THE HOLY GITA

                                                                  THE HOLY GITA!

There are some fundamental questions raised about the Bhagavat Gita. First is about its context: they ask if a discourse as long as the Holy Gita could have taken place at the time of war, or just before the internecine war started? There may be some plausibility about this question. But it need not necessarily be given much importance, because, wars were waged in the days of the Epic Mahabharata according to certain well-laid rules and regulations. And as per the Tamil culture, the king who goes to war should do an overt act like capturing the neighbour king’s or nation’s cows, and such soldiers should wear a particular kind of necklace made of and stringed from particular species of flowers!

   So, in those days, unannounced wars were frowned upon. And, moreover, Lord Krishna did His level best to assist the Pandavas to avert a war for a long time. He indulged in helping in His own way the Pandavas only when their warring cousins would not yield even an inch of ground to stand upon, much less their rightful kingdom captured by them through the unholy means of placing bets at the game of dice.

   There need not be any doubt about the whole eighteen chapter of the Bhagavat Gita was prosecuted through the much celebrated upanishadic form, discourse! For there was ample time! No war could be started without giving the opponents enough time even on the battle field.

   So the question as to how such a mammoth philosophy could have been preached on the warfront comes principally from people belonging to the warring communities in the olden days. India has never been an aggressor, it only has been subjected to too many uncharitable aggressions by the outsiders through means most foul. And Mohammadan robbers like Kajini Mohammed intruded and invaded and robbed the riches of the Sri Somanadhar Temple as many times as sixteen! And the Mohammadan king like Aurangazeeb behaved more cruelly than the present heartless beasts belonging to the dreaded ISI. He behaved like a psychopath serial killer, according to Sri Ravishankar of THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS.

    ON THE OTHER HAND, THE YUDHA OR WAR THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE KURUTCHETHRA WAS A DHARMA YUDHA OR WAR FOR THE UPHOLDING OF DHARMA!                                                                  THE HOLY GITA!

There are some fundamental questions raised about the Bhagavat Gita. First is about its context: they ask if a discourse as long as the Holy Gita could have taken place at the time of war, or just before the internecine war started? There may be some plausibility about this question. But it need not necessarily be given much importance, because, wars were waged in the days of the Epic Mahabharata according to certain well-laid rules and regulations. And as per the Tamil culture, the king who goes to war should do an overt act like capturing the neighbour king’s or nation’s cows, and such soldiers should wear a particular kind of necklace made of and stringed from particular species of flowers!

   So, in those days, unannounced wars were frowned upon. And, moreover, Lord Krishna did His level best to assist the Pandavas to avert a war for a long time. He indulged in helping in His own way the Pandavas only when their warring cousins would not yield even an inch of ground to stand upon, much less their rightful kingdom captured by them through the unholy means of placing bets at the game of dice.

   There need not be any doubt about the whole eighteen chapter of the Bhagavat Gita was prosecuted through the much celebrated upanishadic form, discourse! For there was ample time! No war could be started without giving the opponents enough time even on the battle field.

   So the question as to how such a mammoth philosophy could have been preached on the warfront comes principally from people belonging to the warring communities in the olden days. India has never been an aggressor, it only has been subjected to too many uncharitable aggressions by the outsiders through means most foul. And Mohammadan robbers like Kajini Mohammed intruded and invaded and robbed the riches of the Sri Somanadhar Temple as many times as sixteen! And the Mohammadan king like Aurangazeeb behaved more cruelly than the present heartless beasts belonging to the dreaded ISI. He behaved like a psychopath serial killer, according to Sri Ravishankar of THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS.

    ON THE OTHER HAND, THE YUDHA OR WAR THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE KURUTCHETHRA WAS A DHARMA YUDHA OR WAR FOR THE UPHOLDING OF DHARMA!                                                                  THE HOLY GITA!

There are some fundamental questions raised about the Bhagavat Gita. First is about its context: they ask if a discourse as long as the Holy Gita could have taken place at the time of war, or just before the internecine war started? There may be some plausibility about this question. But it need not necessarily be given much importance, because, wars were waged in the days of the Epic Mahabharata according to certain well-laid rules and regulations. And as per the Tamil culture, the king who goes to war should do an overt act like capturing the neighbour king’s or nation’s cows, and such soldiers should wear a particular kind of necklace made of and stringed from particular species of flowers!

   So, in those days, unannounced wars were frowned upon. And, moreover, Lord Krishna did His level best to assist the Pandavas to avert a war for a long time. He indulged in helping in His own way the Pandavas only when their warring cousins would not yield even an inch of ground to stand upon, much less their rightful kingdom captured by them through the unholy means of placing bets at the game of dice.

   There need not be any doubt about the whole eighteen chapter of the Bhagavat Gita was prosecuted through the much celebrated upanishadic form, discourse! For there was ample time! No war could be started without giving the opponents enough time even on the battle field.

   So the question as to how such a mammoth philosophy could have been preached on the warfront comes principally from people belonging to the warring communities in the olden days. India has never been an aggressor, it only has been subjected to too many uncharitable aggressions by the outsiders through means most foul. And Mohammadan robbers like Kajini Mohammed intruded and invaded and robbed the riches of the Sri Somanadhar Temple as many times as sixteen! And the Mohammadan king like Aurangazeeb behaved more cruelly than the present heartless beasts belonging to the dreaded ISI. He behaved like a psychopath serial killer, according to Sri Ravishankar of THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS.

    ON THE OTHER HAND, THE YUDHA OR WAR THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE KURUTCHETHRA WAS A DHARMA YUDHA OR WAR FOR THE UPHOLDING OF DHARMA!