Gita For Daily Living

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 44 through 47

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s final argument for not fighting the war and his declaration to Krishna that it will be better for him to die at the hands of Kauravas without resisting as he realized that the war would have disastrous consequences for the society and the culture.

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Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 40 through 43

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s argument how this act of war will destroy families and family values which in turn will destroy the society as the women without protection of men will get corrupt and will give rise to impure generation.

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Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 36 through 39

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s willingness to give up his life to avoid committing the sin of waging war which destroys families.

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Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 32 through 35

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s conclusion that no good is going to come out of this war as the people for whom I wanted this kingdom and comforts are standing here ready to sacrifice their lives.

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Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 28 through 31

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s state of mind after he had a chance to review the people arrayed in both armies. He loses his enthusiasm to fight the war to win the kingdom back from the evil cousins.

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Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 24 through 27

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s observations of the people arrayed in both armies. He sees his kith and kin are standing there eager to kill each other.

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Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 19 through 23

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s state of mind when he asks Krishna to place his chariot in the middle of the two armies.

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Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 13 through 18

Lecture discusses Pandava’s response to the declaration of war with Bhisma blowing his conch and others in the Kaurava army following him.  Pandava army led by Krishna and Arjuna blew their own conches which created fear in the hearts of Kauravas.

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Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 7 through 12

Lecture discusses Duryodhana’s assessment of the strengths of the two armies. He feels even though his army is larger it is insufficient while Pandava’s army though smaller is sufficient.

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Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 1 through 6

Lecture discusses Dhritarashtra’s anxiety and Duryodhana’s insecurity when the two armies were facing each other just before the great Mahabharata war.

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Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 44 through 47

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s final argument for not fighting the war and his declaration to Krishna that it will be better for him to die at the hands of Kauravas without resisting as he realized that fighting the war is getting involved in sin.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 40 through 43

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s argument how this act of war will destroy families and family values which in turn will destroy the society as the women without protection of men will get corrupt and will give rise to impure generation. 

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 35 through 39

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s willingness to give up his life to avoid committing sin of waging war which destroys families. 

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 31 through 34

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s conclusion that no good is going to come out of this war as the people for whom I wanted this kingdom and comforts are standing here ready to sacrifice their lives.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 25 through 30

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s state of mind after he had a chance to review the people arrayed in both armies. He sees his kith and kin are standing there eager to kill each other.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 19 through 24

Lecture discusses Arjuna’s state of mind when he asks Krishna to place his chariot in the middle of the two armies.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 "Yoga of Arjuna's Grief" Verses 13 through 18

Lecture discusses Pandava's response to the declaration of war with Bhisma blowing his conch and others in Kaurava army following him.  Pandava army led by Krishna and Arjuna blow their own conches which create fear in the hearts of Kauravas.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 "Yoga of Arjuna's Grief" Verses 7 through 12

Lecture discusses Duryodhana's assessment of strengths of the two armies. He feels even though his army is larger it is insufficient while Pandava's army though smaller is sufficient.

Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1 “Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief” Verses 1 through 6

Lecture discusses Dhritarashtra’s anxiety and Duryodhana’s insecurity when the two armies are facing each other just before the great Mahabharata war is declared.