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The Literary Genius of the Bhagavad Gita: Phanopoeia 1.1
Have you ever noticed that the entire Gita is seen and heard with the drishti of Sanjaya. A unique diopter shot may need to be created by the cameraman if this were a movie
The Gita is two narratives at the same time, that of Vyasa and that of Sanjaya inserted into the story. Why this trope?
We never witness the Gita directly. It is always through an intermediary. And when we come to Vishva Darshana of Sri Krishna in chapter 11, we have another witness, Arjuna. We see it through his eyes
What a genius of visual narration!
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The Literary Genius of the Bhagavad Gita 1.1
धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः ।
मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय
Let us look at the key motifs that will recur through the book: धर्म, क्षेत्र, कुरु, सम, युयुत्सव:, मम, किम्, जय
They will weave through the texts in different vibhaktis, grow or change until the crowning revelation of १८.६६
Let us go more microscopic and look at the matrix of seed sounds: the key ones here are ध, म, क्ष, क, य, स
You will see them create their own musical interweaving and symphonic development through the text in various permutations and combinations
Dhatus and nirukta will play the same way and create unique alankaras depending on the need of the logopoeia or content
You will see shlesha, yamaka, punarukti, anuprasa, vakrokti as shabda alankara. And tulna, roopak, utpreksha, lakshana etc along with some unique tropes in this masterly work of art.
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Vedic Insight: Why Soma Is Needed?
Why does Indra take birth when the prana and subtler intelligence is fed with Soma?
Because once the prana and mind are fulfilled with the taste of bliss the normal greed and ambition begin to disappear. Similarly, once Mitra and Varuna or Love and vastness of consciousness take birth one becomes more intelligent
For intelligence needs viveka or discrimination. For that to happen all that muddles clarity such as one’s own inadequacy or inferiority, greed, pettiness and lack of harmony needs to be resolved. That is why we see Indra (and other devas) being fed Soma constantly, insistently throughout the first seven suktas of the Veda. And as he is fed with Soma he grows stronger and bigger and powerful in action ज्यैष्ठयाय सुक्रतो
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Is Agni Atma Prakasha आत्मप्रकाश?
What is atma prakash आत्म प्रकाश? It is a Vedic Vedantic insight into the nature of the Atman
The Atman is not an object. But we still know it. How?
There is no external light upon it. Yet we see it. How?
The Vedantic answer is that the Atman has and is its own light. Through which we know it exists
But this knowledge is aparoksha अपरोक्ष
Not direct or प्रत्यक्ष since it is not an outside object
Nor indirect or परोक्ष since we know it without any other means
So Vedanta says it is aparoksha अपरोक्ष or not indirect
It is filled with its own light through which we know it That लाइट is आत्मप्रकाश atma prakaasha
I have always felt that Agni is this Atma Prakasha through which I know myself, and know that I am. And because this light exists I can be aware of the light of the universe तमेव भांतमनुभाति सर्वम् Everything shines only because it shines (Chhandogya Upanishad 2.2.10)
Feel free to disagree. Would love to hear how you perceive self existence
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