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भगवद्गीतापर्वन् (bhagavadgItAparvan)

 
Mahabharata
English
[Bhagavadgītāparvan(ºva)]
(“the section including the song of the Exalted one, ” the 69th of the minor parvans of Mhbhr.
cf. Bhagavadgītā). § 576: Sañjaya informs Dhṛtarāshṭra of Bhīshma's fall in battle (VI, 13). Dhṛtarāshṭra's lament and inquiries (VI, 14). Sañjaya, praising Vyāsa for his yoga-power, i.e. the celestial vision (description) he had given him, began his discourse on the battle. Duryodhana gave Duḥśāsana instructions about the protection of Bhīshma from Śikhaṇḍin (VI, 15). The two hosts arrayed at sunrise (description). Śakuni, etc. (), stood each at the head of an akshauhiṇī
the 11th under Bhīshma (description) stood in advance of the whole army. The Sṛñjayas, headed by Dhṛshṭadyumna, looked [beholding Bhīshma]
like small animals beholding a lion (VI, 16). On that day Soma approached the region of the Pitṛs. Omens. Every morning Bhīshma and Droṇa prayed for victory for the Pāṇḍavas, though they must fight for Dhṛtarāshṭra according to their pledge: Bhīshma briefly addressed the Kuru army, mentioning Nābhaga, etc. (), as examples. Karṇa, with his friends and relatives, laid aside his weapons owing to Bhīshma. Description of the proceedings of the army, especially of Bhīshma, etc. () (VI, 17). Duḥśāsana, etc. (), protected Bhīshma from behind, etc. (VI, 18). Yudhishṭhira told Arjuna, according to the words of the M.-ṛ. Bṛhaspati, to array the troops in needle-mouthed (śucīmukha) array. Arjuna said that he would make a Vajra array, which was designed by Indra
they would all seek shelter with Bhīma. The leaders were Bhīmasena, etc. (). Omens (VI, 19). When the sun rose the Kauravas stood facing the west, the Pāṇḍavas facing the east. Disposition of the two armies: Duryodhana, etc. () (VI, 20). Yudhishṭhira sorrowfully addressed Arjuna, who consoled him with his truth, righteousness, etc., which Nārada, Bhīshma, and Droṇa knew, and which were a powerful aid towards victory according to Bráhman's words to Indra, etc., on the occasion of the battle between the gods and the Asuras
“victory clings to Kṛshṇa”
it was by choosing him that the gods under Indra had vanquished the Asuras (VI, 21). Disposition of the troops in the Pāṇḍava army: Śikhaṇḍin, etc. () (VI, 22). At Kṛshṇa's instance Arjuna recited a hymn to Durgā. Durgā appeared and gave him assurances of victory. Merits of this hymn (VI, 23). The combatants of both armies were cheerful, etc. (VI, 24). Before Droṇa, Duryodhana compared the combatants of the Pāṇḍava army: Bhīma, etc. (), with his own
Droṇa, etc. (). Kṛshṇa, etc., blew Pāñcajanya, etc. (). Arjuna asked Kṛshṇa to place his chariot between the two armies, so that he might see who were assembled to fight. Beholding his relatives, etc., Arjuna was filled with compassion and overcome with despondency, and refused to fight (VI, 25). Kṛshṇa appealed to Arjuna to shake off his despondency, but in vain. Kṛshṇa then declared to Arjuna the nature and the attributes of the soul, and the folly of grieving for the dead, and exhorted him to comply with the duties of his order by fighting fairly, and to apply himself to work for work's sake, and not for the sake of its results. Kṛshṇa spoke of contemplation (VI, 26)
on the Sāṅkhyas and Yogins
on devotion to work (VI, 27)
on his reiterated births
on the best way (VI, 28)
on abandonment of actions and application to actions
he has the right view who considers Sāṅkhya and Yoga as one (VI, 29)
on the means of rising to devotion (VI, 30)
on Kṛshṇa identified with Bráhman (VI, 31)
on the nature of Bráhman (VI, 32)
on Kṛshṇa as the pervader of the whole universe, and as the enjoyer of all sacrifice (VI, 33)
on Kṛshṇa as the source of the gods, etc. Arjuna believed what Kṛshṇa said, and what also had been said by all the Ṛ., and the D.-ṛ. Nārada, and Asita Devala and Vyāsa. Kṛshṇa declared his divine perfections to Arjuna (VI, 34), and disclosed his supreme sovereign form
he was praised by Arjuna (VI, 35)
he discoursed on the two kinds of worshippers (VI, 36)
on the body and the soul, etc., the supreme object of knowledge (VI, 37)
on the three guṇas (Goodness, Passion, and Darkness) (VI, 38)
on the symbolical Aśvattha (VI, 39)
on godlike and demoniac natures and births (VI, 40)
on the threefold nature of faith (VI, 41)
on renunciation and abandonment. --Arjuna's delusion is destroyed, and he once more takes up the Gāṇḍīva (VI, 42).