6) The Bhagavad Gita’s Characters: A Journey of Self-Discovery
Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda’s God Talks With Arjuna offers a spiritual interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita, presenting it as a timeless guide for self-realization and inner harmony. Guruji emphasizes that the Gita is not only a historical scripture but a universal allegory representing the perpetual battle between higher virtues and lower tendencies within the human psyche.
My Gurudeva, Sri Sri Paramhansa ji has explained the Bhagavad Gita characters and their interconnections with our behaviour and lives in this profound commentary - God Talks With Arjuna.
Guruji has explained the human emotions as summarised below based on my understanding. The Kurukshetra war is likened to the inner confrontation of virtues versus vices—faith against doubt, love against hatred, and courage against fear.
- Guru Dronacharya represents our Habits within us, including Good habits as well as bad habits. As taught both Pandavas as well as Kauravas as his students
- Bhishma Pitamah - Ego
- Karna - Attachment
- Vikarna - Repulsion
- Ashwathama - Latent Desire
- Somdatta - Material Desire
- Jaydratha - Body Bound Inclination
- King Dhritarashtra - The Blind Mind
- Sanjaya - Impartial Introspection
- Duryodhana and his 99 brothers - Vainglorious desire and sense tendencies
- Yudhisthira - Vibratory ether element (akasha tattva)
- Bhima - Life Control and Vibratory air or life force element (Vayu Tattva)
- Arjuna - Self Control and Vibratory fire element (Tejas tattva)
- Nakula - Vibratory water element (ap tattva)
- Sahadeva - Vibratory earth element (Kshiti tattva)
- Draupadi - Kula Kundalini - The coiled life force that energizes the spinal chakras
- Abhimanyu - (Son of Subhadra) - Self Mastery
- Sons of Draupadi - manifestations of five awakened spinal centres
- Yuyudhana - Divine Devotion
- Virata - Samadhi
- Drupada - Extreme Dispassion
- Dhrishtaketu - Power of Mental Resistance
- Chekitana - Spiritual Memory
- Kashiraja - Discriminative Intelligence
- Purujit - Mental Interiorization
- Kuntibhoja - Right Posture
The purpose of this booklet is to help you have a better understanding of people in your environment - friends, relatives, working colleagues etc. With Intuition, you will instantly identify people with the above characteristics through their body language, eye contact and words spoken, and then strategically communicate with them to get your work done with a lasting impact and help them become a better person. You will be able to be a better communicator and will learn how to communicate to the soul of the person, so that your messages are retained and acted upon.
I am always in awe when I listen to our Prime Minister - Shri Narendra Modi. He has indeed mastered in his ability to understand the environment, moods, and communicate accordingly. And his messages are never ignored by the world leaders including Putin and Biden. He is a great communicator and uses his words very judiciously to encourage action among his team, and public at large.
His terms also reflect the same - Atma Nirbhar Bharat - A term with profound meaning - with different context for different categories of people - for entrepreneurs its encouraging entrepreneurship, for state governments and people expecting some help from centre - telling them that you be your own help and stand up.
In this booklet we will also try to identify these characters in the modern world - say Indian Government and Politics and the world leaders.
For example -
Reference: - God Talks With Arjuna - The Bhagavad Gita - Royal Science of God-Realization by Sri Sri Paramhansa Yogananda
Guruji’s commentary sheds light on practical ways to overcome negative tendencies like anger, greed, and attachment, while nurturing qualities such as wisdom, compassion, and self-control. Ultimately, the book inspires readers to harmonize their emotions and actions with divine principles, guiding them on the path of spiritual fulfillment. This book will help people take better decisions in the modern world based on Bhagawad Gita and my understanding of the above characters in the today's context and scenario.
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