The Story of the Bhagwad Gita
The story of the Gita is the story of Indian civilization itself. We know the Gita as Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurushetra . But was it Krishna who created it? or was it poet Ved Vyasa who was speaking the truth of the universe through Krishna? Does Sanjaya , who told blind king Dhritarashtra all that he saw happening in a far away battlefield, deserve any less credit? What about all the poets and philosophers who sang, recited, wrote down, or translated the Gita for people like us? This is their story- the story of the Gita r ight before the final confrontation between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, Krishna, who is the universe personified, rescues Arjuna from paralyzing doubt by giving him the essence of Vedic thought- The Bhagwad Gita. Vyasa told the story of the Mahabharata to his disciple Vaisampayana, who told it to Romaharshana, who told it to Sauti,who told it to Shaunaka in the Naimisha forest. Four thousand years ago, the rishis of Aryav