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Thus begin the song of Krishna

In the next 14 shlokas (shloka 10-23, chapter 2- week 5), as Shri Krishna begins his dialogue, it contains knowledge that is too much to absorb in a week’s time…so I decided to read it more than once. Gyaneshwari, should not be approached like a textbook or a common book of any sort—it is in my opinion meant to be read, absorbed, read again, reflected, and to be meditated upon again and again.

My notes—

First, Krishna points out Arjuna's ignorance. That without knowing the truth, how he can judge a situation. And the truth is, that he himself is unaware of his own truth and so how would he be able to understand the truth of others?

Second, Krishna points towards ‘Singularity’, that the whole cosmos and the world is governed by one force and all the rules and protocols are decided and designed by that one singular force only. Human beings being a part of that design.

Third, Krishna talks about maya, the illusory nature of reality. That how we perceive the world is just an illusion as our perception is majorly based on our sensory knowledge.

Krishna talks about identity- crisis. That how our perception of ‘who we are’ is so relative and illusory. Just like the body changes with age, the truth remains constant.

Krishna tells Arjuna about his (Arjuna’s) truth that he, all the living beings and all the matter is the manifestation of that singularity. And that Arjuna is not this body or mind or soul, but the spirit in its pure form—The spirit (the atma- tattva) being the reflection of singularity itself. The tattva, that cannot die, burnt, cut, or get destroyed but is eternal in nature.

Krishna also tells that as the protocols are decided by the force who governs the cosmos, that also means that the pattern of life and death are also designed and decided by that force only. And if Arjuna will not kill does not mean they (the Kauravas) would not be killed. Here Krishna is talking about the pre-decided nature of happenings.


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