Famous Slokas
Reassurance to protect dharma and destroy adharma
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata
abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛijāmyaham
Who were the speakers in the Gita?
Dhritarashtra, Sanjay, Arjun, Kishna
“When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to the Bhagavad Gita… I immediately begin to smile.”
The mind.
uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet, ātmaiva hyātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ
Reassurance that God is within all of us
sarvasya chāhaṁ hṛidi sanniviṣhṭo
mattaḥ smṛitir jñānam apohanaṁ cha
vedaiśh cha sarvair aham eva vedyo
vedānta-kṛid veda-vid eva chāham
He captured the Gita in its written form.
Ved Vyas
“It was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who is the Gita not applicable to?
Nobody
Describes the importance of remembering the divine before eating
yajña-śhiṣhṭāśhinaḥ santo muchyante sarva-kilbiṣhaiḥ, bhuñjate te tvaghaṁ pāpā ye pachantyātma-kāraṇāt
Who starts the Gita and how?
dharma-kṣhetre kuru-kṣhetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāśhchaiva kimakurvata sañjaya
This English writer found Bhagvad Gita as, “The most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind.”, He also felt, Bhagvad-Gita is “One of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity.”
Aldous Huxley?
What are the divine qualities mentioned in the 16th chapter?
abhayaṁ sattva-sanśhuddhir jñāna-yoga-vyavasthitiḥ
dānaṁ damaśh cha yajñaśh cha svādhyāyas tapa ārjavam
these are the saintly virtues of those endowed with a divine nature—fearlessness, purity of mind, steadfastness in spiritual knowledge, charity, control of the senses, sacrifice, study of the sacred books, austerity, and straightforwardness
How did Arjun ask Krishna to describe one of steady wisdom?
sthita-prajñasya kā bhāṣhā samādhi-sthasya keśhava
sthita-dhīḥ kiṁ prabhāṣheta kim āsīta vrajeta kim
In the Gita, what was the name of Krishna's shankh (conch shell)? Who's conch was named Paundra?
“The Gita was preached as a preparatory lesson for living worldly life with an eye to Release, Nirvana. My last prayer to everyone, therefore, is that one should not fail to thoroughly understand this ancient science of worldly life as early as possible in one’s life.”
Lokmanya Tilak?
What was Krishna's first response to Arjun?
kutastvā kaśhmalamidaṁ viṣhame samupasthitam
anārya-juṣhṭamaswargyam akīrti-karam arjuna
klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayyupapadyate
kṣhudraṁ hṛidaya-daurbalyaṁ tyaktvottiṣhṭha parantapa
Wherever these are present, victory is certain.
yatra yogeśhvaraḥ kṛiṣhṇo yatra pārtho dhanur-dharaḥ
tatra śhrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir matir mama
The Bhagvad Gita is in which chapter (Parva) of the Mahabharata?
Bhishma Parva
"If one reads this one Shloka —क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते । क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परंतप॥ — one gets all the merits of reading the entire Gita; for in this one Shloka lies imbedded the whole Message of the Gita."
Swami Vivekananda
Abhyas - practice
Vairagya - detachment
asanśhayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ chalam abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa cha gṛihyate