30
Sep
Arjuna Asks About the Field and Knower of the Field
## Context: Arjuna’s question in the Gītā
In the Bhagavad Gītā, Chapter 13 is commonly titled *Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña Vibhāga Yoga* — the te...
30
Sep
Krishna Explains the Gradual Path to Devotion
Setting: Krishna’s teaching on a gradual road to devotion
In the Bhagavad Gītā, Krishna speaks to Arjuna on the battlefield and lays ou...
30
Sep
Krishna Says His Devotees Are Free From Envy
Krishna’s claim in context
When traditions say “Krishna says his devotees are free from envy,” they are usually pointing to passages i...
29
Sep
Krishna Declares Devotion as the Supreme Path
Opening: Krishna’s emphasis on devotion
In several central Hindu texts, most notably the Bhagavad Gītā, Krishna (Kṛṣṇa) frames devotio...
29
Sep
Krishna Explains the Qualities of His Dearest Devotees
Context: Where Krishna speaks about his dearest devotees
Many of the clearest statements about the qualities of a beloved devotee appea...
29
Sep
Arjuna Asks Who Is Superior – Devotees of Form or Formless
The question in the Gītā
On the battlefield of Kurukṣetra, Arjuna asks a focused philosophical question: is it better to worship the sa...
29
Sep
Krishna Returns to His Four-Armed and Human Form
What devotees mean by “Krishna returns to his four‑armed and human form”
The phrase captures a long-standing motif in Hindu thought and...
29
Sep
Arjuna Asks Krishna to Return to His Gentle Form
Setting: the cosmic revelation in Chapter 11
In the Bhagavad Gītā, the dramatic encounter often called the viśvarūpa darśana — the visi...
29
Sep
Arjuna Bows and Praises the Universal Form
Context: the Vision in the Bhagavad Gītā
The scene is set on the battlefield of Kurukṣetra in the Bhagavad Gītā, where Arjuna — the Pan...
28
Sep
Krishna Declares He Is Time, the Destroyer of Worlds
Scene: Kurukṣetra and the Universal Vision
In the middle of the Bhagavad Gītā (chapter 11), Krishna grants Arjuna a theophany — the vis...