Dear
Sri Vijayakumar
You
have questioned and also answered yourself which is very correct.
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First of all we need to analyse who is that 'someone' who has informed you
something against picture of Lord and Geetha. Because he is stating
something related to Geetha which is one of the prastanatraya and is deemed as
containing the upanishat sara as per the words of Bhagavan Vyasa and
followed by all the three acharyas. This solid proof heavily
weighs against all statements by others as Vyasa is none other than Vishnu
himself - vyasaya vishnu rupaya.....
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Secondly, In the geetha itself you can find answer that Geetha must be studied
under an able guru and that its essence should be spread across the world etc.,
etc.
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Thirdly scriptures alludes the importance of shravana-manana-nidhidhyasana
- "atmavare shrotavyo mantavyo nidhidhyasithavyo....." . Being
attained the prime place amongst prastanatrayas, geetha is undoubtedly meant for
shravana & manana.
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Fourthly, Sri Madhwacharya says that each sloka of the
Mahabharatha has three levels of esoteric knowledge hidden in it and Geetha has
more than 10 different meanings in it. So the comprehension of Geetha is
the utmost duty of even demi gods let alone human beings. You can also
refer Adi Shankara's 'Bhaja Govindam' song, where he states the importance of
Geetha & VSN - dhyeyam geetha namasahasram.... and I am not
yet qualified to learn geetha bhashya of Sri Ramanuja now. However, the acharyas are the strong votaries of Supremacy of Geetha and in
fact, the knowledge contained in it can only be unearthed with the help of
commentaries of these acharyas and the disciples down the
line.
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Fifthly Geetha should not be viewed as just a command but it should be our way
of life. That is what is being preached by Acharyas in order to ward us
off the unwanted pleasures and sorrows of this life.
Based on numerous facts over and above, Geetha
is a very sacred command from the God. Hence one can deduce that anything
connected to geetha - the picture etc., reminds us the enormosity of the task at
hand i.e., of studying Geetha and following the commands.
Hence
pls do not have any doubts on pictures of Krishna/Arjuna or the Geetha by
itself. It is the pride of the followers of sanathama dharma.
It is the mercy of Krishna that has flown in the form of Geetha and he is only
waiting for one who gladly accept it. Here faith plays very major
role but we should not at any point of time stop there but continue unearthing
hidden jewels in the ocean called Geetha. It is only the 'opinions' of the
underserved who should not touch Geetha with their mind covered in loukika
dust. That's it.
thanks
sukumar
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