Bhagwat Gita - Its Essence

Introduction

Bhagwat Gita in English rhyme, hopes to preserve the sense of

the great classic and does not, in any manner, try to proclaim

itself as a scholarly interpretation or literal translation. Gita and

Ramayana are perhaps the sum total of the fabrics of Hinduism

(- a way of life; the 'Sanatan Dharma’). Gita teaches us both

metaphysics and practice of disciplined action. It proclaims

that life is worth living, teaches how it should be lived and the

path to self-realisation. It is the cream of the Upanishads, which

themselves are the core of the Four Vedas. Th e Bhagwat Gita

presents practically the easiest spiritual solution to the naughtiest

and mightiest mundane problems of human life. Herein Arjun

represents a cultured human being besieged by innumerable

perplexing situations of life. Th e Gita very sweetly and fondly

shows the most attractive path for salvation out of it, and thus

makes life worth living and fi nally enables the person to achieve

self-realisation. As the author Sri Munindra Misra has rightly said

in his introduction - “Lord’s teachings do not end with what He

stated to Arjun. He resides in each of us and so communicates to

us through our conscience.”