BhagavadGita As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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Bhagavad-Gita As It Isby His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Bg. divided in three parts

• Chapter 1-6 describing Soul, Karma, Jnana, and
  Dhyana Yoga.
• Chapter 7-12Cream describing Bhakti Yoga,
  Knowledge of Supreme and His opulence, most
  confidential knowledge, and also Universal form.
• Chapter 13-18Knowledge of three modes, divine
  and demoniac nature, division of faith, and
  ultimate conculsion the perfection of
  renunciation.

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Chapter 1Observing the Armies

• Text 1dhr?taras?t?ra uvacadharma-ks?etre
  kuru-ks?etresamaveta yuyutsavah?mamakah?
  pan?d?avas caivakim akurvata sañjaya

Dhr?taras?t?ra said O Sañjaya, after my sons
and the sons of Pan?d?u assembled in the place
of pilgrimage at Kuruks?etra, desiring to fight,
what did they do?
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Bhagavad-Gita a Theistic Science

• Liking the honey bottle from outside.
• Importance of word Dharma-Ksetra
• Importance of Qn. What did they do?
• Supreme Lord as Gardner, uprooting the weeds

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Text 2

• Sañjaya said O King, after looking over the
  army arranged in military formation by the sons
  of Pan?d?u, King Duryodhana went to his teacher
  and spoke the following words.

• Sanjaya also a great devotee
• He understood Dhrtarashtras mind.
• Thus starts telling the situation on battlefield
  which will give him pleasure.

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Text 3-11

• Text 3-6 Dhuryodhana informing about the
  strength of pandavas.
• Text 7-11 informing about his own army generals
  and comparing both the armies.

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Text 3,4,5 6

• pasyaitam pan?d?u-putran?amacarya mahatim
  camumvyud?ham drupada-putren?a tava sis?yen?a
  dhimata
• O my teacher, behold the great army of the sons
  of Pan?d?u, so expertly arranged by your
  intelligent disciple the son of Drupada.

• Dhuryodhana perfect diplomat using appropriate
  words.
• Comparing the great generals in Pandavas army
  with Bhima Arjuna.
• Especially afraid of Bhima.

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Text 7,8,9,10 11

• Text 7-9 Dhuryodhana describing the warriors in
  his army.
• All these warriors were prepared to lay down
  there lives.
• Dhuryodhans confidence in his military strength.

• Text 10 aparyaptam tad asmakambalam
  bhis?mabhiraks?itamparyaptam tv idam
  etes?ambalam bhimabhiraks?itamOur strength
  is immeasurable, and we are perfectly protected
  by Grandfather Bhis?ma, whereas the strength of
  the Pan?d?avas, carefully protected by Bhima, is
  limited.