Bhagavad Gita - Daily One Verse Brief Explanation - II 2:10 II

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II 2:10 II

 

tam uvaacha hrishikeshah, prahasann iva bhaarata

senayor ubhayor madhye, viseedantam idam vacah

 

" O Bharata (Dhrtarashtra, born in Bharata dynasty), Sri Krishna, as

if smiling, addressed the following words to the despondent Arjuna

while in the midst of the two armies. "

 

From Gita Prabodhani in Hindi pg. 23 by Swami Ramsukhdasji

 

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Chapter 2, Verse 10 is as follows;

 

Tam = to him

Uvaacha = said

HrusheekeshaH = Krishna

Prahasan = smiling

Iva = as it were

Bhaarata = O King Dhritarashtra!

SenayoH = of the armies

UbhayoH = both

Madhye = in the middle

Visheedantam = despondent

Idam = these

VachaH = words

 

English translation:-

 

O King Dhritarashtra, to him (Arjuna) thus depressed in the middle

of the two armies; Lord Krishna spoke these words, with a faint

smile in satisfaction.

 

As a dawn is the harbinger of daybreak, Lord Krishna's chuckle is

indicative of the bright emerging future for Arjuna, who has been

yearning for `Shreyas' i.e. the tasks he ought to perform to uphold

the righteousness.

 

Please note that Lord Krishna is not smiling at the striking

disparity between Arjuna's stellar reputation of being the best

archer and his shameful ineptitude on the battlefield so far.

 

Lord Krishna's smile indicates that, now is the most opportune

moment to deliver the `Yoga' i.e. the unity with the Self, to

Arjuna. It is the same timeless, imperishable `Yoga', which the Pure

Consciousness had proclaimed to the Sun God who passed on the baton

to Manu, who in turn handed it over to Ikshavaaku, the creator of

the Solar dynasty in which Lord Rama was born. Please refer verse 1

from chapter 4 in Shreemad Bhagawad Geeta.

 

With this verse 10, the preamble of Shreemad Bhagawad Geeta gets

over and from the succeeding verse 11; the nectarine starts to flow

from the lips of Lord Shree Krishna.

 

It reminds me of the famous Shloka from Maharshee Veda Vyaasa;

 

" Geetaa Sugeetaa KartavyaaH, Kim AnyaiH Shaastra VistaraiH;

Yaa Svayam Padnaabhasya Mukha Padmaat ViniH Srutaa "

 

It is the noble duty of every human being to lead a life on the

basis of the universal teachings of Shreemad Bhagawad Geeta. As the

divine nectarine has flowed from the lotus faced incarnation of Lord

Vishnu himself, what is the grand purpose left over in mastering all

other branches of knowledge?

 

There is nothing greater than `Shreyas' for every human being to

seek. The very human existence finds fulfillment in It. Arjuna is

soon going to be a worthy recipient of the `Yoga' i.e. unity with

the Self. Therefore, there is a significant, divine smile on the

face of Lord Krishna.

 

When the misplaced human ego in the form of dejected and dispirited

Arjuna sits back in the body represented by the chariot, throwing

down all instruments of ego-centric activities represented here by

the divine arch `Gaandiva', when the sense-organs in the form of the

white horses are held back by the pulled reins represented by the

stable mind, then the charioteer in the form of Lord Krishna with

his Pure Intellect will steer that human ego on the path of

righteousness and ultimately lead to the divinity.

 

Thanks & Best Regards,

Shrikant Joshi.

 

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FROM " THE BHAGAVAD GITA - SADHAK SANJIVANI "

 

II 2:10 II

 

Link: — In the next verse, Sanjaya describes what happened, when

Arjuna flatly refused to fight.

 

Supplement Only — On the sacred (righteous) soil of Kuruksetra on

one side the Kaurava-army is arrayed while on the other side the

Pandava-army is arrayed. In the middle of the two armies a glorious

chariot drawn by white horses is placed. In one part of that chariot

Lord Krsna is seated while in another part Arjuna is seated. The

Lord starts preaching the divine gospel for the benediction of

mankind by making Arjuna, an instrument and first of all He

describes the discrimination between the body and (the embodied

soul) its possessor.

 

From " The Bhagavad Gita - Sadhak Sanjivani " in English pg 86-87 by

Swami Ramsukhdasji.

 

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|| Shree Hari ||

Ram Ram

 

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