note very carefully that one who is not active in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is losing himself in the material whirlpool, in the ocean of birth and death. No conditioned soul actually knows what is to be done and what is not to be done, but a person who acts in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is free to act because everything is prompted by Kṛṣṇa from within and confirmed by the spiritual master.

The 18 chapters and us

Thousands of years ago (at the time of the Mahabharata), people had the same problems as what we have today. There is not much difference. 

Thousands of years ago also, there was a new moon and there was a full moon, there was winter and there was spring. So in everyone’s life also, the 18 chapters of the Bhagavad Gita happen.

•The first chapter is where you regret and say, "I am powerless and I give up".

•The second chapter in your life is when someone wakes you up and says, "Hey come on! There’s nothing to regret in life. There is something in you that doesn’t change and you have the power to sail over all this". Then you wake up and you felt good.

•The third chapter tells you to act. Don’t sit and worry, ‘What about me? What about me? 'Go and act, this is Karma Yoga.

•The fourth chapter tells you, now that you are acting you must also listen to knowledge. Don’t become like a machine and only act, listen to knowledge as well. There is something beyond all this.

•The fifth chapter tells you about material and spiritual knowledge. You cannot say, "Everything is being done and there is nothing for me to do", or you cannot think, "I am doing everything. I did this and I did that". This is not going to work for you. Wake up and see, are things happening or are you really doing it?

•Then the sixth chapter is when you learn to meditate.

•The seventh chapter tells you, now that you’re meditating, you should know the author of meditation - the one who is meditating in you. 'Who am I? What is time?' Knowing all about science.

•Like that it goes on! When you meditate miracles happen in your life. Wake up and see the miracles! Many don’t observe miracles, nor believe in it. If you recognize it and believe in it then it happens even more! Give a chance for miracles to happen, don’t be so steeped in the material cause and effect -- 'I did this so this will happen', or 'I did that and only that will happen', no! You did it but something else can also happen out of the blue! Recognizing that ‘something different’ is Vibhuti. Vibhuti means giving a chance for miracles in your life, exploring it.

•Then after that is knowing the universal self and knowing that everything is in me and I am in everything.

•Then comes love and devotion. You know and understand all this, but then what? It is not enough. You should be in deep love! When you know that the divine loves you, you cannot but fall in love with the divine! That’s the 12th chapter.

•Then you understand what are the divine qualities and what are the demonic qualities and you realize that you have all the divine qualities in you.

•Then there are the three qualities or Gunas (Sattvic, Rajasic and Tamasic) to everything: mind, ego and food. Sattavic ego is, "I am everything and everybody". The Tamasic ego is knowing that you are only this body, and the Rajasic ego is having a limited mindset and falling into craving and aversion.

•The final chapter is knowing that you cannot wash your own sins. Drop them and understand what is being said, "I am here to take care of your sins. Feel that you are mine, be connected to me and I will take care of everything. Just relax!’ This is sanyaasa or liberation.

These are the 18 chapters and these chapters are all a part of everybody’s life. Sometimes we don’t reach up to the 18th chapter. It takes many lifetimes to reach there!

KALIYUG : Explained by Krishna to Pandavas

KALIYUG

What is Kaliyug and what will happen during Kaliyug ? : asked The four Pandavas (except Yudhishthira who was not present) Krishna smiled and said "let me demonstrate you the situation of Kaliyug"

He took a bow and four arrows and shot them in four directions, and ordered the four Pandavas to bring them back. Each of the four Pandavas went in four different directions to search for the arrows.

Arjuna- when he picked the arrow, he heard a very sweet voice.. he turned back and saw a cuckoo was singing bhajans in a very spellbinding voice but was also eating flesh of a live rabbit which was in great pain.
Arjuna was very surprised to see such a gory act by such a divine bird ...he left the place immediately.

Bhima picked the arrow from a place where five wells were situated, the four wells were surrounding a single well.
The four wells were overflowing with very sweet water as if they were not able to hold water and surprisingly the well in the middle of these four overflowing wells was completely empty. Bhima was also puzzled at this sight.

Nakula was returning to the place after picking up the arrow he stopped at a place where a cow was about to give birth. After giving birth the cow started licking the calf but continued to lick it even after the calf was clean, with great difficulty people were able to separate them and by that time the calf was injured badly.Nakula was puzzled by the behaviour of such a calm animal.

Sahdev picked an arrow which fell near a mountain and saw a big boulder falling, the boulder was crushing the rocks and big trees on his way down, but the same boulder was stopped by a small plant.
Sahdev was also amazed at this sight.

All the Pandavas asked the meaning of these incidents from Krishna who smiled and started explaining-

" In Kaliyug the priests will have very sweet voice and will also have great knowledge but they will exploit devotees the same way cuckoo was doing with rabbit.

In Kaliyug poor will live among rich, those rich will have enormous amount of wealth which will actually overflow but they will not offer a single penny to the poor same as the four well didn't had a single drop of water for the empty well.

In Kaliyug parents will love their children so much that their love will actually spoil them and will destroy their lives similar to the love shown by cow to her newborn calf.

In Kaliyug people will fall in terms of character like the boulder from the mountain and they will not be stopped by anyone .At the end only the name of God will be able to hold them from doom like the little plant held the boulder from further fall.

That's the explanation of Kaliyug from Lord Krishna to Pandavas .

Signs of a Karam Yogi

Signs of a Karam Yogi 

Passion when in Action
Dispassion when Resting
Compassion when dealing with People

BHAGWAD GITA IN ONE SENTENCE OF EACH ADHYAY

BHAGWAD GITA IN ONE SENTENCE OF EACH ADHYAY Chapterwise.
Teachings of Gita.....in brief :-

18 Lessons we can Learn from the Bhagawad Geeta: 

Chapter 1 :
Wrong thinking is the only problem in life

Chapter 2 :
Right knowledge is the ultimate solution to all our problems

Chapter 3 :
Selflessness is the only way to progress and prosperity

Chapter 4 :
Every act can be an act of prayer

Chapter 5 :
Renounce the ego of individuality and Rejoice in the Bliss of Infinity

Chapter 6 :
Connect to the Higher ConsciousNess Daily

Chapter 7 :
Live what you learn

Chapter 8 :
Never give up on yourself

Chapter 9 :
Value your blessings

Chapter 10 :
See divinity all around

Chapter 11 :
Have enough surrender to see the Truth as it is

Chapter 12 :
Absorb your mind in the Higher

Chapter 13 :
Detach from Maya and Attach to Divine

Chapter 14 :
Live a lifestyle that matches your vision

Chapter 15 :
Give priority to Divinity

Chapter 16 :
Being good is a reward in itself

Chapter 17 :
Choosing the right over the pleasant is a sign of power

Chapter 18 :
Let Go, Lets move to Union with God

Gita divided in 3 sections

The Bhagavad-Gita consists of 18 chapters. Each chapter is called a yoga. Yoga is the science of the individual consciousness attaining communion with the Ultimate Consciousness. So each chapter is a highly specialized yoga revealing the path of attaining realization of the Ultimate Truth.

The first six chapters have been classified as the Karma Yoga section as they mainly deal with the science of the individual consciousness attaining communion with the Ultimate Consciousness through actions.

The middle six chapters have been designated as the Bhakti Yoga section as they principally are pertaining with the science of the individual consciousness attaning communion with the Ultimate Consciousness by the path of devotion

The final six chapters are regarded as the Jnana Yoga section as they are primarily concerned with the science of the individual consciousness attaining communion with the Ultimate Consciousness through the intellect.

( Copy paste from messages on a Whats App Gita group - Gita 37. Gita)

Another Summary!

0⃣1⃣Arjuna–Visada yoga (The Distress of Arjuna contains 46 verses): Arjuna has requested Krishna to move his chariotbetween the two armies. His growing dejection is described as he fears losing friends and relatives as a consequence of war.



0⃣2⃣Sankhya yoga (The Book of Doctrines contains 72 verses): After asking Krishna for help, Arjuna is instructed into various subjects such as, Karma yoga, Gyaana yoga, Sankhya yoga, Buddhi yoga and the immortal nature of the soul. Sankhya here refers to one of six orthodox schools of the Hindu Philosophy. This chapter is often considered the summary of the entire Bhagavad Gita.



0⃣3⃣Karma yoga (Virtue in Work or Virtue Of Actions contains 43 verses): Krishna explains how Karma yoga, i.e. performance of prescribed duties, but without attachment to results, is the appropriate course of action for Arjuna.



0⃣4⃣Gyaana–Karma-Sanyasa yoga (The Religion of Knowledge contains 42 verses): Krishna reveals that he has lived through many births, always teaching yoga for the protection of the pious and the destruction of the impious and stresses the importance of accepting a guru.



0⃣5⃣Karma–Sanyasa yoga (Religion by Renouncing Fruits of Works contains 29 verses): Arjuna asks Krishna if it is better to forgo action or to act ("renunciation or discipline of action"). Krishna answers that both are ways to the same goal, but that acting in Karma yoga is superior.



0⃣6⃣Dhyan yoga or Atmasanyam yoga (Religion by Self-Restraint contains 47 verses): Krishna describes the Ashtanga yoga. He further elucidates the difficulties of the mind and the techniques by which mastery of the mind might be gained.



0⃣7⃣Gyaana–ViGyaana yoga (Religion by Discernment contains 30 verses): Krishna describes the absolute reality and its illusory energy Maya.



0⃣8⃣Aksara–Brahma yoga (Religion by Devotion to the One Supreme God contains 28 verses): This chapter contains eschatology of the Bhagavad Gita. Importance of the last thought before death, differences between material and spiritual worlds, and light and dark paths that a soul takes after death are described.



0⃣9⃣Raja–Vidya–Raja–Guhya yoga (Religion by the Kingly Knowledge and the Kingly Mystery contains 34 verses): Krishna explains how His eternal energy pervades, creates, preserves, and destroys the entire universe. According to theologian Christopher Southgate, verses of this chapter of the Gitaare panentheistic, while German physicist and philosopher Max Bernhard Weinsteindeems the work pandeistic.



1⃣0⃣Vibhuti–Vistara–yoga (Religion by the Heavenly Perfections contains 42 verses): Krishna is described as the ultimate cause of all material and spiritual existence. Arjuna accepts Krishna as the Supreme Being, quoting great sages who have also done so. Krishna displays his Vishvarupa(Universal Form) to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, described in  Visvarupa–Darsana yoga, chapter 11



1⃣1⃣Visvarupa–Darsana yoga (The Manifesting of the One and Manifold contains 55 verses): On Arjuna's request, Krishna displays his "universal form" (Viśvarūpa), atheophany of a being facing every way and emitting the radiance of a thousand suns, containing all other beings and material in existence.



1⃣2⃣Bhakti yoga (The Religion of Faith contains 20 verses): In this chapter Krishna glorifies the path of devotion to God. Krishna describes the process of devotional service (Bhakti yoga). He also explains different forms of spiritual disciplines.



1⃣3⃣Ksetra–Ksetrajna Vibhaga yoga (Religion by Separation of Matter and Spirit  contains 35 verses): The difference between transient perishable physical body and the immutable eternal soul is described. The difference between individual consciousness and universal consciousness is also made clear.



1⃣4⃣Gunatraya–Vibhaga yoga (Religion by Separation from the Qualities contains 27 verses): Krishna explains the three modes (gunas) of material nature pertaining to goodness, passion, and nescience. Their causes, characteristics, and influence on a living entity are also described.



1⃣5⃣Purusottama yoga (Religion by Attaining the Supreme contains 20 verses): Krishna identifies the transcendental characteristics of God such as, omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence. Krishna also describes a symbolic tree (representing material existence), which has its roots in the heavens and its foliage on earth. Krishna explains that this tree should be felled with the "axe of detachment", after which one can go beyond to his supreme abode.



1⃣6⃣Daivasura–Sampad–Vibhaga yoga (The Separateness of the Divine and Undivine contains 24 verses): Krishna identifies the human traits of the divine and the demonic natures. He counsels that to attain the supreme destination one must give up lust, anger, greed, and discern between right and wrong action by discernment through Buddhi and evidence from the scriptures.



1⃣7⃣Sraddhatraya-Vibhaga yoga (Religion by the Threefold Kinds of Faith contains 28 verses): Krishna qualifies the three divisions of faith, thoughts, deeds, and even eating habits corresponding to the three modes (gunas).  



1⃣8⃣Moksha–Sanyasa yoga (Religion by Deliverance and Renunciation contains 78 verses): In this chapter, the conclusions of previous seventeen chapters are summed up. Krishna asks Arjuna to abandon all forms of dharma and simply surrender unto him and describes this as the ultimate perfection of life.

The three battles

The three battles: Moral, Psychological and Spiritual

Each individual is required to fight the battle of Kurukshetra on three fronts:

1.   The Moral struggle – between good & evil, right and wrong

2.  The Psychological war – waged in yoga meditation between the mental tendencies and inclinations of manas ( blind mind) pulling life and consciousness towards matter, and pure discriminative tendencies of buddhi (intelligence )drawing life & consciousness towards soul.

3. The Spiritual battle – fought in deeper meditation to overcome the lower states  of consciousness and dissolve all egoity & sense of separation from God in Samadhi, the victorios union of soul and spirit in cosmic consciousness

( Copy paste from messages on a Whats App Gita group - Gita 37. Dr Puja)

Gita & Maslows hierarchy of human needs

Maslow used the terms "physiological", "safety", "belongingness" and "love", "esteem", "self-actualization", and "self-transcendence" to describe the pattern that human motivations generally move through.

Trying to relate to Gita principles....well ...till one feels
1. At physiological level : enough is enough
2. Safe & Unthreatened
3. Loved & Loving
4. Comfortable with one self, acceptance of what you are 
5. You can't be connected to God....

Think about it

Five - Senses, Organs

Five gross elements

• Ether
• Air
• Fire
• Water
• Earth

Five senses

• Sound
• Touch
• Sight
• Taste
• Smell

Five knowledge-acquiring senses - Gyan Organs 

• Ear
• Skin
• Eye
• Tongue
• Nose

Five working senses - Action organs 

• Voice/Tongue
• Legs
• Arms
• Reproductive organs
• Evacuating organs/Excretory

A story related to Gita context building

A story related to Gita context building

One evening an old old man told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, ‘My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.’

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: ‘Which wolf wins?’

The old Indian simply replied, ‘The one you feed.’ This is such a lovely story: so simple and yet so true. Each and every one of us has these two wolves running around inside us. The Evil wolf or the Good Wolf is fed daily by the choices we make with our thoughts. What I think about and dwell upon will in a sense appear in my life and influence my behavior.

Remember thought become words & actions. Which in turn become behaviour, and repeated becomes habit. And that builds your character. True for all teh characters in Mahabharata as well as in life.

We have a choice, feed the Good Wolf and it will show up in our character, habits and behavior positively. Or feed the Evil Wolf and my whole world will turn negative: like poison. The crucial question is “Which wolf am I feeding today”?
Therefore importance of spiritual activity as it helps identify that the Mind has enemies called greed,anger, pride jealousy, hypocrisy delusion. These are within, once these inside enemies are conquered no outside enemies remain.

About the Gita

Arjuna thousands of years ago had the same questions as we have how is it possible?

........

Sun was there thousands of years ago so was the moon and same goes for the seasons
Bhagwat Gita is happening in every ones life all the 18 chapters

First chapter is vishaad yoga when in life you are worrying and grumbling have all the doubt's
Second chapter Krishna says come on wake up and then you shake off and wake up smile emoticon
Then third chapter he says now you have woken up then act smile emoticon

Then the fourth chapter happens he says now that you are acting do action with knowledge and awareness

Fifth chapter
Material and spiritual knowledge go hand in hand you cant just be spiritual and say everything is happening you have to act and use intelligence .Also you can't be just material and say I am doing everything 

Then talk about meditation is sixth chapter

Now after meditation you know who I am then seventh chapter you come to know who is meditating and what is time .

8th chapter then happens Vibhooti yoga.Vibhooti means miracles .sometime in life you wake up and see miracles not just cause and effect and the more you become witness to miracles more miracles happen 

9th -17th chapter

Krishna shows the universal self and says all the divine qualities are within.

There are three types of ego and mind .
Sattvic ego I am here I am available for you

Final chapter is to drop everything .Just feel you are mine and I will take care just relax that's the final one its about sanyas and about liberation

The 100 Kuru sons & the Kauravas

The first post on this blog was "How come Dhritrashtra has 100 sons!!! "

Once again am writing about them.

In short, the Kaurav's symbolise the numerous desires and negativities in us, born out of Moha / Attachment and agyaan (delusion and ignorance).

That is one simple explanation.

Then there are several interpretations by various saints, but all true and leading to explain the same point

1. So there were 7 maharathis in the Kaurav Army ( accomplished men of war & they represent the 7 negative qualities and 11 huge battalions (the 5 senses (see, hear, touch, smell & taste)  and the 5 action organs (hand, feet, tongue & ) & the mind


2. Another explanation is : 5 sense organs + 5 action organs = 10
The 10 negative qualities namely

Kama, krodha, lobha, Moha, mada, matsarya, mal, dambh, darpa, agyaan.
Lust, anger, greed, delusion, pride, envy jealousy , hypocrisy, arrogance , ignorance 

Each sense organ can act with the 10 negative qualities so 10*10 =100 modifications / combinations
So we have to fight with these 100 forms of negativities that arise in us and defeat them with Gods grace to move forward....


3. Another interpretation is

• Duryodhana is vainglorious desire and his brothers the 99 other Kurus are sense tendencies. 
• Kripa charya is delusion or ignorance 
• Karna is attachment or Raga
• Bhisma is ego
• Vikrana is repulsion 
• Jayadratha body bound inclination 
• Son of somadatta is material action or karma
• Drona habit or sanskara 
• Ashvattaman latent desire

4. And one more interpretation is: The Pandavs are the five elements and Drupadi is our kundalini shankti or life force. The sons of her are our five energy centers.  Yet one says that the pandas are teh energy chakras and Draupadi is married to all as she as Kundalini awakens them all to lead to nirvana.

New Word Plays with D

DIVE IN to understand DIVINE

Discipleship - 2.07
Detachment - Chap 2 & many more mentions
Devotion - Chap 6
Discipline - Chap 6 and Chap 16
Discovery - Self discovery
Doership - or rather non -Doership