Bhagawad Gita Lesson 18 - The endeavor for Liberation

  Image courtesy: https://cdn.exoticindia.com/images/products/original/madhuban/pd91.jpg Chapter 18 -  The endeavor for Liberation - Slokas - 78. यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः । तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम ॥ १८-७८॥ ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सु ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे मोक्षसंन्यासयोगो नाम अष्टादशोऽध्यायः ॥ १८॥ yatra yogeshvarah’ kri’shno yatra paartho dhanurdharah’ । tatra shreervijayo bhootirdhruvaa neetirmatirmama ॥ 18-78 ॥ om tatsaditi shreemadbhagavadgeetaasoopanishatsu brahmavidyaayaam yogashaastre shreekri’shnaarjunasamvaade mokshasamnyaasayogo naama asht’aadasho’dhyaayah’ ॥ 18 ॥ Sanjaya concludes: I think, where there is Krishna, the master of accession and where there is Partha, the archer with precision there will be the province of auspiciousness and steady acquirement.  "Om That Dwells in", is the subject, in the Glorious Bhagawadgita, in the Upanishad, of the acceding works on knowledge a...

  Image courtesy: https://iskconnews.org/australasia-communications-director-paints-bhagavad-gita-art-exhibition,7611/ Chapter 18 -  The endeavor for Liberation - Slokas - 76, 77. राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम् । केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ १८-७६॥ तच्च संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य रूपमत्यद्भुतं हरेः । विस्मयो मे महान् राजन्हृष्यामि च पुनः पुनः ॥ १८-७७॥ raajansamsmri’tya samsmri’tya samvaadamimamadbhutam । keshavaarjunayoh’ punyam hri’shyaami cha muhurmuhuh’ ॥ 18-76 ॥ tachcha samsmri’tya samsmri’tya roopamatyadbhutam hareh’ । vismayo me mahaan raajanhri’shyaami cha punah’ punah’ ॥ 18-77 ॥ Hey King, I recall this wonderful and sacred conversation between Krishna and Arjuna repeatedly and I get exited again and again. Also, remembering the extraordinary form of Hari repeatedly,is highly amazing for me hey King, and I get thrilled again and again  

  Image courtesy: https://media.radiosai.org/journals/Vol_06/01OCT08/05-avatars.htm/ Chapter 18 -  The endeavor for Liberation - Slokas - 74, 75. सञ्जय उवाच । इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः । संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥ १८-७४॥ व्यासप्रसादाच्छ्रुतवानेतद्गुह्यमहं परम् । योगं योगेश्वरात्कृष्णात्साक्षात्कथयतः स्वयम् ॥ १८-७५॥ sanjaya uvaacha । ityaham vaasudevasya paarthasya cha mahaatmanah’ । samvaadamimamashraushamadbhutam romaharshanam ॥ 18-74 ॥ vyaasaprasaadaachchhrutavaanetadguhyamaham param । yogam yogeshvaraatkri’shnaatsaakshaatkathayatah’ svayam ॥ 18-75 ॥ Sanjaya said:  This is what I have heard in the extraordinary thrilling conversation between the renowned Vasudeva and Partha that gives goosbumps. With the grace of Vyasa, I have come to hear this great secret about the accession, spoken by the very object of devout contemplation, Krishna Himself.  SANJAYA literally means completely victorious, “one who has conquered himself”. He alone wh...