Re: Fw: [advaitin] Re: regarding karma yoga

THANK YOU FOR RAISING THE QUESTIONS. MY COMMENTS ARE IN CAPITAL LETTERS.

Lord Krishna gave the Bhagavad Gita discourse at Kurukshetra. We know 
that one, who remembers all the verses of the Bhagavad Gita,  can recite it in about one hour. Actual
conversation between Lord Krishna and 
Arjuna could have taken even less than one hour. Before the war started 
Arjuna wanted to have a look at the people he was going to fight and 
Lord Krishna took the Chariot to the middle of the war zone so that Arjuna could see both the warring parties.
After the discourse 
was over Arjuna was looking at Yudhisthira and found that Yudhisthira 
was preparing to go to the elders Bhishma and Drona to seek permission 
to start the war and then Arjuna also joined Yudhisthira for that. That 
confirms that the discourse indeed lasted only a short time.

SK: On the context of time many present day historians are divided. Prof 
P.Lal considers it to be a monologue between Arjuna's conscience and 
himself though the chariot was standing in between the two armies it 
could have taken a few minutes. Vishwa roopa darshana is said to be a 
mental visualization. Rest like Yudhisthira taking permission was an act before war.

SKB--I BELIEVE THAT THE ACTUAL CONVERSATION  BETWEEN LORD KRISHNA AND ARJUNA DID TAKE PLACE. AS REGARDS
THE VISHWA-ROOPA DARSHANA THE LORD GAVE THE DIVYA 
CHAKSHU TO ARJUNA AND THAT IMPLIES THAT ARJUNA HAD SEEN THE VISHWA-ROOPA IN HIS 
MIND"S EYE. IT IS CLEAR THAT LAL DID NOT NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE.

 It is another thing many eminent scholars wondered how Lord Krishna could 
have given a discourse in the battle field. They might not have read the Mahabharata properly because in
addition to what I said above there was also an agreement between the Kauravas and the Pandavas before the
war. According to that agreement no unarmed warrior could be attacked and 
Lord Krishna started his discourse  only after Arjuna laid down his arms and this is given in the last verse