Gita Verse by Verse

Gita 02.05 – Hard choices have to be made to avoid harder consequences

Gita 02.04 – Resolve conflicts among different roles by raising consciousness

Gita 02.04 Fight not for or against some material cause – fight for Krishna

Gita 02.03 – Fight degrading temptation by remembering honoroble position

Gita 02.02 – Arya – Spiritual denotation, historical concoction and modern connotation

Gita 02.01 – Arjuna’s analysis only aggravates his agony

Gita 01.46 – When the eye disheartens, let the ear hearten

Gita 01.45 – Sound arguments from a fragmented perception are actually unsound

Gita 01.44 – Arjuna’s reasoning is wrong, but his capacity for reasoning is laudable

Gita 01.43 – Hell forever is a subjective feeling, not an objective fact

Gita 01.42 – Three meanings of dharma

Gita 01.41 – Unwanted progeny – what does unwanted mean?

Gita 01.40 – Protecting women and ensuring good progeny are important social responsibilities

Gita 01.39 – As soon as dharma weakens adharma attacks

Gita 01.38 – Don’t let the anartha-maddened make us similarly mad

Gita 01.37 – Greed gives us a tunnel vision of reality

Gita 01.36 – Contemplate contextual karmic considerations before acting

Gita 01.35 – Arjuna’s profit-loss calculations miss the most important factor

Gita 01.34 – Arjuna’s evolved emotion and reason ready to be raised to the summit by Gita wisdom

Gita 01.33 – The contrasting words of Arjuna and Duryodhana reveal their consciousness’ levels

Gita 01.32 – Whom we live for determines the quality of our life

Gita 01.31 – Material long-term is not long-term enough

Gita 01.30 – Where materialism shows a dead end spirituality shows the way ahead

Gita 01.29 – The inner attack of emotions does what no outer attack of enemies could have done

Gita 01.28 – To avoid being consumed by material emotions, cultivate spiritual emotions

Gita 01.27 – Undiscerning visual perception erodes spiritual conviction

Gita 01.26 – The brutality of the imminent fratricide sinks in

Gita 01.25 – Over-reliance on visual perception ends in illusion

Gita 01.24 – Conquer lethargy to attain excellence in service

Gita 01.23 – How the evil got so many allies

Gita 01.22 – A last sight of the battling brethren

Gita 01.21 – The surprising request to see what is already known

Gita 01.20 – The monkey standard is permeated with the divine monkey’s presence

Gita 01.19 – Kauravas’ bravado battered and shattered by Pandavas’ bravery

Gita 01.18 – The Pandavas’ illustrious sons gallantly serve their parents

Gita 01.17 – Weapons are warrior’s ornaments

Gita 01.16 – The individual conches manifest individual warrior’s virility

Gita 01.15 – The top trio in the Pandava army start the action

Gita 01.14 – The dramatically humble entry of the hero

Gita 01.13 – Rituals of war express and stimulate the martial spirit

Gita 01.12 – The valorous grandsire stops the politicking

Gita 01.11 – The manipulator misses the one who matters most

Gita 01.10 – Mulitiple meanings of same word reveal the possibilities of multiple interpretations

Gita 01.09 – Listing the warriors’ qualities for enlisting their commitment

Gita 01.08 – Attachment makes the absent present

Gita 01.07 – Repetition of known information conveys prioritization

Gita 01.06 – Their great warriors counterbalance our greater strength

Gita 01.05 – Affiliations were shaped by long-term affinity not short-term antipathy

Gita 01.04 – Our inner frame of reference shapes our outer focus of reference

Gita 01.03 – The politician seeks martial dedication by emotional manipulation

Gita 01.02 – Duryodhana’s choice of conversant reveals his political intent

Gita 01.01 – The transcendental manifests as the geographical