Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Bhagavad Gita 1-24

saMjaya uvaacha:

yEvamuktO hriShIkEshO guDAkEshEna bhaarata

sEnayOrubhayOrmadhyE sthaapayitwA rathOttamam || 24 ||

Sanjaya says: "O King of Bharata dynasty, listening to what Gudakesha said, Hrishikesha took the great chariot and placed between both the armies."

Gudakesha is one of the names of Arjuna. Gudaka meand sleep and Isha means lord or one who has won over. So Arjuna had won over sleep and was in a state of eternal consciousness. It means to say that Arjuna was a very wise man who had won over ignorance. Hrishikesha means the lord of minds or controller of minds of all beings. The author compares and contrasts both Arjuna and Lord Krishna to show the completeness of God. Though the reason of moving the chariot between the two armies was beyond the comprehension of many, Lord Krishna knew what was going on in Arjuna's mind exactly.

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