The essence of Gita

The Bhagawad Gita, as we know, is a conversation between two friends, Krishna and Arjuna. But the conversation is accessible to us today because of the earnest inquiry of the blind King Dhritarashtra to his Secretary Sanjaya, who was blessed with the vision to see the battle happening on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.\n\nThe first and the last verses are, therefore, by Dhritarashtra and Sanjaya in the Gita, and the first word is " Dharma " meaning one\u2019s calling or one\u2019s duty. So, the Gita is not singing the glories of Lord Krishna but is offering us a map of paths and choices and their destinations and consequences so that we can know our true Dharma or calling in this life.\n\nDharma is a Sanskrit word defined as duty or calling or the divine order that sustains this universe. Dharma comes from the Sanskrit root "dhri" meaning "to uphold or support". Lord Krishna refers to Dharma in progressively more profound ways, shedding light on the meaning of the term and its essential for personal spiritual growth\n\nSanjaya says in the last verse that whenever there is an alignment between our confused, petty self and our Highest Self, there is victory, opulence, strength, and morality.\n\nThe message of the Gita centers on human will and one\u2019s duty or calling, not on proclaiming God\u2019s position. The purpose of the Gita is to transform human disposition and align human will with divine will.\n\nIt addresses the question " what is one\u2019s Dharma?" by giving us a map of choices of paths and their destinations. It also shows us our place and our purpose in cosmic reality.\n\nThe success of the Gita is shown by the fact that by the end of the Gita, Arjuna admits that his confusion regarding his Dharma/ duty is dispelled, and his composure and competence are resolved.\n\nSanjaya was also convinced that those who aligned with the divine would be victorious, and he conveyed the message to Dhritarashtra as his opinion. So the conversation between the two was also successful.\n\nThis shows Gita\u2019s potency in transforming our hearts.\n\nThus the Gita urges each one of us to know what our duty is our calling is and not get distracted by what the world says or what our mind exaggerates about our situation in life.\n\nIn life, when we are faced with so many choices and decisions to make, the message of the Gita for us is that the sense of direction and clarity must come from the divine Self