Gita Saar

Mahabharata has always been a source of inspiration for me,especially its essence in the form of the divine song Gita sung by the Lord himself.While Gita has been interpreted and understood in thousands of languages national and international,its mini version in Marathi written by 

G.D Madgulkar and sung by Sudhir Phadke always tends to leave me with a message when I am in need of that inner peace of mind.I have tried to interpret its meaning,however I am sure the essence is much deeper than that.Everytime I listen to the song I gain some sort of strength enough to look at life with a different lens.Here is how it goes!

विमोह त्यागून कर्मफलांचा सिद्ध होई पार्था

कर्तव्याने घडतो माणूस जाणून पुरुषार्था

(Oh Partha,renounce all the desire for the fruits of your karma and get ready

Cause Only through duty does a man evolve,know this eternal truth)

शस्त्र त्याग तव शत्रू पुढती नच शोभे तुजला

कातर होसी समरी मग तू विरोत्तम कसला 

घे शस्त्र ते सुधीर होऊन रक्षाया धर्मार्था

(It does not do good to you to give up your weapons and your confidence in front of your enemies,

Hold the weapons without fear for you have a duty to protect righteousness on this earth)

कर्तव्याच्या पुण्य पथावर मोहांच्या फूलबागा

मोही फसता मुकशील वीरा मुक्तीच्या मार्गा

इह परलोकी अशांतीने तव विक्रम झुकवील माथा

(On the way of duty,you will come across gardens of delusion,if you fall prey to these,you shall lose the way to your redemption,in this and after world you will lose peace of mind)

कुणी आप्त ना कुणी सखा ना जगती जीवांचा

क्षणभंगूर ही संसृती आहे खेळ ईश्वराचा

भाग्य चालते कर्मपदांनी जाण खऱ्या वेदार्था

(There is none who is a friend,nor is anyone a relative in this material world,this world and its actions are nothing but a divine play,only ones karma leads the way to the ultimate truth)

रंगहीन मी या विश्वाच्या रंगाने रंगलो

कौरवात मी पांडवात मी अणुरेणूत भरलो

मीच घडवीतो मीच मोडीतो उमज आता परमार्था

(I am unmanifest and formless,yet I manifest in different forms,I am present in the Kauravas as well as the Pandavas,I am omnipresent.I make and I alone can break ,know this ultimate truth)

कर्मफुलाते अर्पून मजला सोड अहंता वृथा

सर्व धर्म परी त्यजून येई शरण मला भारता

कर्तव्याची साद तुझ्या तुज सिद्ध करी धर्मार्था

(Leave your ego,surrender yourself and the fruits of your actions to Me,Just do your duty and prove that righteousness and only righteousness rules)

There is definitely a lot more to these thoughts and a lot of reading and re-reading the Gita will help internalise the deeper truth.