Some tid bits about Bhagawad Gita

Some tid bits    about Bhagawad Gita

Compiled  by

P.R.Ramachander

(I have used  an excellent compilation about this subject by my friend Vasu Iyengar. My heart felt thanks to him)

 1, Bhagwad Gita is in Bhishma Parva  of Mahabharatha –chapter 25 to 42

2.it has 700 verses, 620 spoken by Krishna, 57 by Arjuna, sixty seven by  SAnjaya  and one by Dritharashtra.

   This is described in the following   Sloka

Shadasathaani   savimsathi slokaanaam  Praha  Kesava,

Arjuna   saptha panchasath, saptha  sashtinthu  Sanjaya,

Dritharashtra  slokamekam Geethaya  Mana muchyathe

3,Mahabharatha vis considered as  the fifth Veda  and its Jnana Kanda(Chapter of wisdom)  is Bhagawath Gita

4.In the first   four chapters of Gita  , Lord  Krishna speaks as   friend of arjuna and from then onwards   as God.

5.The first six chapters of Gita is the philosophy  of Jeevathma( individual soul)

The next six deals   with Paramathma  -the God,

And the last six  a compilation of both

6.Commentries to BHagawath Gita  has been done by Adhi Sankara, Swami Ramanuja    and Madhwacharya.

6.The first ever translation of Bhagawad  Gita in to English verse  is by Edwin Arnold done in 1885. I understand that there is translation in to poem by Surendra pal sing in 2003 and I have translated it in to poem in the year 2009.( http://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2009/07/bhagawad-gita-in-english-verse.html )

7.Summary  of Gita  using one sloka, 3 slokas from it, 4 slokas from it   and 7 slokas   from it are available(http://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2019/02/a-search-for-bhagwad-gita-in-nutshell_18.html )