SRIMAD BHAGAVAD-GITA
CHAPTER ONE
samskrit:
Pasyaitam panduputranamacarya mahatim camum
Vyudham drupadaputrena tava sisyena dhimata
Enghish:
Behold,master,themighty army of the sons of pandu arraued for battle by your talented pupil,dhrstadyumna, son of Drupada.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themdelves. That faith calls out the divinity within. You do not strive sufficiently to manifest infinite power. As soon as a man or a nation loses faith,death comes.
NO SCRIPTURIST EVER VAUNTS OF
HIS LEARNING
A LEARNED brahmana once went to a wise king
and said, "I am well-versed, O king, in the holy
scriptures. I intend to teach you the Bhagavata.
The king, who was the wiser of the two, knew well
that a man who had really studied the Bhagavata
would seek to know his own Self rather than go to
a king's court for wealth and honour. So the king
replied: "I see, O brahmana, that you yourself have
not mastered that book thoroughly. I promise to
make you my tutor, but first learn the scripture
well." The brahmana went on his way thinking
"How foolish it is of the king to say that I have not
mastered the Bhagavata, seeing that I have been
reading the book over and over all these years."
However, he went through the book carefully once
more and appeared again before the king. The king
told him the same thing again and sent him away.
The brahmana was sorely vexed, but thought that
there must be some meaning in the behaviour of
the king. He went home, shut himself up in his
room, and applied himself more than ever to the
study of the book. By and by, hidden meanings
began to flash into his mind and the vanity of
running after the bubbles of riches and honour,
kings and courts, wealth and fame appeared to his
unclouded vision. From that day forward he gave
himself up entirely to attaining perfection by the
worship of God, and never thought of returning to
the king. A few years after, the king thought of the
brahmana and went to his house to see what he
was doing. Seeing him, now radiant with Divine
light and love, he fell upon his knees and said: "I
see that you have now realised the true meaning of
the scriptures. I am ready to be your disciple if you
will kindly condescend to make me one."
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