The Bhagavad-Gita: Questions and Answers
The Bhagavad-Gita: Questions and Answers
The Bhagavad-Gita: Questions and Answers
Answers
What is the Bhagavad-Gita?
The Mahabharata is the most voluminous book the world has ever known. The
Mahabharata covers the history of the earth from the time of creation in
relation to India. Composed in 100,000 rhyming quatrain couplets the
Mahabharata is seven times the size of the Illiad written by Homer.
Who is Vedavyasa?
Vedavyasa is the divine saint and incarnation who authored the Srimad
Bhagavatam, Vedanta Sutra, the 108 Puranas, composed and divided the
Vedas into the Rik, Yajur, Artharva and Sama Vedas, and wrote the the great
historical treatise Mahabharata known as the fifth Veda. His full name is
Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa and he was the son of sage Parasara and mother
Satyavati.
What about the Aryan invasion theory being the source of the Bhagavad-
Gita?
The Aryan invasion theory has been proven in the 1990?s not to have a shred
of truth in it. Indologists the world over have realized that the Aryans are the
Hindus themselves.
According to the writings of both the Greek and the Romans such as Pliny,
Arrian and Solinus as well as Megastathanes who wrote a history of ancient
India and who was present as an eyewitness when Alexander the Great arrived
in India in 326 B.C. was that before him were 154 kings who ruled back to
6777 B.C. This also follows the Vedic understanding.
Yes. The Bhagavad-Gita was translated into Latin in 1823 by Schlegel. It was
translated into German in 1826 by Von Humbolt. It was translated into French
in 1846 by Lassens and it was translated into Greek in 1848 by Galanos to
mention but a few.
The original language of the Bhagavad-Gita was classical Sanskrit from India.
The word Srimad is a title of great respect. This is given because the
Bhagavad-Gita reveals the essence of all spiritual knowledge.
Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana a 16th century saint from the Brahma Madhva
Vaisnava Samparadaya has stated that those who are pious and reverent, those
who are of controlled senses and those sincerely performing their daily
spiritual duties are qualified to read Srimad Bhagavad-Gita.