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SrI:

Dear BhakthAs of Lord  PaarthasArathy   :

Today we will study the second Paasuram of Swamy Desikan's
GeethArTa Sangraham dealing with the first adhyAyam of
SrImath Geetha .

327. The  Essence of the First chapter
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uhavai adaintha uRavudayAr poraluRRa annAL
tahavudan anbu karai puraLa dharumatthu aLavil
miha uLam anji vizhunthu adi sErntha VisayanukkOr
nahayudan uNmai uraikka amainthanan NaaraNanE---(2) 

(meaning): Arjuna saw the dear relatives like BheeshmA ,AchAryAs
like DhrOnA assembled opposite him  to engage in battle with him .
ArjunA's love and dayA for them overflowed although they had
no fitness for that display of affection . As a result , Arjuna concluded
that the righteous war with them befitting his status as a Kshathriyan 
was adharmam (unrighteous). He was overcome with weakness . 
He threw down his bow and arrows and sat down with dejection 
at the foot of his chariot . Next , Arjuna  appealed to Lord , 
his charioteer to show him the right way. With smile on His face , 
Lord ParthasArathy commenced His upadEsam for ArjunA 
on the Svaroopams of JeevAthma , ParamAthmA , the means to 
reach ParamAthmA and related esoteric meanings of VedAnthA . 
Lord's upadEsam was like nectar for Arjuna  and easy to understand .

Swamy AlavanthAr's summary of the First chapter takes this form:

asTAna snEha KaaruNya dharmAdharmadhiyA-aakulam
PaarTam prapannam uddhisya SaasthrAvatharaNam  krutham (5th slOkam ) .

Arjuna arrived at the battle field with the Lord as his charioteer.
He directed the Lord to position the chariot in the middle of
the armies assembled to battle each other so that he can see
all those assembled to fight him and his side . Lord obliged
and positioned the chariot in such a place so that Arjuna can
have a good look.

As Arjuna looked on and saw his relatives , AchAryAs and other
kinsmen eager to engage in the battle with him , his limbs got
weakened , his mouth became dry and he began to tremble.
His mind began to reel over the thought of killing his kinsmen,
AchAryAs and others dear to him in the ensuing battle . He told
the Lord , His Charioteer , that such a battle is not worth fighting .
He threw down his bow and arrows and sat down on the chariot
as though he was ready to fast to death . 

Arjuna  was overwhelmed by compassion for those that did not 
merit it ( asTAna KaaruNayam). He got confused about what is 
dharmam and what is adharmam and was taken over by sorrow 
( dharmAdharama dhiyA aakulam). His mind swirled in the high wind 
of grief over the prospect of killing his AchAryAs , former friends 
and kinsmen . Arjuna declared now that he will not fight them 
( na yOthsyAmi) as a result of the unbearble sorrow over  
the expected loss of those dear to him ( " HanishyamANAn
bhavadheeyAn  vilOkya bhandhu snEhEna paramayA cha krupayA
dharmAdharma bhayEna cha athimAthrasvinna sarvagAtra: sarvaTA
aham na yOthsyAmi ithi ukthvA --sasaram chApam visrujya
raTOpasTE upAvisath" in AchArya RaamAnujA's commentary ) .

Additional References:
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My earlier postings on Swamy AlavanthAr's GeethArta
Sangaraham are archived in Bhakthi archives( dated Nov 7, 11
and 23, 1995):

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/archives

 The text of GeethArtha Sangraham is available at :

 http://ramanuja.org/desika/geetha15.txt

 The recitation of GeethArtha Sangraha by VaikuntavAsi
SevilimEdu Swamy  lasting 7 minutes is available at :

 http://www.ahobilamutt.org/dpaudio.html

Swamy  Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradachAri Sadagopan

SrimathE SrI Lakshminrusimha Dhivya PaadhukA Sevaka
SrIvaNN SaThakOpa SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:




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