Bhagavad Gita
Ch1
| King Dhrtarastra | blind from birth | ||
| Sanjaya | |||
| Pandus |
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Dronacarya, Commander-in-chief of Duryodhana, has a political quarrel with King Drupada.
Dhrstadyumna, son of King Drupada is disciple of Dronacarya, on the pandevas army.
Drupada, father of Drupadi. He made a sacrifice to have a son that will kill Dronacarya.
Drupadi, Arjuna's wife
Arjuna, son of Pandu, pandevas side, most brillant student of Dronacarya, and Prtha (mother and sister of his krsna'father), krsna cousin
Duryodhana: son of Dhrtastra
Pandevas army: Bhima, arjuna,yuyudhana, virata, drupada, great fighters, Dhrstaketu, Cekitana, Kasiraja, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, Saibya, Yudhamanyu, Uttamauja, son of Subhadra and the sons of Draupadi.
Captain of Kurus army: Bhisma (old man that must be protected), Dronacarya, Karna, Krpa, Asvatthama, Vikarna, Saumadatti/Bhurisrava (Son of Somadatta)
Vikarna, brother of Duryodhana
Asvathama, son of Dronacarya
Somadatta, King of Bahlikas
Karna, half-brother of Arjuna, son of Kunti and King Pandu
Krpa, married twin sister of Dronacarya
Krsna, madhavah (husband of the goddess of fortune), son of Vasudeva (father)
Fight between King Dhrtarastra, father of the Kurus and sons of Pandus, his younger brother, in the battlefield of Kuruksetra.
Sanjaya, King Dhrtarastra secretary, student of Vyasa, able to envision the battlefield while he is in the room of Dhrtarastra.
The king seperated himself from his brother family and did not consider them as Kurus.
Duryodhana is afraid when he saw the pandevas army. He thinks he has full supprt from Bhismadeva and Dronacarya because they did not say a word when Draupadi had appealed to them for justice while being forced to strip naked.
When Bhisma blew the conchshell, he informed in grandson Duryiodhana, he has no chance because Krsna in on the other side.
The chariot was given by Agni (fire-god) to Arjuna.
Hrsikesa = Lord who directs the senses of the devotees, owner of all senses.
Krsna has multiples names depending on his activities: Madhusudana, Govinda, Vasudeva, Devaki-nandana, Yasoda-nandana, Partha-sarathi, Hrisikesa
Krsna conchshell Pancajanya
Arjuna ;; Devadatta, bow is Gandiva
Bhima, Paundram
King Yudhisthira, son of Kunti, conchshell anantavijaya
Nakula and saheval blew Suhosa and Manipuspaka
Arjuna has the flag of Hanuman on his chariot. Hanuman cooperated with Rama in the battle between Rama and Ravena where Rama emerged Victorious. Now, Rama, Hanuman are present on the chariot. Krsna is Rama. Wherever, Rama is, his eternal servitor Hanuman and the his eternal consort Sita (godddess of fortune) are present. Those are the sign of assured victory. Krsna is in service of his friend Arjuna as a charioteer. In the midst of the battlefield, Arjuna can see all of his families and friends. He is not intersted to fight anymore because he thinks it will not bring him happiness to kill his friends and relatives. Only ksatirya (those who dies in the battlefield under Krnsa's orders) and those who renounced order of live being absolute devotee can enter the sun-globe. He decided to go to the forest and live a secluded life of frustration. p. 60
"Everyone is interested in himself and his own welfare. No one is interested in The Supreme Self. Arjuna is supposed to show disregard for self-interest by submission to the will of Krsna"
"The Lord will satisfy the senses of the living entities as much as they deserve, but not to the extent that they may covet. But when one takes the opposite way - namely, when one tries to satisfy the senses of Govinda without desiring to satisfy one's own senses - then by the grace of Govinda all desires of the living entity are satisfied." But he may risk eternal salvation by killin his own kingmen?
Revana kidnaps Rama's wife.
"According to Vedic injuctions, there are six kind of aggressors: 1) a poison giver, 2) one who sets fire to the house, 3) one who attacks with deadly weapons, 4) one who plunders richies, 5) one who occupies another's land, and 6) one who kidnaps a wife. .. no sin is incurred by killing such aggressors."
Arjuna decided not to fight.
Laksmana, son of Duryodhana
Asvatthama, friend of Arjuna
Krtavarma: well-wishers
samadhi, state of constantly thinking of krsna
Govinda, if satisfy the senses of Govinda, we automatically our own senses are satisfied.