Sañjaya said: Seeing Arjuna full of compassion, his mind depressed, his eyes full of tears,_______, Kṛṣṇa, spoke the following words.
Madhusūdana
सञ्जय उवाच
sañjaya uvāca
The ________ is perishable by nature. It may perish immediately, or it may do so after a hundred years. It is a question of time only. There is no chance of maintaining it indefinitely.
the material body
Gita Mahatmya
Arjuna said: O killer of enemies, __________ , how can I counterattack with arrows in battle men like Bhīṣma and Droṇa, who are worthy of my worship?
O killer of Madhu, Madhusudana
na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ
Never was there a time when I did not exist
haṭha-yoga
The haṭha-yoga system is meant for controlling the five kinds of air encircling the pure soul by different kinds of sitting postures – not for any material profit, but for liberation of the minute soul from the entanglement of the material atmosphere.
Why is Krsna keep being called Madhusudana?
Because it is referring to the Hayagriva Avatar that restored the Vedas (aka one who restores knowledge?)
aka Arjuna is saying Krsna please bring back the divine knowledge that has been stolen from me.
Sañjaya said: Having spoken thus, Arjuna, chastiser of enemies, told Kṛṣṇa, “_______, I shall not fight,” and fell silent.
Govinda
O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of _______ and ________, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.
Happiness and Distress
Sometimes the ____ is called the steady, or kūṭa-stha. The ____ is subject to six kinds of transformations. It takes its birth from the womb of the mother’s body, remains for some time, grows, produces some effects, gradually dwindles, and at last vanishes into oblivion.
soul, body
What are the Five kinds of air?
prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, samāna and udāna
O son of _________, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.
Kuntī
That which ______________, you should know to be indestructible. No one is able to destroy that imperishable soul.
pervades the entire body
Double points!**
what does pervades mean?
What is the measurement of the size of the soul?
This soul is described as one ten-thousandth part of the upper portion of the hair point in size. The Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (5.9) confirms this:
bālāgra-śata-bhāgasya
śatadhā kalpitasya ca
bhāgo jīvaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ
sa cānantyāya kalpate
“When the upper point of a hair is divided into one hundred parts and again each of such parts is further divided into one hundred parts, each such part is the measurement of the dimension of the spirit soul.”
what is Krsna's Nakshatra
Rohini
viṣṇu-tattva
Karanodakashayi Vishnu (also known as Mahavishnu), Garbhodakashayi Vishnu, and Kshirodakashayi Vishnu
अन्तवन्त
antavanta
Bonus***
what does is mean?
What are the two kinds of souls that
"There are two kinds of souls – namely the minute particle soul (aṇu-ātmā) and the Supersoul (vibhu-ātmā)."
who was named Haridasaavariya by Radharani herself?
Giriraja Goverdhana