Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 87

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 1 The Yog of Irresolution and Grief So he pleads with Krishn and wishes to be enlightened on why they (Krishn and he), men of sagacity, should be bent upon committing the heinous sin of destroying their family. According to his view of the issue at hand, even Krishn is about to become an accessory to the crime. Finally, he asserts adamantly that in order to save himself from the sin he shall not fight. Saying this he sinks despairingly in the rear of the chariot. In other words, he turns his back on the precious enterprise of the perennial conflict that rages between matter and spirit, between godly and ungodly impulses, between forces that drag a man down to gross nature and forces that elevate and finally take the Soul to the Supreme God. Commentators have called this first chapter of the Geeta “Arjun Vishad Yog.” “Vishad” is grief. Arjun is a symbol of tender, affectionate devotion. Grief is the motive as well as instrument of the devotee who is concerned about the preservation of the Sanatan Dharm. Such was the sorrow of Manu, whom Hindus believe to be the representative man and father of the human race. Goswami Tulsidas has said, ‘’Full of grief is my heart since I have only led my life without love of God.”