Introduction Part I

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Introduction

 

Bhagavad Gita, which means the Lord's Song, shows the

path of perfection and eternal peace to people of all

times, irrespective of their caste, creed and

nationality. It contains 700 verses and is in the

form of a dialogue between Sri Krishna the Divine

Master and His disciple Arjuna. The dialogue took

place on the battlefield of Kurukshetra where the

Pandavas and the Kauravas had assembled their armies

for war, some 5000 years ago. The facts and events

which led to the Kurukshetra war are as follows.

 

In days of yore, there flourished a great kingdon in

the north of India with its headquarters at Hastinapur

(near Delhi). Pandu was ruling the kingdom after his

father's death, as his elder brother Dhrtarastra was

born blind and such a physical disability disqualified

a prince for kingship according to the tenets of

Sanathana Dharma. King Pandu had five sons and they

were known as the Pandavas. As Pandu met with a

premature death, all his sons were brought up by

Dhrtarastra along with his one hundred sons called

Kauravas. Thus the Pandavas and the Kauravas grew up

under the same roof. The Pandavas were very

intelligent and brave and withn a short period they

could gain mastery over the Vedas and the art of

archery and the use of other arms and weapons. The

Kauravas were jealous by nature and they could not

tolerate the Pandavas. Hence the Pandavas agreed to

live separately sharing half of their kingdom.

 

 

 

 

 

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