{"product_id":"bhagavat-gita-101-hullasa-behera-9781645607984","title":"Bhagavat Gita 101: Vibrant Vintage Verses","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat exactly is Bhagavat Gita? Bhagawan Krishna delivered a long and learned speech to Arjuna, the ace, incomparable archer of the day, who, all of a sudden, shuddered to think that he would kill his kith and kin, elders and superiors for the superfluous gain of a lost kingdom. Krishna cleared his confusion, dispelled his doubts and instilled in him the primacy, priority, pivotality and philosophy of \"present assignment\" in particular and \"duty\" in general. Arjuna asked scores of questions, raised reasonable riddles and Krishna answered them intelligently, eminently, eloquently, elegantly, in an equanimous, tranquil manner. As such, Gita is the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna. Krishna, some say, took 45 minutes to tell Gita. While 574 slokas are uttered by Krishna, Arjuna spoke 84 verses. That Gita is great is not said by Krishna, although He has said in chapter X, verse 37 that Vyasa, the Gita composer, is the primus inter pares sage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Gita has been greatly glorified by a great many sages, scholars, critics, activists, reformers, researchers, teachers, preachers-Indian as well as foreign-from Shankaracharya, Ramanuja, Gnaneshwar, Aurobindo, Vivekananda to J K Krishnamurthy, Anni Besant, Max Muller, Edwin Arnold, S Radhakrishnan etc. It was Krishna's lullaby to Arjuna, not induce the latter to sleep but to incite, excite him to fight, to the call of duty, to awaken him to the importance, inevitability, inescapability of duty, one's duty. It chimes with popular Sanskrit moral, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Akrtuty naiva karttavyam pranatyagoapisamsisthe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Na cha krutyam parityajyameshah dharmah santanah. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hullasa Behera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1645607984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645607984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Eagle Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.95d","brand":"Hullasa Behera","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520191017215,"sku":"9781645607984","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56b5c26e-7123-4794-be43-3299a75cdac3.jpg?v=1778741280","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bhagavat-gita-101-hullasa-behera-9781645607984","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}