Guest guest Posted September 4, 1997 Report Share Posted September 4, 1997 Dear Bhagavatas & dear Raja Krishnaswamy, The apparent contradiction between the two slokas can be reconciled also by noting that the sermon of Geetha was delivered in *real time*! I have read (perhaps from the commentary of Sri Chinmayananda) that Sri Krishna, having propounded the various methods of Jnana, Raja and Karmayoga, noticed that Arjuna still remained unresolved & perhaps even confused. Hence He imparts to Arjuna the doctrine of Prapatti, which altho theoretically contradictory to the karma-doctrine in truth only reflects the ciruitous way in which the Supreme must apparently limit Himself to be accomodated within the poor storm-ridden jeeva's mind! Hari Om, srikanth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 1997 Report Share Posted September 4, 1997 Dear Sri Rama Srinivasan and dear Bhagavathas, On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Rama Srinivasan wrote: >>having propounded the various methods of Jnana, Raja and >> Karmayoga, ***noticed >> >>that Arjuna still remained unresolved & perhaps even > confused***. Hence He > > Arjuna *pretends* to be unresolved & perhaps even confused for OUR sake, > as this doctrine is for > the entire masses. All the doubts and questions which are raised by > Arjuna doesn't mean that he doesn't know OR doesn't > get the message from Sri Krishna, it should be interpreted as possible > questions and confusions a *sataka* would encounter. > If Arjuna was very clear just after the first sloka "Asochyan .." , we > won't be getting the full 18 chapters and all different margas. > > My limited understanding... > > Srinivasan I guess u are right. Afterall, the Arjuna/Krishna are Nara/Narayana. However, i was trying to interpret the slokas within the framework provided in Mahabharatham, not (say) Bhagavatham (which might well have been a wrong thing to do!). You know, i have even heard asked why the Lord singled out Arjuna, and not the righteous Yudhishthirar for the exposition of the Geetha, answer being that the latter wd have grasped it too quickly for the benefit of the masses... Hari Om, srikanth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 1997 Report Share Posted September 4, 1997 >>having propounded the various methods of Jnana, Raja and Karmayoga, ***noticed >>that Arjuna still remained unresolved & perhaps even confused***. Hence He Arjuna *pretends* to be unresolved & perhaps even confused for OUR sake, as this doctrine is for the entire masses. All the doubts and questions which are raised by Arjuna doesn't mean that he doesn't know OR doesn't get the message from Sri Krishna, it should be interpreted as possible questions and confusions a *sataka* would encounter. If Arjuna was very clear just after the first sloka "Asochyan .." , we won't be getting the full 18 chapters and all different margas. My limited understanding... Srinivasan > > R. Skrintha [sMTP:srik] > Thursday, September 04, 1997 12:15 AM > bhakti > Re: sarvadharmAn- vs. karmaNyeva- > > > Dear Bhagavatas & dear Raja Krishnaswamy, > > The apparent contradiction between the two slokas can be reconciled > also > by noting that the sermon of Geetha was delivered in *real time*! I > have > read (perhaps from the commentary of Sri Chinmayananda) that Sri > Krishna, > having propounded the various methods of Jnana, Raja and Karmayoga, > noticed > that Arjuna still remained unresolved & perhaps even confused. Hence > He > imparts to Arjuna the doctrine of Prapatti, which altho theoretically > contradictory to the karma-doctrine in truth only reflects the > ciruitous way > in which the Supreme must apparently limit Himself to be accomodated > within > the poor storm-ridden jeeva's mind! > > Hari Om, > srikanth > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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