shloka - 8

bhavan bhimshmas cha karanas cha
krupas cha samitinjayaha |
ashvattama vikarnas cha
saumadattis thataiva cha ||

There r soo many personalities like yourself, Bhishma, Karna, Krupa, Ashvattama, Vikarna & son of Somadatta who r always victorious in the battle

The Road to Success is not straight:

There is a curve called failure, a loop called confusion, speed bumps called friends, caution lights called family, and you will have flats called jobs.

But, if you have a spare called determination, an engine called perseverance, insurance called faith, and a driver called God, you will make it to a place called success!

shloka - 7

asmakam tu vishistaaye
taanni bhodha dvijottama |
nayakaa mama sainyasya
samjnartham tān bravimi te||

O best of the bramhanas, let me inform yu abt the captions who r specially qualified amongst us to lead my military forces..

You are what you think!

• Your inner thoughts can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak.
• What you impress upon your mind, you'll inevitably become. It's a psychological law that whatever you desire to accomplish you must first impress upon your subconscious mind.
• Relentless, repetitive self talk will change your self image. You'll affect your subconscious mind with verbal repetition. Constant repetition carries conviction.
• When you change your values you'll change your behavior. Start thinking of yourself as becoming the person you want to be. Self suggestion will make you the master of yourself.
• If you believe you can, you can.
• You can become whatever you want to be.

shloka - 6

yudhamanyus cha vikranta
uttamaujaas cha veeryavaan |
soubhadro droupadeyas cha
sarva eva mahaarathaaha ||

The mighty Yudhamanyu, the courageous Uttamauja, the son of Subhadra(Abhimanyu) n son of Draupadi, certainly all r mighty chariot warriors.

One step away:

• If you were just one step away from reaching your goal, would you take that step? How do you know, right now, that you're not?
• What a shame it would be to stop making the effort, when just a little bit more would make it all worthwhile. What a shame it would be to have taken all those steps, only to miss the very last one.
• The next step you take may very well be the one that makes all the others count. You owe it to yourself, and the efforts you've made, to keep going.
• No, the next step may not get you there. Yet what about the one after that? If you keep moving ahead, a little at a time, you will indeed arrive. When you take that final, triumphant step, you'll be so very thankful you persevered.
• At some point success is just one step away. Keep going and you'll be there.

shloka - 5

Drustaketus cekitanaha
kaasirajas cha veeryavaan |
purujit kunti bhojas cha
shaibyas cha nara-pungavaha ||

There r other powerful kings(noblest of men) like drustaketu, cekitana, king of kaasi , purujit, kuntibhoja n shaibya..

Must do:

• In each task that must be done, there is opportunity. See the task not as a burden, but as an encouragement to be fully alive and effective.
• The real burden would be the inability to do anything. No task is a burden, but is instead the chance to express your own aliveness.
• Does the work seem dreary, unimaginative, tedious or boring? That's mainly because your attitude makes it so.
• See what happens when you start by being thankful for the opportunity to do it. Your genuine gratitude will help you to see the positive value.
• When the things you must do become things you want to do, it can transform your life. Each moment takes on more meaning; each effort brings greater and greater reward.
• Rather than fighting and forcing yourself to do what must be done, let go of your resistance and allow yourself to accomplish. Let what you must, become what you want, and watch yourself begin to soar.

shloka - 4

atra shura maheshwasa
bhimaarjuna- sama yudhi|
yuyudhaano viraatas cha
drupadas cha mahaa-rataha ||


Here in this army there are many great bowmen equal to Bhima n Arjuna, there are also many great fighters like Yuyudhana, Virata n Drupada.

Slow down:

• Life is not a race. It is a journey.
• Getting someplace first, before anyone else, has very little real and lasting meaning. Seek instead to encourage others to come along, and you'll find the journey much more fulfilling.
• When you hurry through each moment, you miss out on the richness that could be yours. Take the time to live, to experience where you are, rather than being so obsessed with getting to the next checkpoint.
• When you stop demanding to have it all now, you'll discover that you have plenty already. Learn to experience joy where you are, and you'll experience it in abundance.
• Yes, it can be wonderfully exhilarating when life is moving quickly. But do not move so quickly that speed becomes your only experience, for there is so much more to enjoy.
• The terrain of life is filled with wonderful and astounding detail. Slow down and take in its richness.

shloka - 3

pashchaitaam paandu putraanam
aacharya mahateem chamoom
vyudaam drupada putrena
tava shishyena dheemataa|

O my respected preceptor, behold the mighty army of Pandavas, so expertly arranged by your intelligent disciple, Drushtadyumna - the son of Drupada.

Live for something:

Do good, and leave behind you a monument of virtue that the storms of time can never destroy. Write your name in kindness, love, and mercy on the hearts of thousands you come in contact with year by year, and you will never be forgotten. Your name and your good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven.

shloka - 2

Sanjaya uvacha -

drstva tu pandavanikam
vyudam duryodhanas tada
aacharyam upasangamya
raja vachanam abraveet|

Sanjaya said -

O King, after looking at the army gathered by Pandavas, Duryodhana went to his teacher and said the following..:

Pearls of Wisdom:(Collection)

• Don't love the Heart that hurts you and don't hurt the Heart that loves you.
• Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you.
• Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.
• Most people walk in and out of your life, but only friend's leave footprints in your heart.
• True friendship "never" ends. Friends are forever.
• People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
• If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.
• The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.
• A change of heart changes everything.
• Our greatest glory is not in ever falling, but in rising every time we fall.
• You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough.
• One generation plants trees, and the next enjoys the shade.
• It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.

Chapter - 1 Vishada Yoga

shloka 1:
drutarastra uvacha-

dharma-kshetre kuru-kshetre
samavetaa yuyutsavaha
maamakaaha paandavas chaiva
kim akurvata sanjaya|

Dhrutarastra being born blind wanted to know wat was happening in the battle ground. so he asked Sanjaya-

O Sanjaya, what did my sons, desirous of the battle and the sons of Pandu do after arriving at the place of piligrimage - Kurukshetra.
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Hmmm...thy say tht akshara devatas are constantly invigilating us. If we do not pronounce a word properly or if we mispell ...the akshara devatas get angry on us. Hence the words have to be pronounced perfectly!

Theme of Bhagavatgita

Bhagavatgita is a part of Bhishma Parva of Hindu epic, Mahabharatha. Meaning of Srimad Bhagavatgita is the Song of the God. It’s a divine discourse spoken by Lord Krsna himself. It’s the conversation b/w Lord Krsna and Arjuna as Arjuna prepares to go into battle to fight against Kauravas for Throne of Hastinapur. In the entire conversation b/w Lord Krsna n Arjun the physical aspects of one's life,action renunciation, knowledge have been vividly described.

The main theme of Bhagavatgita is the explaination of the Five Basic concepts of Truth –

Eshwara (The Supreme Controller)

Jeeva(Living Beings, The Soul)

Prakruti(Nature, Matter)

Karma(Action)

Kaala(Time)

Bhagavatgita consists of 18 chapters –

1. Vishada Yoga (Lamenting the Consequences of war)

2. Saankhya Yoga(The Eternal Reality of the Soul's Immortality)

3. Karma Yoga( The Eternal Duties of Human Being)

4. Jnana Yoga(Approaching the Ultimate Truth)

5. Karma Vairaagya Yoga(Action and Renunciation)

6. Abhyasa Yoga( The Science of Self Relealisation)

7. Paramahamsa Vigjnana Yoga(Knowledge of the Ultimate Truth)

8. Akshara Parambramha Yoga(Attainment of Salvation)

9. Raja Vidya Guhya Yoga(Confidential Knowledge of Ultimate Truth)

10. Vibhuti Vistara Yoga(The Infinate Glories of the Ultimate Truth)

11. Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga(The Vision of the Universal Form)

12. Bhakti Yoga(The Path of Devotion)

13. Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaga Yoga(The Individual and the Ultimate Conciousness)

14. Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga(Three Qualities of Material Nature)

15. Purushottama Yoga(Realization of the Ultimate Truth)

16. Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga(The Devine and Demonaic Natures defined)

17. Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga(The Three Divisions of Material Existence)

18. Mokshopadesha Yoga(Final Relevations of the Ultimate Truth)

Essence Of Life!!

Sri Vakratunda Mahakhaya
Koti Surya Samaprabha |
Nirvighnam Kurumedeva
Shubha Kaaryeshu Sarvada ||

"O lord with the twisted trunk, with the radiance of billion suns, always remove the obstacles when i am on an auspicious undertaking "


They say Lord Ganesha is the God of Obstacles.
When pleased with yu...he removes all d obstacles and yu r into an auspicious beginning!
at the same tym when yu r in d wrong lane..he creates obstacles n sees to tht yu r safe!! :)

Hence the above said prayer

Hi folks...with the blessings of Lord Ganesha from today on will write shlokas and taatparyas of "Srimad - Bhagavadgita"- The Essence of Life adding to it with few moral stories.