Studies 3 - Going deeper

Bhagavad Gita 10:9

mac-cittā mad-gata-prāṇā
bodhayantaḥ parasparam
kathayantaś ca māḿ nityaḿ
tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca

mat-cittāḥ — their minds fully engaged in Me;
mat-gata-prāṇāḥ — their lives devoted to Me;
bodhayantaḥ — preaching;
parasparam — among themselves;
kathayantaḥ — talking;
ca — also;
mām — about Me;
nityam — perpetually;
tuṣyanti — become pleased;
ramanti — enjoy transcendental bliss;

TRANSLATION
The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always enlightening one another and conversing about me.

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1. Read Arjunas prayers (in the introduction where we stopped last time) and then 9 lines more until “… the greatest”. What is your understanding by analyzing these verses?

2. Read through http://vedabase.net/sb/2/4/22/en2 and extract all the points being made in the purport. Make a walk through sentence by sentence and extract any new, concluding or confusing point being stated.

3. Find verses in Bhagavad Gita about:

a) Bhakti

b) Krishnas divinity

c) The demigods

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GLOSSARY

Rati – intense desire
Lobha – divine greed
Prema – love
Raga – spontaneous love
Ruci - taste
Priti (piriti) - love
Bhakti – mix of love and reciprocal action
Kama – lust
Hari-katha – talks about Hari and related to Hari