48th week

 yathra yo:ge:svarah krushno:
yathra pa:rttho: dhanurdharaha |
thathra sri:r vijayo: bhu:thihi
  dhruva: ni:thir mathir mama     ||     18-78

 By using the epithet `Yogesvarah' for Sri Krsna and `Dhanurdharah' for Arjuna, Sanjaya
 impresses upon King Dhrtarastra the glory of Bhagavan Sri Krsna and Arjuna, and indicates
 the sure prospect of the Pandava's victory in order to awaken in the king's mind an
 inclination to negotiate peace. In other words, Sanjaya wanted to make it clear that
 Bhagavan Sri Krsna was the Lord of all Yogic powers and that He was capable of creating,
maintaining and destroying the whole universe in a trice by dint of His Yogic power. There
 could be no doubt about the victory of King Yudhisthira, who had Bhagavan Sri Krsna, the
 manifest Divinity, as his supporter. 
Besides this, Arjuna too was an incarnation of the divine sage Nara, a beloved friend of
 the Lord, and a great hero; the wielder of the famous Gandiva bow; he too had girded his 
loins to see his brother victorious. Hence there was none who could vie with Yudhisthira 
at that moment. For where the sun is, light must be there even so the very presence of
 Bhagavan Sri Krsna and Arjuna ensures all goodness, glory and righteousness. And laurels
 go to  him who has virtue on his side. Therefore, the victory of the Pandavas was
 guaranteed The welfare of Dhrtarastra lay in bringing round his sons to seek peace with the Pandavas. 
Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the science of Brahma, the scripture of Yoga,- 
the dialogue between Sri Krsna and Arjuna, ends the eighteenth chapter entitled "The Yoga 
of Liberation through the path of Knowledge and Self surrender. "
The Bhagavadgita is the divine word of Bhagavan Sri Krsna, the supreme Purusottama or God
 Himself, who is adored by the whole animate and inanimate kingdom, is full of the six
 divine properties, and is Bliss and Consciousness solidified. The scripture is a mine
 of endless mysteries. It is by the grace of the supremely compassionate Bhagavan Sri Krsna
 that its inner meaning can be par ally understood. He alone who ponders the Gita with a 
heart brimming over with supreme reverence and pure loving devotion directly perceives the
 grace of the Lord and can obtain a glimpse of the real character of the Gita. Therefore, 
seekers of blessedness would do well to place before them the ideal of Arjuna, the prince 
among devotees, and cultivating his divine virtues should hear, study and ruminate over the 
Gita with faith and devotion; and they should whole-heartedly devote themselves to spiritual
 practice according to their individual capacity in pursuance of the Lord's behest's. Those 
who proceed on the above lines are inspired with ever new thoughts and feelings of a
 supremely blissful, unique and transcenient character. Attaining absolute purity of mind
 and enjoying the exceptional grace of the Lord, they speedily realize Him. 


[[[Courtesy  "Srimadbhagavadgita by ISRA"  www.srimadbhagavadgita.com]]]