Chapter 18 is titled "Moksha Sanyasa Yoga" or the "Path of Deliverance and Renunciation" .
yatra yoogees`varah Krishn`oo
yatra Paarthoo dhanurdhara:
tatra S`riir vijayoo bhuutir
dhruvaa niitir matir mama.
Gist: Wherever there is the Lord of the Union Krishna,
Wherever there is the Bow-wielding Arjuna,
there will be wealth and victory.
To my mind this is absolutely certain.
Shri or Sri or Sree = Goddess of Wealth.
Vijayam = Victory.
Bhuuti = Auspicious experiences. (Also called 'Mangal`am' in Sanskrit)
These words were said by Sanjaya who was, in Mahabharata narrating the entire Bhagavad Gita to the King Dhritarashtra (pr: Dhrutaraasht`ra).
INTERPRETATION AND DEDUCTIONS
This type of verses are usually appended at the end of devotional hymns/scriptures. The verses describe the benefits of reading/singing the hymns/scriptures.
By promising guaranteed wealth and victory, the verse aims at making people to read Gita.
Do these guaranteed things really materialise?
Ans: In advertisements we see the small print "Conditions apply". The conditions in the small print are either reproduced illegibly on reverse of the offer document or attention is drawn to some other act/convention/custom/tradition/agreement.
There is also ambiguity about the presence of the Ascetic King Krishna and the Bow-wielding presence of Arjuna. It may be physical presence. Or presence in the form of an idol/photo-frame/image/worshipping object. Or presence in the minds of the believers.
India did not experience wealth or victories from 1000 A.D. to 1947. It lost its freedom and wealth first to Muslims and then to the Europeans. Does that mean: Was Krishna and Arjuna not present in India? If so why did they leave India? Why did they favour the Muslims and the Europeans?
IS KRISHNA YOGISWARA?
1. Scripture-preachers of Gita claim that Krishna is a Yogiswara (king of ascetics). A yogi endeavors to bind himself to the Supreme Spirit. Krishna claims himself to be the Supreme Spirit. Then where is the question of his being bound to some other Supreme Spirit and his becoming a king of such bound(ed) persons?
HISTORICAL VIEW (Assumption that Krishna was a historical king/knight of ancient India)
1. Kings and emperors traditionally had hundreds and thousands of wives. According to Valmiki Ramayana Dasaratha had 350 + 3 wives. The Vijayanagara Kings, The Moghul Emperors, have hundreds of wives. Akbar was said to have had 5000 women in his janana. Just before freedom, the native rulers of Kapurtala, Patiala etc. had hundreds of wives. In all such cases it is not possible to have sexual intercourse with all of them at least once a year, by rotation. Some wives get neglected.
The scripture preachers claim that Krishna satisfied all his 16,008 wives simultaneously, equally. According to them, he did not have sexual intercourse with 16,000 "gopikas (cowherd women)" and the wives of sages. In case of gopikas and wives of sages, absence of sexual relationship might have been true.
Scripture preachers claim Krishna a yogiswara because his mind was not attached to the actions he performed and he was a karma yogi in true sense. This is only a question of faith.
Is there not even a single instance, which can show that Krishna is a yogi?
We can find one instance in Bhishma Parva, Mahabharata. Every evening, at the end of closure of that day's battle, the knights on both sides used to go to the tents and get their injuries dressed with the help of doctors and surgeons. But Krishna was an exception. He used to visit the stable of horses and nurse their injuries, massage them with loving hands and offer them grass and lentils. He was a personification of duty and love at the same time. This instance is sufficient to rank Krishna as a true Karma Yogiswara (King of Ascetics of True Action).
BLOGGER'S VIEWS
*Why Krishna is guaranteeing wealth? This must have been insertion by preachers!
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