Mahabharat
He is also known as Partha in Mahabharata
Who is Arjun
The Bhagwad Gita appears in this epic
What is the Mahabharat?
“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.”
Who is Mahatma Gandhi
Krishna Emphasizes this type of action – acting without attachment to results
What is Karma Yoga?
The Gita is a scripture for this religion
What is all humanity?
He was the brother of Gandhari
Who is Shakuni
The Gita has these many total chapters and shloks
What is 18 chapters and 700 shloks?
“In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita.”
Who is David Thoreau?
Krishna Describes this as the eternal, indestructible essence within every being
What is Atman?
Arjun wasn’t afraid to fight the war but rather he did not want to fight because of this reason.
What is confusion about his duty?
He captured the Gita in its written form
Who is Ved Vyas?
This is the name of the second chapter
What is Sankhya Yog?
“It was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent.”
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
This is the meaning of ‘Sthita-prajna’
What is person of steady wisdom?
Many believe the Gita advocates only violence and war because it is set on a battlefield, but this myth ignores its deeper philosophical message
What is peace, righteousness, and self-mastery?
The entire battle has these many 'Akshohinis'
What is 18?
This is how the Gita starts
What is 'Dharama kshetre kuru kshetre'?
“The Bhagavad Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of end within the Indian tradition.”
Who is Aldous Huxley?
Krishna Says this quality is the main cause of anger, delusion and destruction
What is desire or 'kama'?
Many believe the Gita emphasized renunciation rather than this
What is action? (The Gita teaches one how to act, and not whether to act)
This is the name of Arjun's conch shell
What is Devadatta?
This is how the Gita ends
He also famously quoted 11.32: “Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds.”
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
The Gita Identifies these three 'gunas' that influence human behavior
What is Sattva, Rajas, Tamas?
This popular myth about the Bhagavad Gita is that the famous verse “karmanye va adhikaraste...” means people should not care at all about results or goals in life
What is, “do your duty without attachment, not without caring about outcomes?”