Ponderings on the Bhagavad Gita
सर्वोपनिषदो गावो दोग्धा गोपाल नन्दनः । पार्थो वत्सः सुधीर्भोक्ता दुग्धं गीतामृतं महत् ॥ All the Upanishads are cows, and Gopala is the cowherd boy milking them. Arjuna is a calf. Wise men drink the exalted milk, the nectar of the Gita. There are hardly any Hindus in the world who have never been asked, or even pleaded, to read the Bhagavad Gita. The "Divine Song", as it is literally, is an extract of 700-odd verses from the Mahabharata , one of the two great Indian epic poems. Attributed to the divine author Veda Vyasa, the Gita touches on a lot of topics, all centred around the disillusionment of a prince when he was asked to fight his cousins. But once you read the Gita, you will realise why all those people told you to read it. I experienced this myself. Believe me when I say this, the Gita is no different from what our babas and purohits claim it to be. It is pure nectar, and to know it for real, you've got to read it! I wouldn't probably have said...