Gita Dhyanam - 4

 

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सर्वोपनिषदो गावो दोग्धा गोपालनन्दनः ।

वत्सो पार्थः सुधीर्भोक्ता दुग्धम् गीतामृतं महत् ॥

sarvopaniShadho gAvo dogdhA gopAlanandanaH .

vatso pArthaH sudhIrbhoktA dugdham gItAmrutham mahat .. 4 ..

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सर्वोपनिषदो          All the Upanishads

गावो                      cow

दोग्धा                     milker

गोपालनन्दनः         is the son of cowherd

वत्सो                     calf

पार्थः                     Partha

सुधीर्भोक्ता             Good hearted people who consume

दुग्धम्                     milk

गीतामृतं                   Nectar called Gita

महत्                     Great

Meaning:

All the Upanishads is the cow , the son of cowherd – Lord Krishna is the milker, Partha -Arjuna is the calf, milk is the nectar of Great Gita, good hearted people are the consumers

Significance:

Such a beautiful and significant verse which can be explained for pages and pages. The verse can be picturised by any common man. Bhagavad Gita is the essence of all the Upanishads which talk of way of life, way of attaining purusharthas, way of attaining the Supreme. Not everyone can study all the Upanishads in his lifetime.  So how the knowledge will be transferred. To tell the essence of all the Upanishads we need a person who has mastered them all. Except the Lord himself, Who else can do that. Lord Krishna, who wanted us all to enjoy the philosophy of the Upanishads, and who wishes that we come near and near to Him, came down for us, and gave the Gita by himself. When one studies Gita he gets the essesnce of the Upanishads , which inturn are the essence of the Vedas.

The Lord choose Arjuna , for Arjuna represents us. We are always in a confused state, stuck between the twins in our life .....happiness – sad , truth – lie ; action – inaction etc. We need a Guru to show us the right path in every instance in our day to day life. We will take up a task , but we ll think whether to do it or to drop it, like Arjuna. Everywhere everytime we look upon someone to guide us. Through Gita the Lord Himself comes to our rescue. When we hold His hand , we shall be free from all the misconceptions and confusions. Gita will be read by good hearted people and anyone who reads Gita will surely be good at heart, by His grace and blessings.