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**I'm going back to the monastery. No not really! Writing about the Bhagavad Gita brings back beautiful memories. The food,  bhajans, kirtans and the Devotees. I still Chant Hare Krishna mantra . Not according to the standards of ISKCON (16 rounds of 108 beads) That takes about 2 hours**

### The Hare Krishna Maha Mantra
> Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama
Rama Rama, Hare Hare
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## Chapter One
## Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra

### SANSKRIT TEXT 4
> atra sura mahesv-asa
bhimarjuna-sama yudhi
yuyudhano viratas ca
drupadas ca maha-rathah

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### TRANSLATION
Here in this army there are many heroic bowmen equal in fighting to Bhima and Arjuna; there are also great fighters like Yuyudhana, Virata and Drupada.

### SHORT EXPLANATION
A warrior like Arjuna can kill thousands of other warriors because he has had such a good training. At that time they also used a kind of atomic bomb called [Brahmastra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmastra)

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### SANSKRIT TEXT 5
> dhrstaketus cekitanah
> kasirajas ca viryavan
> purujit kuntibhojas ca
> saibyas ca nara-pungavah

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### TRANSLATION
There are also great, heroic, powerful fighters like Dhrstaketu, Cekitana, Kasiraja, Purujit, Kuntibhoja and Saibya.

### SHORT EXPLANATION
According to the writings, war was very different in that time than today. Mantras and weapons  with special powers were used. Just think of all those marvel comic movies, Very similar :-)
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As I mentioned earlier, the first verses are an introction on the book and the people that appear in it. I therefore use 2 verses by post at this time. Later there is more philosophy in the texts.
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**Previous texts**
[Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 1](https://steemit.com/vaishnavism-trail/@steemspoker/bhagavad-gita-chapter-1-text-1)
[Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 2 & 3](https://steemit.com/bhagavad-gita/@steemspoker/bhagavad-gita-chapter-1-text-2-and-3)

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### About the Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita literally means "Song of the Lord". The Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita are two books from Indian history. Mahabharata is the name of the war that is being fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Kauravas are the symbol of negative and the Pandavas are the symbol of the positive. The book is a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna. This dialogue sets out three ways in which man can achieve salvation of this earthly life. These roads are: karma yoga, bhakti yoga and gyan yoga. Bhagavad Gita is the essence of the Vedas and Upanishads and 5,000 + years old.
[Direct link to download Bhagavad Gita as it is pfd](http://prabhupadabooks.com/pdf/Bhagavad_gita-As_It_Is-Original_authorized_Macmillan_edition.pdf)
[Listen to Bhagavad Gita chapter 1 mp3](http://www.gita-society.com/mp3/Bhagavad-gita01.mp3)
[Buy Book](https://krishnastore.eu/bhagavad-gita-as-it-is-with-bonus-dvd-h-krishna-407.html)
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Sources:
https://krishna.org
https://asitis.com
https://archive.org
http://www.iskcon.org

### Note
There are many translations and as many interpretations of the verses.
I use the translation by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada from the Sanskrit to the Englisch.
Prabhupada is the founder acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)

I lived in a Hare Krishna ashram for three years and know this book quite well. There were Sanskrit verses that I knew from my mind but that's worn out. More of my posts on Vaishnavism.
[joining-the-hare-krishna-movement](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@steemspoker/joining-the-hare-krishna-movement-and-dance-chant-eat-sing-and-waking-up-very-early-in-the-morning)
[bhaktivedanta-swami-praphupada](https://steemit.com/religion/@steemspoker/hare-krishna-bhaktivedanta-swami-praphupada)
[bhakti-yoga](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@steemspoker/bhakti-yoga)

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