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Our Source Is Divine And Our Journey Starts From Him And Ends In Him

यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगा:
समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति |
तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा
विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति || 11.28||

yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo ’mbu-vegāḥ
samudram evābhimukhā dravanti
tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrā
viśhanti vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti|| 11.28||

Shloka Translation
BG – Ch. 11- Ver. 28:

Those courageous men of the world rush to your fiery mouths like torrents of various rivers surge to the ocean.

Explanation

In the conflict, there were many honourable kings and warriors who fought honourably and sacrificed their lives on the battlefield. Arjuna compares them to river waves dissolving into the sea freely.

Verse & what we can learn

When Arjuna sees the thousands of warriors flowing into Ishvara’s mouths, he compares them to river water rushing into the ocean at breakneck speed. It reminds him of Shri Krishna’s explanation of karma yoga in which he described the water cycle as a sacrifice. A drop of water from the ocean evaporates into the atmosphere, falls as rain into a body of water, and finally finds its way into a running river that returns to its source, the ocean. It mistook itself for rain, a pond, a lake, a stream, and so on at one time, forgetting its actual nature as water.

Even though Arjuna was terrified at Ishvara’s terrible form, he realized that destruction was nothing to be afraid of.

It was an actual step in Ishvara’s creative process.

To acquire knowledge and to implement that knowledge in life one needs to be mentally and physically active and healthy and for that daily meditation is a great tool.

There are various types of meditation like Buddhist meditation, heartfulness meditation, mindfulness meditation, meditation for stress, and each meditation benefits are countless. There is also numerous meditation techniques for beginners which help in practicing daily meditation so go ahead and start your journey towards a peaceful and balanced life.

In the next shloka, Arjuna depicts another facet of this scene.

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