Some facts about Bagwad Gita
Today
is Bhagavad Gita Jayanti. Which means today is the day when Bhagavad
Gita was spoken by Lord Shri Krishna to his very first disciple in the
form of human i.e. Arjun. Tomorrow Bhagavad Gita will complete 5151 years.
The
Bhagavad-Gita is the eternal message of spiritual wisdom from ancient
India. The word Gita means song and the word Bhagavad means God, often
the Bhagavad-Gita is called the Song of God.
Because
of benedictions given to King Kuru by Brahma that anyone dying in
Kuruksetra while performing penance or while fighting in battle will be
promoted directly to the heavenly planets.
The
Mahabharata is the most voluminous book the world has ever known. The
Mahabharata covers the history of the earth from the time of creation in
relation to India. Composed in 100,000 rhyming quatrain couplets the
Mahabharata is seven times the size of the Illiad written by Homer.
Vedavyasa
is the divine saint and incarnation who authored the Srimad Bhagavatam,
Vedanta Sutra, the 108 Puranas, composed and divided the Vedas into the
Rik, Yajur, Artharva and Sama Vedas, and wrote the great historical
treatise Mahabharata known as the fifth Veda. His full name is Krishna
Dvaipayana Vyasa and he was the son of sage Parasara and mother
Satyavati.
Because
it is revealed in the Vedic scripture Bhavisya Purana III.VII.II that
the fifth Veda written by Vedavyasa is called the Mahabharata.
The
Mahabharata has no restrictions of qualification as to who can hear it
or read it. Everyone regardless of caste or social position may hear or
read it at any time. Vedavyasa wrote it with the view not to exclude
all the people in the worlds who are outside of the Vedic culture. He
himself has explained that the Mahabharata contains the essence of all
the purports of the Vedas. This we see is true and it is also written in
a very intriguing and dramatically narrative form.
The
Aryan invasion theory has been proven in the 1990s not to have a shred
of truth in it. Indologists the world over have realized that the
Aryans are the Hindus themselves.
The
Bhagavad-Gita is composed of 700 Sanskrit verses contained within 18
chapters, divided into three sections each consisting of six chapters.
They are Karma Yoga the yoga of actions. Bhakti Yoga the yoga of
devotion and Jnana Yoga the yoga of knowledge.
The
Mahabharata confirms that Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad-Gita to
Arjuna at the Battle of Kuruksetra in 3137 B.C.. According to specific
astrological references in the Vedic scriptures, the year 3102 B.C. is
the beginning of kali yuga which began 35 years after the battle 5000
years ago. If calculated accurately it goes to 5151years from today.
According
to the writings of both the Greek and the Romans such as Pliny, Arrian
and Solinus as well as Megastathanes who wrote a history of ancient
India and who was present as an eyewitness when Alexander the Great
arrived in India in 326 B.C. was that before him were 154 kings who
ruled back to 6777 B.C. This also follows the Vedic understanding.
The
first English edition of the Bhagavad-Gita was in 1785 by Charles
Wilkins in London, England. This was only 174 years after the
translation of the King James Bible in 1611.
Yes.
The Bhagavad-Gita was translated into Latin in 1823 by Schlegel. It was
translated into German in 1826 by Von Humbolt. It was translated into
French in 1846 by Lassens and it was translated into Greek in 1848 by
Galanos to mention but a few.
The
word Srimad is a title of great respect. This is given because the
Bhagavad-Gita reveals the essence of all spiritual knowledge.
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