Why do we read the Bhagawad Gita ?

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Why do we read Geetha, even if we can't understand a Sanskrit word????

 

This is beautiful story :

 

An old Farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young

grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen

table reading his Bhagavath Geetha. His grandson wanted to be just

like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.

One day the grandson asked, " Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagavath

Geetha just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do

understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does

reading the Bhagavath Geetha do? "

 

The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and

replied, " Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a

basket of water. "

 

The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he

got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, " You'll have

to move a little faster next time, " and sent him back to the river

with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again

the basket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told

his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket,

and he went to get a bucket instead.

 

The old man said, " I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of

water. You're just not trying hard enough, " and he went out the door

to watch the boy try again.

 

At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show

his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water

would leak out before he got back to the house.

 

The boy again dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he

reached his grandfather the basket was again empty. Out of breath, he

said, " See Grandpa, it's useless! "

 

" So you think it is useless? " The old man said, " Look at the basket. "

The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the

basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal

basket and was now clean, inside and out.

 

" Son, that's what happens when you read the Bhagawad Gita "

 

WONDERFUL AND INSPIRING.

 

OM SAI RAM