Riddles and puzzles, Fuzzy Gita?

ॐ गणानाम् त्वा गणपतिम् हवामहे कविम् कवीनाम् उपमश्रवस्तमम्। ज्येष्ठराजम् ब्रह्मणाम् ब्रह्मणस्पतानः ऊतिइः सीदसादनम्॥ रुग्वेद २. २३. १ 

Shree Vyasadeva seen dictating the epic Mahabharata

to his scribe muladhara adhipati, Lord of the basal plexus, the Elemental God Ganapati,

[Pics. Left- Angkor Wat, Courtesy: Wikipedia].

 ॐ पार्थाय प्रतिभोधितां भगवता नारायणेन स्वयं।

    व्यासेन ग्रथितां पुराणमुनिनां मध्ये महाभारतम्॥ 

  This scripture that has come to us as the spoken wordsof the Lord is indeed a soliloquy, svagatam. It appears as an episode narrated by the Epic Sage Vyasamuni. as the instructions given to Partha, Arjuna, by the supreme Lord Narayana Himself.

     The Bhagavad-Gita comes in the middle of Mahabharata (Bhishma parva Chs. 23-40),

     It may also be construed that the Bhagavad-Gita is a dialogue between Arjuna, the confused mind seeking clarity, guidance from Higher Mind and Sri Hari Narayana as Shree Krishna, the pure Consciousness- the ‘purnaprajnya’ imparting him the various options to get liberated from the grip of maya! .     

   Shree Krishna Dvaipayana (Vyasadeva) is seen here dictating Mahabharata which includes the Bhagavad-Gita and Lord Ganapati taking dictation. The Bhagavad-Gita starts with Minister Sanjaya narrating the happenings at the Kurukshetra Battlefield to the Blind King Dhrutarashtra. But, it is ironical that the supreme Lord says, “I am Veda vyasa, Arjuna, Kapila Muni, and all that!” (Ch. X. Vibhuti Yoga). Bhagavan Shree Krishna says, “I imparted this ‘brahmavidya’ ‘yogashastra’ to Vivasvan, the Sun, who in turn told this to Manu, who told this to Ikshvaku, and so on, and was lost time and again!” Further, the supreme Lord warns, “This secret knowledge should not be shared with persons who do not have faith. 

   The Bhagavad-Gita is one of the rarest spiritual Texts that dates back to the very origin of the Universe, ‘Brahmanda’, the cosmos. The Gita explains how our ‘solar system’- the sun, the earth and its satellite, the planets around the earth and the life-forms are created. Here, the supreme Lord Bhagavan Shree Krishna reveals ‘Who He Is’, as also, ‘how the universe is created, sustained, and finally destroyed by Him’. The Lord Creator Himself reveals many a secrets. The most perplexing aspect of the Gita is this ‘secret’ revealed to His friend Arjuna and how something the Lord feels it a ‘secret’ can ever be understood by us, the mortals, endowed with limited faculties.

   First of all, these are the ‘spoken words of the Lord, Bhagavan Shree Krishna and dated back to the very timeless, beginningless beginning! In fact, time (kaal) and space (akasha) manifest from Him, the Bhagavan! These statements are supported by the relevant verses given here.

    So far, we find more than a hundred thousand commentaries written on the Gita, in almost all the prominent languages of the world. Unfortunately most of these are just repetitions of some published works and contain lots of errors, wrong interpretations due to misunderstandings. For fear of copyright restrictions, many authors and their publishers have twisted the original spoken words of the Lord and thereby mislead us. Despite all the scholarly interpretations the Gita remains a well-guarded secret forever since it is very difficult to understand the words of Bhagavan Shree Krishna by us, the ordinary mortals. A clear understanding of the Gita requires a sustained effort by an ardent devotee and total devotion to Bhagavan Shree Krishna.   Further, much depends on Lord’s grace, purva punya and the touch of an attained person - ‘guru’. Revelations happen when the devotee gets the knowledge of the Self, ‘atma sakshatkara’.

     The spiritual essence of the Gita. ‘amruta-varshinim’, is showering of the blessings of the Lord that brings ‘moksha’, fulfillment to the tormented jivas. It is the ‘moksha patha’, path to the highest seat, ‘param dhama’, the ultimate goal of life. It brings about the release of the eternally bonded embodied soul, the jivatman, from ‘metempsychosis’, cycle of births and deaths. It is ‘purushartha sadhana’, the very purpose of life to fulfill the desires of all sorts on the basis of dharma, righteousness and ‘attainment of moksha. In fact, the purpose of life is to know the true nature of the soul, jivatman. The Gita shows the way. It leads us to Light from darkness, to knowledge from ignorance, and to immortality from death. We all are born in ignorance and live in ignorance as the slaves of our senses, fickle mind, perverted intelligence, and the powerful ego. We suffer dualities of joy and misery, pain and pleasure, likes and dislikes, etc. The Gita comes as a guide to redeem us from sufferings, reveal the true nature of the jiva and enlighten us. It is a divine gift to us..