अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा
धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः।
प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।
प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।
O king! Then observing Dhrtarastra's men,
arrayed when the armed clash had [virtually] begun, at that time, Pandu's son,
the monkey-bannered one (Arjuna) raising his bow spoke these sentences.
अर्जुन उवाच
हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते।
सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत।।1.21।।
हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते।
सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत।।1.21।।
1.21. Arjuna said O Acyuta! Please halt
my chariot at a centre place between the two armies, so that I may scrutinize
these men who are standing with desire to fight and with whom I have to fight
in this great war-effort.
Finally, the 24th sholka beckons towards the
veracious commencement of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. Hitherto, the shlokas
conveyed only things that Sanjaya could descry, but now, this is a yardstick
for the beginning of a trail that is going to revolutionize, revamp and
transmute the concept of spirituality for forever.
The first chapter of the Shrimad Bhagavad
Gita has been cognomen of “अर्जुनविषादयोग (The
Yoga of The Despondency of Arjuna)”, and verily this is the first shloka that
nudges us towards the dilemma in front of Arjuna.
Here Arjuna faces a predicament which seems to be
working as manacles to his soul, his hands seem to be pinioned by the love and
affection that he holds for his brothers and brethren and Sri Krishna will
further try to redeem Arjuna of such fetters to edify him about his onus.
P.S.: One thing that we must always keep in our mind
while perusing Bhagavad Gita is that we need to place ourselves in place of
Arjuna. The most enthralling thing about the Bhagavad Gita is that this
definitive text resolves all kinds of quandaries and issues that can ever be
broached in a human’s mind. Make yourself stand in place of Arjuna and sooner
or later your own inner queries will spring up in the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita,
and if you have been blessed with faculties to appreciate that, certainly, your
problems will be allocated the perfect remedy.
JAI HIND, JAI BHARAT
JAI MA BHARTI
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