We have started a new book, or in this case scripture. Before I started this scripture I decided to do a little bit of research since I had no idea whatsoever it was about. So I looked it up following many sources. The Bhagavad Gita is a sacred Hindu scripture. It is a book of ancient wisdom and one of the most important texts in philosophy and literature. It is essentially a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna before the Kurukshetra war.
Once the research was done interpreting the text wasn’t as hard as I had thought it to be. In the first teaching Dhritarashtra asks Sanjaya about the sons of Pandu and what they did when they went to battle. So Sanjaya begins to tell about Arjuna before the battle. Arjuna stops the chariot shortly before the battle and sees his family members. He is scared and doesn’t want to fight against them. “The magic bow slips from my hand, my skin burns, I cannot stand still, my mind reels. I see omens of chaos, Krishna; I see no good in killing my kinsmen in battle.” Arjuna is feeling the pressure to kill his family but his feelings won’t let him. This must have been a hard thing to face back then since the men had no choice but to fight in the sacred wars. Men were practically brought up without a conscience. Arjuna is showing resistance to society and the norm. This shows a lot about his character. Normally people who could stand to resist things like this are noble men or princes or kings. This shows hat maybe Arjuna comes from money. “Saying this is the time of war, Arjuna slumped into the chariot and laid down his bow and arrows, his mind tormented by grief.” There are lots of very impacting quotes in the first teaching. This one I think has a lot to do with resistance. He knows he has to fight but he won’t kill his own family. The first teaching as a whole I think has to do with honoring your family, and never hurting them, and resisting to pressures of society. This is a very good message especially back then when everything was about war. I am making a prediction of the rest of the scripture when I believe each teaching will have another message on life. Now I can see why they call it the book of wisdom.