Bhagavatgita a detailed study chapter 18-Liberation through renunciation

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sanjaya uvaacha

 

74.ithyaham vaasudhevasya paarThasya

cha mahaathmanaH

 

Samvaadham imam aSrousham adhbhutham

romaharshaNam

 

Thus

I heard the wonderful and

exhilarating conversation between the

great Vasudeva and Arjuna.

 

75. vyaasaparasaadhaath Sruthavaan

ethath guhyam aham

Param

 

Yogam yogeSvaraath krshNaath saakshaath kaThayathaH

Svayam

By

the grace of the sage Vyasa I have heard this most secret yoga expounded by the yogesvara Krishna Himself.

 

 

76. raajan samsmrthya samsmrthya

samvaadham imam

Adhbhutham

 

keSavaarjunayoH puNyam hrshyaami cha muhurmuhuH

 

Oh

King, remembering this wonderful conversation between Krishna

and Arjuna I am enjoying it again and again.

 

77.thaccha samsmrthya samsmrthya roopam

athyadhbhutham

hareH

 

vismayo me mahaan raajan hrshyaami

cha punaH punaH

 

And

remembering the magnificent form of Lord Hari I am filled with wonder Oh king

and feeling elated again and again

 

 

Not only Arjuna but also Sanjaya was

elated to have heard the conversation between Krishna and Arjuna due to the

grace of the sage Vyasa and extols the discourse as `yogam yogesvarAth

krishnAth sAkshAth kaThayathah svayam,' the

highest knowledge from the mouth of the Lord Himself, who is the master of all

yoga, and says that remembering it he rejoices at his good fortune again and

again and filled with wonder. He concludes by saying,

 

 

78. yathre yogeSvaraH krshNaH yathra

paarTho DhanurDharaH

 

Thathra Sreeh vijayo bhoothiH DhruvaaneethiH

Mathirmama

 

 

Wherever there is Sri Krishna, the Lord

of the yoga and Arjuna the archer, there is always fortune, victory, wealth and

firm justice .

 

The implied meaning of this statement is

that when the Lord is there to command and when the individual is fully

equipped to do His command and acts as the instrument in the hands of God

always ready to listen to the voice within, the success is waiting for such an

individual.

 

Let us also be like Arjuna , armed with

detachment and discrimination born out of devotion, act on in this world as the

servants of the Lord to do His bidding out of love and attain peace and joy.

 

This is the end of the great gospel of

humanity, the Bhagavatgita.

 

 

OM thath sath

KrishNaaya vaasudhevaaya

dhevakee nandhanaaya cha

 

Nandhagopakumaaraaya govindhaaya namo namaH