Gita For Daily Living

Episode 366: Chapter 1, 44 - 47

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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Episode 365: Chapter 1, verses 40 - 43

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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Episode 364: Chapter 1, verses 36 - 39

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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Episode 363: Chapter 1, verses 32 - 35

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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Episode 362: Chapter 1, verses 28 - 31

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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Episode 361: Chapter 1, verses 24 - 27

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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Episode 360: Chapter 1, verses 19 - 23

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.

 Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE  

Episode 359: Chapter 1, verses 13 - 18

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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Episode 358: Chapter 1, verses 7 - 12

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.

 Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE  

Episode 357: Chapter 1, verses 1- 6

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.

Moksharthi - Please visit YouTube for Bhajans by Neil Bhatt - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jOW56VdfinQGoaP3cRFi-lSBfxjflJE  

Episode 157: Chapter 1, verses 44 - 47

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.

Episode 156: Chapter 1, verses 40 - 43

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. 

Episode 155: Chapter 1, verses 35 - 39

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. 

Episode 154: Chapter 1, verses 31 - 34

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.

Episode 153: Chapter 1, verses 25 - 30

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.

Episode 152: Chapter 1, verses 19 - 24

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.

Episode 151: Chapter 1, verses 13 - 18

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.

Episode 150: Chapter 1, verses 7 - 12

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.

Episode 149: Chapter 1, verses 1 - 6

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.