vasudeva suta\u1e41 deva\u1e43 kamsa c\u0101n\u016bra mardanam I
\ndevak\u012b param\u0101nanda\u1e41 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47am vande jagad gurum II
\n\u2018I salute unto you Bhagav\u0101n K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a,
\nGuru (master) of the world,
\nson of Vasudeva, supreme bliss of Devak\u012b,
\ndestroyer of Kamsa and C\u0101\u1e47\u016bra\u2019<\/p>\n
Sr\u012bmad Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101 is the ultimate sacred scripture of yoga, Yoga\u015bastra and the pristine glory of the Vedic culture, the eternal living tradition called san\u0101tana-dharma. It belongs to the whole Universe for it is delivered to the Universe by the source and embodiment of Universe. We salute and bow down to Bhagav\u0101n \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, who spoke the Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101 out of His infinite love and compassion for all beings.<\/p>\n
Whenever unrighteousness, adharma becomes predominant and dharma, righteous living declines and the Yoga of Enlightenment is lost, Parabrahma K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the Supreme Consciousness appears again and again to revive this sacred yoga, to protect and to enrich the devoted beings; and destroys adharma to re-establish the pure and everlasting dharma\u2014the Science of Enlightenment. dharma sa\u1e41sth\u0101pan\u0101rth\u0101ya sambhav\u0101mi yuge yuge\u2014this is \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s promise and the essence and spirit of the G\u012bt\u0101.<\/p>\n
G\u012bt\u0101 is also called Brahmavidy\u0101\u2014the Knowledge of Brahman, the supreme absolute truth; it is J\u012bvan Mukti Vij\u00f1\u0101na\u2014the Science of Living Enlightenment. As with all scriptures, it is the knowledge and experience that is transmitted verbally as \u015ari Kr\u1e63\u1e47\u0101rjuna Sa\u1e41v\u0101d, an intimate dialogue between Master of the world, Jagadguru Lord \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and His dear devotee and disciple, Arjuna. It is called \u015bruti in Sa\u1e43sk\u1e5bit, meaning something that is heard.<\/p>\n
G\u012bt\u0101, as Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101 is generally called, translates literally from Sa\u1e43sk\u1e5bit as \u2018Sacred Song of God\u2019. Unlike the Vedas and Upani\u1e63ads, which are stand alone expressions of Truth, the G\u012bt\u0101 is written into the greatest Hindu epic, the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rat, called a pur\u0101\u1e47a, an ancient historical
\nhappening. It is part of the recorded history of the greatest tradition, the paramount civilization in all its Divine grandeur and its human complexity, so to speak.<\/p>\n
As a scripture, G\u012bt\u0101 is G\u012bt\u0101\u015bastra, the essence and the most important part of the ancient knowledge base of the Vedic tradition, which is the expression of the experiences of great sages. Vedas and Upani\u1e63ads, the foundation of \u015bruti literature, arose from the insight,
\nvision and the consciousness of completion of these great sages when they were raised into a no-mind state of Advaita (non-duality). These are as old as humanity, as eternal as truth, and the first and truest expressions in the journey of man\u2019s search for truth.<\/p>\n
Unlike the Vedas, which were revealed to the great Sages or the Upani\u1e63ads, which were the teachings of these great Enlightened Eages, G\u012bt\u0101 is part of the great Bh\u0101rata\u2019s (India\u2019s) history narrated by \u015ar\u012b Veda Vy\u0101sa or \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Dv\u0101ip\u0101yana Vy\u0101sa, one of the great
\nEnlightened Sages and the compiler of all scriptures and hymns. G\u012bt\u0101 is scribed by \u015ar\u012b Gane\u1e63a, the elephant God who embodies pure wisdom and joyful spontaneity. It is narrated as the direct expression of the Divine Himself. It is because of Bhagav\u0101n \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s direct presence that the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rat and jeweled in it, the Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101 is the indisputable authority of the greatest revelation of Truth. The G\u012bt\u0101 is the sacred text incarnation of the Absolute Divine.
\nNo other epic or part of an epic has the special status and space of the G\u012bt\u0101. No other book but the G\u012bt\u0101 gives a scientific, systematic, applied science of living joyfully in completion, while empowering the human action-field with authenticity to evolve into a responsible Divine
\nplay-field. Called the royal supreme knowledge and the royal secret of secrets\u2014r\u0101javidy\u0101 r\u0101jaguhya\u1e41 (9.2), this one sacred book conveys the essence of knowledge contained in all written and oral vedic truths to enrich the simplest to complex humans at all planes. It holds within itself the direct key to every possible human enquiry, the solution to every dilemma of emotions, and the sublime righteous path and goal of every quest of rising or falling civilizations for every age, time or geography. As a consequence of the presence of the G\u012bt\u0101, the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rat epic itself is considered a sacred Hindu scripture.<\/p>\n
G\u012bt\u0101 arose from the super consciousness of \u015ari K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the Supreme God, the complete Incarnation Pur\u1e47\u0101vat\u0101r, and is therefore considered G\u012bt\u0101\u015bastra\u2014the essential scripture, knowing which, one is liberated from all incompletions, yaj j\u00f1\u0101tv\u0101 mok\u1e63yase asubh\u0101t (9.1) and G\u012btopani\u1e63ad\u2014the essence of all Upani\u1e63ads, the purest and highest knowledge to be ever known and cognized because it gives the direct experience of the Self\u2014 pavitram idam uttamam pratyak\u1e63\u0101vaga\u1e41 dharmya\u1e41 (9.2).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
vasudeva suta\u1e41 deva\u1e43 kamsa c\u0101n\u016bra mardanam I devak\u012b param\u0101nanda\u1e41 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47am vande jagad gurum II \u2018I salute unto you Bhagav\u0101n K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, Guru (master) of the world, son of Vasudeva, supreme bliss of Devak\u012b, destroyer of Kamsa and C\u0101\u1e47\u016bra\u2019 Sr\u012bmad Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101 is the ultimate sacred scripture of yoga, Yoga\u015bastra and the pristine glory of the Vedic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1980],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}