Shri Purohit Swami

Krishna Dwaipayana Veda Vyasa

The Bhagavad Gita, the greatest devotional book of Hinduism, has long been recognized as one of the world’s spiritual classics and a guide to all on the path of Truth. It is sometimes known as the Song of the Lord or the Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna. According to Western scholarship, it was composed later than the Vedas and the Upanishads – probably between the fifth and second centuries before Christ. It is a fragment, part of the sixth book of the epic poem The Mahabaratha. The Mahabaratha tells of the Pandavas, Prince Arjuna and his four brothers, growing up in north India at the court of their uncle, the blind King Dhritarashtra, after the death of their father, the previous ruler. There is always great rivalry between the Pandavas or sons of Pandu and the Kauravas, the one hundred sons of Dhritarashtra. Eventually the old king gives his nephews some land of their own but his eldest son, Duryodhana, defeats Yudhisthira, the eldest Pandava, by cheating at dice, and forces him and his brothers to surrender their land and go into exile for thirteen years. On their return, the old king is unable to persuade his son Duryodhana to restore their heritage and, in spite of efforts at reconciliation by Sanjaya, Dhritarashtra’s charioteer; by Bheeshma, his wise counsellor; and even by the Lord Krishna himself, war cannot be averted. The rival hosts face each other on the field of Kurukshetra. It is at this point that The Bhagavad Gita begins. When Prince Arjuna surveys the battlefield, he is overwhelmed with sorrow at the futility of war. The teachings of The Bhagavad Gita are spoken by the divine Lord Krishna, who is acting as the prince’s charioteer. They are overheard by Sanjaya and reported back to King Dhritarashtra. When Krishna has finished speaking to Arjuna, the two armies engage. The battle lasts eighteen days and by the end of it nearly all of the warriors on both sides are dead save Krishna and the five sons of Pandu. Specialty of This Book: Unlike most translations, Shri Purohit Swami's translates every word into English and avoids the use of Sanskrit concepts that may be unfamiliar to English-speakers, for example translating the word 'yoga' as 'spirituality'. He also avoids mentioning the Caste system; where the original Gita mentions the different castes he interprets this as different occupations within society. He represents a very important but largely unremembered link between the generation of Swami Vivekananda and the Post World War II

Philosophy of Life

The Bhagavad Gita

The Sacred Scripture Of India With Facing-Page Commentary That Brings The Text To Life For YouComposed In Sanskrit Verse Thousands Of Years Ago, This Timeless Text Tells The Story Of A Distraught Warrior On The Verge Of Battle And The Compassionate Counsel He Recieves From Krishna - God In Human Form. In Just Seven Hundred Lines, The Gita Presents Concise Teachings On Such Topics As The Immortality Of The Soul, Meditation And Yoga, Worship And Sacrifice, The Ideal Of Selfless Action, And The Oneness Of All Life In The Divine.

Bhagavad Gita

The Song of Silence is a collection of 108 songs. The theme of the collection can be best gauged from the opening song:My Lord! Let me sing the song of silence on the harp of Thy love.And pull the wires of peace,And let it vibrate through the hearts of the worldAnd fill them with the message of Truth eternal.My Lord! Let me sing the song of silence without word and rhyme.And let it break asunder the trammels of my mind.And pour forth in torrents the melody of love,To enliven the spirits of the worldAnd prepare them to long for the life of Wisdom eternal.My Lord! Let me sing the songs of silenceAnd let it silently reverberateAnd inspire the conscience of the world to yearn for life beyond,A Life of Divine Bliss eternal.

Shri Purohit Swami

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