Dharma, Krishna & the Bhagavad Gita Explained by a 9 Year Old |Krishna’s Message for All ft: Paridhi
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This episode features a 9 year old kid, Paridhi sharing her thoughts about the Bhagavad Gita, its teachings, and the importance of spirituality across different religions. It explores themes of duty (dharma), the divine nature of Krishna, and the significance of surrendering to God. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for peace among various faiths and the personal growth that comes from understanding and applying the lessons of the Bhagavad Gita in everyday life.
👇Highlights
🕉️ Bhagavad Gita as a Guide: The Bhagavad Gita, narrated by Lord Krishna, serves as a spiritual guide, addressing dilemmas and encouraging individuals to find peace through understanding their duties and the nature of life.
🌏 Unity Among Religions: The discussion highlights the importance of respecting all religions, advocating for peace and understanding rather than competition among different faiths.
📖 Personal Growth Through Spirituality: Engaging with the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita can lead to significant personal development, helping individuals overcome fears, find purpose, and connect with their spirituality.
👇Timestamps
[00:00] - Introduction
[02:44] - The Mahabharata war.
[08:06] - Discussion on peace, religion, and divine control.
[10:41] - Krishna, Arjun, and the consequences of war.
[15:35] - Uttara's tragic story; Ashwatthama's curse and Krishna's intervention.
[18:00] - The Bhagavad Gita
[22:05] - Lord Krishna's appearance in media.
[24:23] - Hindu mythology and cultural misconceptions.
[29:03] - Modern lifestyles and challenges.
[31:25] - Key lessons from Bhagavad Gita
[36:31] - Distinction between karma and dharma
[39:15] - Cultural diversity and spiritual significance of Vishu.
[43:59] - Follow your passions instead of societal expectations.
[46:02] - Stay determined
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Transcript:
(00:00) Hindu, Muslim, Christian, atheist. I'm better. I'm better. I'm better. It's just gets on my mind. I don't know why. But how do you think it should be? I think we should. Is there one part of the the conversation that deeply resonated with you? It's probably the Viratu like his head goes above his sky. All the gods are by his side.
(00:23) Brahma, Vishnu, Indra, every god you name is by his in the Bakita. Is there something that makes you feel a little bit frustrated even unsettled? See if the Bhagat Gita is making me unsettled then what the hell is the purpose of it? Why do you think um Krishna chose Arjun you know because it's so undecisive don't you think would be better to choose someone else who would be more decisive and more fearless? Krishna is is very powerful.
(00:56) Why do you think he didn't stop the war? That was because if I'm a a 9-year-old and I never read the Bhag Gita, how would you explain to me what is Bhagita? See, firstly, we need to know about who narrated Bhagat Gita and that is Lord Sri Krishna. Mhm. We need to know his pastimes which is he there are three godheads Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh. Mhm.
(01:30) And these three are the the trinity holy trinity. Not that holy trinity but Hindu holy trinity. So they have different different things to do like Lord Brahma is creator, Lord Shri Naran is preserver and Lord Mahadev is destroyer. Yeah. So all of these have like a specialtity. Now Lord Mahadev's speciality is his rudan.
(02:01) Brahma's specialtity is that he can create things and then like everybody everything has been created because of him and Naran's specialtity is his ability to preserve and his knowledge. Now Narayan has 10 no actually 24 but there are 10 main avatars. Mhm. See the eighth avatar is Lord Sri Krishna. Oh I see. Yeah. Then we will shift from Narayan to Mahabharat to understand what actually happened in Bhagat Gita.
(02:35) So Mahabharat prim primarily revolves around the panavas and korovas tension and arguments and the mahabharat war itself which happens because of an argument around the throne like who will be king and there are many many wars that already happened but the mahabharat has like main main war And in the mahabharat there are five brothers pandawas or pandura.
(03:09) Then korovas are 100 brothers. This is not 100 but okay. And then so the pandawas are fighting for dharma and korvas are fighting adh. Yeah. So Yudhishtar Yudhishtar is the eldest out not eliest the Karna Duryodhan's best friend on the Korov side is actually eldest but he even he doesn't know until before the war.
(03:39) So Yuzir then Bhim then Arjun then Nakul and then Sahadev they're like if you do this you can bend each finger and you can cause pain but if you do this you can't bend each. This is exactly how I would describe the unity of the pandas. Oh, I see. I see. And there is like there is a lot of unity between them.
(04:07) And the third brother, this charioteer is Lord Krishna himself. Yeah. So how to prove this is by an incident a story which happened not only in Bhagat Gita by Virat Rupala entire thing also because of what Krishna said now the Bhagat Gita is not only just huh you shouldn't you shouldn't be like in this dilemma it's not like that he's explaining entire it's in Bhishma parva part of the mahabharat it is uh divided into three parts karma yoga bi yoga and nyana yoga there's a
(04:52) fourth yoga which is dana yoga okay but there are that's different then there are six chapters in each 18 chapters and there are there are 700 verses in total so these this entire Bhagat Gita talks about how of course how to remove Arjun's dilemma but how to remove our dilemma which can be given as an example.
(05:23) So a musk deer was wandering in the forest uh looking for a fragrance because he was smelling it but wherever it went it could smell it but he cannot see the source of the fragrance. In reality musk de there is the source of the fragrance. Mhm. And he's searching for it everywhere. Similarly, the consciousness. We can find it within ourselves, but we're searching for it everywhere.
(05:50) Nice. Oh, I'm so impressed. How do you know all the stories and all the names? Do you have any any trick to help you to remember all the stories? when I'm trying to remember like epics, yeah, such as Mahabharata and Haramish Bhagita, I used to associate them with a particular color and and whenever I see an incident, I'm like purple this happened in green and so I don't really remember what color I gave each but I do remember I gave each of them a particular color and I used to be like ha this happened in Bhagat Gita and by
(06:30) the time I memorized the entire thing. I removed the colors and I give them the actual name. You when you read like let's say when you read the the Bhagita, how does it make you feel? How do you feel when you read the Bhagita? Like I said, I just feel spiritually connected. My connection with Nar is like two atoms connection.
(06:52) Can you describe me more about how do you feel? Like there's this pose we do in Bhanatim. this where your soul is going upwards and so I feel like my soul is getting connected with the Lord's soul and what is your favorite part in this in the Bhagavita entire thing because there is no such thing as this is better this is better and this is why even though I pray to like Hindu gods I never say I am a Hindu I do say Hindu religion I pray to Hindu gods.
(07:29) I don't usually say that in public or other religion people because that might cause an argument. Oh, because I just want peace and quiet. I don't want Hindu, Muslim, Christian, atheist. I'm better. I'm better. I'm better. It's just gets on my mind. I don't know why. Really? Yes. But how do you think it should be? I think we should like see Bhagatita Quran in the Bible in even in like all religion books.
(08:00) It's to keep peace in entire humanity. But what are we doing? Complete opposite of peace. Not keeping any peace at all. Exactly. And how do you feel with that? I hate this. Like you know actually even if Kalug is doing this imagine if something this is happening right now what will happen in the later future? Yeah, you're right. Yeah.
(08:21) So, what you're saying is like every religion is good, right? So, we have to respect so that everyone lives in peace. Yes. That's why I actually I'm very much inspired by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Because Shivaji Maharaj he upheld his dharma but he never discriminated. Hindu, Muslim better, Sikh better.
(08:46) No, he never did that. Yeah. Yeah. And in the in the Bhagavagita, so there's a conversation between Krishna and Arjun. Is there one part of the the conversation that deeply resonated with you? It's probably the part where he shows Virat troop. I'm going to keep this here because it's very not thing to keep it here.
(09:07) It's not respectful. Exactly. Yeah. Um so this part he takes the vir like his head goes above his sky and his arms are 20,000. This is how it's described and all the gods are by his side. All of the gods Brahma, Vishnu, Shiv, Indra, every god you name is by his side. Arjun is mesmerized and he's tearful and he's afraid.
(09:37) And now see and he opens his mouth and something strange happens. Every single one in the kora vadu everyone he everyone is entering his mouth. So Arjun asks Lord why are you why are you killing them? Krishna replies I am not killing them. I have killed them for you are barely an instrument in my hands. Oh why why is it your favorite part? Because that makes us understand key the god is the he is the he's the controller. Yeah.
(10:14) We are the instruments. Oh, I see. So it happened because of his will. Like he wanted this dog to get food. The dog will get food. I see. Like without him, if it hadn't been his will, this podcast wouldn't have been happening. I see. Yeah. But you know like Krishna is is very powerful is a divinity. And why why do you think he didn't stop the war? That was because there was already very much evil on the planet. Duryodhan was very evil. Yeah.
(10:52) And he already knew the Panavas are going to win the war. Exactly. That's why he didn't stop the war and he got cursed for it. Oh, how Gandhari cursed him. Gandhari is the Cororaz's mother. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So, she cursed him. Key. Your entire dynasty will collapse. But that didn't work fully.
(11:13) Only the living coras yadus died. But there are still yadu kulko in this period. And did you know I share a sign zodiac sign with Krishna? What is it? Capricorn. And then Krishna is also Capricorn in Naran. Vishnu is my birth month god. Oh wow. Yes. Really? How do you feel about that? You have the same I don't know. It just like whenever I see a place or a thing which is not same with me and Krishna like kalaraya to the art.
(11:51) I can't learn it. I'm not strong enough. But uh it was made and it was like founded by Krishna. Yeah. But that doesn't make me feel guilty because at least I'm hearing the teachings of Krishna and the Bhagwat Bhagwat Gita and the Bhagwat are two different things. Yeah. Yeah. Bhagwat is what Krishna did. Exactly. Bhagwat did.
(12:20) Bhagwat is Bhagwat Gita is what Krishna said. Yeah. I see you know there's some things that I'm um I'm curious I don't know um and I would like maybe you can help me about why do you think um Krishna chose Arjun to you know because he's so undecisive you know don't you think would be better to choose someone else who would be more decisive and more fearless you see because they are eternally together just like Radha Krishna just like Balram Krishna Arjun Krishna are always eternally together because Nar avatar is Krishna and N avatar is Arjun
(13:01) Naray okay so that's why these are the huh these are the twin sage avatars of Narin oh I see I see that's why that's why he chose Arjun despite he was indecisive right and in my opinion uh I think key Arjun should have not had that dilemma only. Why? I mean we could have gotten this big and nice like entire learning and spiritual learning but it was because half his life was spent to beside Krishna. Yeah. Exactly.
(13:38) So why did he have that dilemma in the first place when you're literally standing beside a person whom we all desire to see? Mhm. And some people say like Lord Hanuman, you know, he could be with us in the room right now and we don't even know. M in energy form of course. Exactly. But not in his physical form like gigantic and like everything would break the entire building.
(14:03) So Lord Hanuman is very powerful. And Ashwama you know Ashwama there's this theory he's still alive today. Oh, he could be in this very village, in this very area right now and we we didn't even know. Maybe he's here. Yes. Not in this room because he's alive and he's not a god or an incarnate. Oh, he's not a god.
(14:26) No, Ashama is was fighting for the corvas. But then he turned good when he got cursed. He got cursed with immortality. But many people, many of my friends ask me how is immortality a curse? Because everybody wants to live forever. The thing is key he could have lived forever with the power gem that was like here. But Krishna tore that out after he cursed Ashtama. Oh, I see.
(14:52) And you know why he cursed Ashama in the first place? Uh Abhimmanyu's wife Uttara was 16 or even younger when Abhimmanu died. Yeah. Like just 2 months barely after their wedding Abhimmanu died. Mhm. And he was also very young. Awani was 17 or 18 when he died. That's very young. Yes. And he died unarmed.
(15:19) He died while wielding a wheel as his weapon. His charioteer. His chariot his charioteer was killed. His horses were killed. His chariot was broken. His weapons were broken. And the only thing was left was his wheel, his energy, and his uh zeal. And so he used all of that. But he ultimately lost his life because he was murdered.
(15:40) So a poor Uttara she was not even in a healthy state. You know what happened when she died? She was when he died she was pregnant at that age. She was pregnant and he died. Wow. So pregnant utra is crying but it's not good for the baby. Yeah. Exactly. Because it brings bad luck also. Yeah. Yeah. So afterhan is dead Ashama sent a brahastra at the womb to kill the baby so that the panovas are entirely wiped out but Krishna saved it and now that baby was Maharaj parikhit oh I see yeah now that baby was killed revived uttara was pregnant and she was
(16:27) injured wounded So he cursed Rashu Tama, may you never ever die. And he and he asked Beim to pull out the gem from his forehead. And that made him lose his entire author authority and lose his entire intelligence and lose his authority over his weapons. I see. I see. And Ashama see you know Pritaj Chawan. No.
(16:55) Who is it? So he was like this king 16th century. M now we can confirm he was alive because there are studies shown it's confirmed completely that Prit Shawan was alive. Mhm. So he met a man who was old and his forehead was bleeding and he was killed in Ayurveda. So he said that I can heal your wound. Days weeks passed but he did not heal and so he let the man go and he asked him are you ashotama? The patient the patient replied, "Yes, I'm Ashot Tamba.
(17:30) " And then he vanished. So it always creeps me out whenever I hear the name Asho Tama because I know [Laughter] not me, of course. Yeah, because I'm not that cruel enough to kill a pregnant woman's baby to be ashama. Of course. You are so cute. You are you are also very uh um Oh, what? You're very, sorry I forgot the name. Compassionate.
(17:58) Compassionate. You're very compassionate. You wouldn't do that. In the in the Bhagita, is there something that makes you feel a little bit frustrated or a little bit even unsettled about something about the Bhagita? No. No. Because the Bhagat Gita's sole purpose is to bring peace in our lives. Oh, that's interesting.
(18:24) Yeah. See, if the Bhagat Gita is making me unsettled, then what the hell is the purpose of it? That is so true. Because if the Bhagat Gita is making me frustrated, then that means I'm probably reading it wrong or something. Oh, because if I'm reading something else and understanding something like and they're not like mixing together, then it's not it's not true because you've had apple milkshake, mango milkshake, banana milkshake even, but you can't have lemon milkshake.
(18:57) Those two are incompatible. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. So what you say about you? So you read the Bhagita, you don't judge, right? You there to learn, right? That's that's it, right? Even when you open like I have read the Bhagwatita seven times. Seven? Wow. I'm going to start reading it for the eighth or ninth time. I don't even know.
(19:22) And like it's like every time I open it, something new always comes. Really? Yes. What was the the the the newest thing that you uncovered from Bhagavagita? Not in that sense. Like every time you've read it, you feel like this was not there though last time. Oh, you uncover something new. Huh? And I'm like I'm like last time was it last time? Even though the book is the same, the book didn't enlarge. It didn't shrink.
(19:51) So, so it's obviously very confusing. And the third thing, the second thing is that Bhagat Gita is the most vast topic. Exactly. Because one part he says focus on your duties and the second part he says focus your duties on me and it gets confusing because like the other chapter the other part you said focus on your duties.
(20:16) Now you're saying focus your duties on me but then I understood after reading it for the seventh time that he meant do your work but do it to bring pleasure to me. Like for example I'm drinking water. Yeah. So I'll remember a shloka. Yeah. And I'll say that I'm drinking this water soishna can drink water.
(20:38) So I'm drinking water and then I remember I'm the taste of water. So that very taste that of the water that's nourishing me it's Krishna. So it's like that I remember him every moment of my life. Yeah. Even you said before I saw that you said that we should surrender to Krishna, right? Why is that? See, when you don't surrender yourself to Krishna, I'll tell you a story about that. Yeah, please.
(21:07) So, there was this interviewer, a journalist, who was seeing a temple being made and he went there. So, the he asked three people the same question. What are you doing? The first one answered, we are making a building. Then he asked, why are you making this? So, he replied, because by the end of the month, we'll get money. Yeah.
(21:28) Then he asked the second one, "What are you doing?" We are making the building. Then he said because it gives me satisfaction that uh that I'm making this and I like construction work. Yeah. So he was like okay that's nice you're not just doing it for money. Then the third guy he asked what are you doing? We are making the temple.
(21:50) So he replied uh why are you doing this? And then he replied key because I'll be doing some service to Krishna because by the end of the month there will be a Krishna Morty put here and then it will give me satisfaction. I've worked for Krishna. So first one was for money, second one because he liked construction, third one because he wanted to offer some service to Krishna.
(22:12) So the Lord will uh reward them that way only. And this story it's given by Goranga dashas gi prahu do you know what is something that I'm curious coming from uh I'm from Europe when I see Krishna is blue like why do you think Krishna is blue he's not blue no but everywhere I see Krishna is blue see Krishna's skin tone is changed every serial you look at if you look at some cartoons he is shown as a cute hero Even though in real life he was not cute.
(22:51) He was attractive. His name means all attractive but he was not cute. He was he was not a hero who beats up bad guys but he was actually he was a god not a child. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Then there's in some serals that adults watch he's white but that's not true. He is actually now he's dark skinned. His description is he's dark skinned with dolphin shaped earrings, a peacock feather on his head, sandalwood paste, garden of forest flower and leaf and he holds a bamboo flute in his hand with a yellow and I don't know why but nowadays
(23:36) Krishna are getting super Americanized really why don't know why like people of India they are becoming more and more westernized by the day. Oh, give me an example. See, you know Krishna, as I said, he was dark skinned. Exactly. Yeah. If you look at the serial Mahabharat. Yeah. Was Krishna dark skinned? Um I don't know. He wasn't.
(24:05) You can What was the color? It was He wasn't dark skinned. No cereal. If you look at any cereal, none of them will give you a dark skin. Krishna. Oh, that's where you think they're changing a little bit things. Yes. Like even even in some people say even Draati was dark skinned but people don't put her as dark skinned either. Okay.
(24:27) And you know some people they say Balam you know Balram he wore blue and Krishna wore yellow. Yeah. But people are saying how can that be fair? Balam is fair skinned and then Krishna is accent. Shouldn't be it bea but no it brings contrast and even in the combination couples Radha Krishna and Sithar Ram in the in the traay sitharam Ram was Suryawanchi and Sitha was Chandraanchi but it swapped.
(25:00) Now Krishna is Chundraanchi and Ram uh Sitha is Suryawani. I mean Krishna is Chandraanchi and Radha is Suryanchi. But why do you think there there's this misconception about the color of Krishna? It's getting more and more Americanized like some people some people when foreigners who came to India like Akbar Yeah.
(25:26) Abar then Oruranga's name Oranga I forgot his name. So he Akbar translated Mahabharat and Rama into Farsy and he sent it back. Yeah. Yeah. But Oruranga another example of foreigner didn't do the same. He instead enslaved, killed, murdered and I don't know what all he did but he did so much evil to us Hindus. Mhm. It's not fair how every it's called iconocclasm.
(26:01) What is that? It's uh like the attempt of erasing a country's history. Like if you go to Greece or Egypt. Yeah. Exactly. You will find none. Nothing. Just statues, few buildings, nothing. They won't remember anything else. And how do you feel about that? It's terrible. like uh you know British they came to India they had done so much of iconoclasm oh I see I see I see like you know the other colonizers were at least fair like they didn't they didn't say ar why are you doing this we are in your country now they were fair they were
(26:43) nice but the British there was just something I don't like I don't know why like British even the Portuguese They were also colonizers but they didn't do that like Brazil. Yeah, exactly. Brazil was actually accepting it. They were not being forced accept accept they accepted it. Argentina all these places they are all Latin American. I see.
(27:11) I see. But you will you will go to any one of them none of them are forced to do it. I see. Why only India? Why only the British colonized? Why only the British colonized and forced us? Like now even if you see like most schools are teaching British English and they're not teaching Sanskrit. Wow. That is sad, right? That's what you're saying.
(27:33) Like then it erases the past the the richness of the culture of the Yeah, I understand what you're saying. And see it's not like other people are doing the same. Yeah. Russians are turning into converting to sanatan. Oh, while we are making Tik Toks. What is this? What is this? Like people people who are preaching. Yeah.
(27:58) See Kalug Khali the demon we are going to collapse at under him if we do this. I see. I see. I see. See if you see most mythologies Norse mythology, Greek mythology none of them have yuggas. What are yuggas? Yogas are like four like ages like the first one is golden age satyug then there's traayog silver age bronze age is dwar in which the mahabharat happened and before that ram happened and then we are living in kalugal yeah we are iron age so people say kalyug is the worst yug but in reality it's the best yug why because in those previous yogas
(28:45) like the I had people were asking me isn't it a bit unreal unrealistic for us to be as uh pure like Sitha well you actually basically you can't compare you can't compare you can't compare any of the modern actresses with Masita yeah I see that's interesting it's different yoga she couldn't have been like she couldn't have been like Like we have new things now.
(29:21) Like Raan didn't have Netflix. Exactly. Raan didn't have Netflix and we don't have well collecting well of water things. Exactly. So like you can't compare those two yoga. And why I said it's one of the best yoga is because in the previous yogas they used to meditate in mountain caves, mountain peaks, even in rain snow they used to be dressed as a sasi.
(29:46) So uh now in kalyug by ch simply chanting the name with bhi doing like chanting reading bhagatam speaking about bhagatam preaching it is it's easy now it's easy. I see. I see. You don't have to. Huh? You don't have to walk to Himalayas like sit on top of Himalayas and chant Har Krishna. Har Krishna.
(30:12) That's that's barely impossible now because firstly even you know going on top of some mountains is illegal now. [Music] Like then rdra we can find plastic rdraas nowadays. But how rare is it to find the real r the fruit? Yeah. Yeah. It's not it's not it's like impossible. You can find it. But even you know there's like a thing of a demon with teeth and horns in Singapore. Singapore.
(30:47) Indonesia. I forgot. Mhm. And there was this river and there was like a rock may engraved a demon's face. Wow. And people say that was Rahan. Oh. Huh. See, like I mentioned, Hanuman could be in energy form around us right now. But what I personally think is Hanuman should be in physical form because like Hanukko, we need knowledge. We don't have knowledge.
(31:15) Those algebra all these are just basic knowledge. If you go into our history, you will be so confused. Like firstly this it's one of the easiest Bhagat Gita that you'll find like even Bhagat Gita I've not even finished the first chapter yet. I see I see you you you talk about the the the Bhagavagita.
(31:41) What is the one lesson that we all can learn from Bhagita and how can we implement it in our own lives? See Bhagat Gita has so many lessons that we don't want we absolutely desire. It's like we absolutely need it to actually surpass pass kuka what estimated time we have and it is one of the most important lessons is surrender yourself to godam mama just important lord Krishna if you chant the holy names of Krishna there's this god chitra
(32:26) demigod chhatra Gupta who is at hell and is keeping a record of all the bad things we've done all the sins we've committed if we just like if we just we keep we remove one sin from our life daytoday we can reduce chitra Gupta's work think of it that way or think of it this way that uh one friend of mine who doesn't like mythology energy but I've told her I've blabbed blabbered to her so much about it that she I don't even know but uh she asked me is it easier to go to hell or to wunt I've heard it's very difficult to go to
(33:11) wikunta I told her key you just have to I told her the three and I told her key it's much easier for you to go to wikunta by just ignoring these and like removing these this from your life. You just have to remove this. What about people who don't really believe in God? What can they learn from the the Bhagita? You don't necessarily need to believe in God.
(33:43) Just surrender yourself. Like belief in God and surrendering yourself to God are two different things. Okay? So they're like belief in God would be like it's not like that exactly because it's there's no Ram right now. Okay. Ki will come of course but later onwards we don't even know when is Ki going to come Google and we can't actually trust any of them honestly. Mhm.
(34:18) So the it's not like you can't defend yourself. Mhm. Because you don't have to always be especially for people who are um who are extremely devoted. You can surrender yourself of course but you don't need to be like you are living in Mumbai. How is that possible? Yeah. Yeah. That's not possible. And then the there is also one more thing like I said Bhagwat Gita not only fantasy not only Bhagat Gita is so useful for mental health.
(34:54) M like what for example h see people are scared of death. Yeah that's one of the root causes for many mental health diseases. One of the root causes. Then this if you're scared of death this is the most useful thing for one to read most give me an example so in this they also talk about moka liberation yeah yeah moa is a heavenly state that we cannot attain right now when we're like five or something but when you turn an age that when you're about to die or you're like losing your life.
(35:38) Moka is a peace that people desire to attain. Moka, you need to be surrendering yourself to Nar, praying to Nar and having that word stuck in your mind. Nar nice. How do you feel now? Excellent. Just like Narin. M so for me there we I I I'm from Europe. We don't there's a concept I learned from Bhagita which is dharma. Yeah.
(36:13) And um maybe for someone that doesn't know what's dharma. Can you explain what it is and how can someone find their dharma in their life? Dharma is basically your duty or righteousness. Yeah. A dharma is unrighteousness. Yeah. Karma. But the thing is many people get confused between karma and dharma. Exactly. Karma is work and the duty.
(36:37) Dharma is righteousness and also duty. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So and uh karma and kartava are two different things. They're similar but also the same time two different. Kartava is duty and karma is like the real duty. Yeah. I see. And how did bagita helped you in your life? I don't know.
(37:02) Actually, it just helped me in so many ways I can't count. No, give me a few examples. It helped me like I was so afraid of death. I didn't even say the word death in my home. Now I just I just read it and I'm like I'm chill about it now. I'm I'm fine. But the thing is it helped me get away from my fears. A lot of them. How? See uh one of the shookers I forgot it again but it says key a wise person sees a cow, a dog, an elephant and a dog eater all in the same plane. Mhm.
(37:46) So it helped me understand. I don't differentiate or discriminate south Indian, north Indian, west Indian. And speaking of India, today is a very auspicious day that we are having this podcast. It is Vishu. What's what's the what does it mean? It is uh it is a festival. Yeah. uh from the Malu Maladam calendar which perfectly aligns with Hindu so lunar solar calendar and it's the astrological new year.
(38:19) So uh today is a new year to everyone. Happy new year technically. Happy wish. Wow. Happy new year. Wow. What a day to to celebrate that day with a podcast like you. I'm so lucky. This podcast is actually uh quite exciting for me because because firstly everybody who I have been done a podcast with they're all of them are Indian. Yeah.
(38:48) So this is the first time I'm having a podcast with someone who's not Indian. See and how do you feel about that? I'm very excited. Yeah. I can I can see. So for whoever is uh watching us like what is one thing that you want them to remember from this conversation? I would say surrender yourself to Lord Krishna. Yes sir.
(39:17) surrendering like see you can do everything but remember Krishna's words meaning that I just want everything whatever you give me I want it to be done with devotion if you don't even if you give him diamonds the most expensive diamonds without any emotion or devotion he'll be not very excited to receive it but even if you give him a simple tulsy leaf with a lot of devotion he'll be excited to receive receive it.
(39:46) Wow, [Laughter] look at your smile. You have such a beautiful smile. Wow. I mean, you told me so many things. Maybe to get to know you just a little bit better, tell me one surprising thing about yourself. I'm the most boyish person in my entire friend group. Really? Yes. Like my favorite color, you might think my favorite color is probably pink or yellow.
(40:14) No, my favorite colors are actually black and green. Yeah. Yes. Why is that? Uh, I don't know. I just My godfather that time I'm inspired by him only half the time. And it's not like I've been forced to choose those colors. Exactly. My own opinion. I just chose. Wow. And the second thing is I may not look like it, but I also do hip-hop.
(40:38) Oh, you do hip-hop? Really? Yes. I have I've uh I've done national level dances of course but all of them are thanks to my mother and my guru Dr. Jatish Babu. There are a few channels that I watch that get me here. I'll recommend a few of them. Yeah. Okay. So one is Satwic Movement. Yeah. I really like watching that channel.
(41:04) Second is Gorang Dashin Das Prabu. Then David Chitika G. I had a podcast with her and I guess that's it. Yeah, that's it, right? Wow. What was your favorite part of our conversation? Probably the part where I was narrating the shlokas. Wow. Did do you have any other any other shloka that you would like to share or you shared all the shlokas? Huh? Yes.
(41:29) But it's not from Bhagat Gita. Yeah. Go ahead. So she glorifies Krishna Dave this way meaning one with a lotus navl. I explained that story. Then one with the garland of lotus flowers one with the lotus petal eyes and namaste lotus petal feet. Wow. So good. I guess that's the most I like that show a lot. Very good. So one of we have a
(42:16) lot of adults that watch our um podcasts. What is one advice that you would like to give to to the to the adults? Don't force yourself to do something if you don't want to do it. Like many people they like they want to become an artist. Yeah. But they're told to become a doctor by society because society wants to see a doctor but that's not fair.
(42:48) like uh one of my friends, she she's in judo with me. I also go to judo, but I'm extremely weak. Honestly, I can't I can't do judo, but I'm doing it because it's fun. So, uh she wants to leave judo desperately, but her mom is like, "You learn self-defense." That's true, but she's already so strong. And I've been questioning why she said that.
(43:12) Ever since she told me, I told her, "I might be leaving Judo." She was like going on a full breakdown like why are you leaving Judo? But it's fine with me if I don't leave Judo also because it's fun for me to do judo. And I like it when somebody is following their passion and they're not follow forcing themselves to do something they don't really want to do.
(43:35) Like if you want to become an artist and the society is telling you to become a doctor, become an artist. Because later onwards, this is how society rejects you and then begs for help. Firstly, they will laugh at you behind your back. Exactly. Then they will gaslight you. Then they will they will uh try to force you out of it. And then finally when you've succeeded, they will come and blackmail you and ask for help.
(44:02) Yeah. See? Yeah. So that's why you say everyone should follow whatever they feel like. Right. Because in the end they are only going to come and chase after you. Exactly. But the thing is you should never stray from that path. Yeah. If you want to become become an art or if somebody is living alone as a kid or as a teenager, then be resourceful. Yeah.
(44:28) Like if there's no food at home, don't immediately go and waste your money on an Uber Eats. Try to find something exactly like an like something healthy. Then for people who who raised themselves or raised their siblings, they should always maintain that determination and that enthusiasm, not greed, enthusiasm, not anger, enthusiasm.
(44:53) Wow. So what do you say for people? Follow what you really love and continue with determination. That's it. And if you're struggling, believe in your God. And and if you are I forgot what was I going to say. That's okay. Huh? Say it again. And if there's any struggle in your path, endure it. It will pass, right? Yes.
(45:19) And don't get too over excited. If there's an good moment or demotivated if there's a bad moment, good and bad things are both temporary. Wow. What a beautiful way to end our conversation. It's been really a pleasure to I could spend here many many hours but I learned so much from you. Thank you so much for coming. It's been a good time for me as well.
(45:45) Yeah. Yes. Did you enjoy? Yes. That was so good. Radi Krishna ready.
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This episode features a 9 year old kid, Paridhi sharing her thoughts about the Bhagavad Gita, its teachings, and the importance of spirituality across different religions. It explores themes of duty (dharma), the divine nature of Krishna, and the significance of surrendering to God. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for peace among various faiths and the personal growth that comes from understanding and applying the lessons of the Bhagavad Gita in everyday life.
👇Highlights
🕉️ Bhagavad Gita as a Guide: The Bhagavad Gita, narrated by Lord Krishna, serves as a spiritual guide, addressing dilemmas and encouraging individuals to find peace through understanding their duties and the nature of life.
🌏 Unity Among Religions: The discussion highlights the importance of respecting all religions, advocating for peace and understanding rather than competition among different faiths.
📖 Personal Growth Through Spirituality: Engaging with the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita can lead to significant personal development, helping individuals overcome fears, find purpose, and connect with their spirituality.
👇Timestamps
[00:00] - Introduction
[02:44] - The Mahabharata war.
[08:06] - Discussion on peace, religion, and divine control.
[10:41] - Krishna, Arjun, and the consequences of war.
[15:35] - Uttara's tragic story; Ashwatthama's curse and Krishna's intervention.
[18:00] - The Bhagavad Gita
[22:05] - Lord Krishna's appearance in media.
[24:23] - Hindu mythology and cultural misconceptions.
[29:03] - Modern lifestyles and challenges.
[31:25] - Key lessons from Bhagavad Gita
[36:31] - Distinction between karma and dharma
[39:15] - Cultural diversity and spiritual significance of Vishu.
[43:59] - Follow your passions instead of societal expectations.
[46:02] - Stay determined
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Transcript:
(00:00) Hindu, Muslim, Christian, atheist. I'm better. I'm better. I'm better. It's just gets on my mind. I don't know why. But how do you think it should be? I think we should. Is there one part of the the conversation that deeply resonated with you? It's probably the Viratu like his head goes above his sky. All the gods are by his side.
(00:23) Brahma, Vishnu, Indra, every god you name is by his in the Bakita. Is there something that makes you feel a little bit frustrated even unsettled? See if the Bhagat Gita is making me unsettled then what the hell is the purpose of it? Why do you think um Krishna chose Arjun you know because it's so undecisive don't you think would be better to choose someone else who would be more decisive and more fearless? Krishna is is very powerful.
(00:56) Why do you think he didn't stop the war? That was because if I'm a a 9-year-old and I never read the Bhag Gita, how would you explain to me what is Bhagita? See, firstly, we need to know about who narrated Bhagat Gita and that is Lord Sri Krishna. Mhm. We need to know his pastimes which is he there are three godheads Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh. Mhm.
(01:30) And these three are the the trinity holy trinity. Not that holy trinity but Hindu holy trinity. So they have different different things to do like Lord Brahma is creator, Lord Shri Naran is preserver and Lord Mahadev is destroyer. Yeah. So all of these have like a specialtity. Now Lord Mahadev's speciality is his rudan.
(02:01) Brahma's specialtity is that he can create things and then like everybody everything has been created because of him and Naran's specialtity is his ability to preserve and his knowledge. Now Narayan has 10 no actually 24 but there are 10 main avatars. Mhm. See the eighth avatar is Lord Sri Krishna. Oh I see. Yeah. Then we will shift from Narayan to Mahabharat to understand what actually happened in Bhagat Gita.
(02:35) So Mahabharat prim primarily revolves around the panavas and korovas tension and arguments and the mahabharat war itself which happens because of an argument around the throne like who will be king and there are many many wars that already happened but the mahabharat has like main main war And in the mahabharat there are five brothers pandawas or pandura.
(03:09) Then korovas are 100 brothers. This is not 100 but okay. And then so the pandawas are fighting for dharma and korvas are fighting adh. Yeah. So Yudhishtar Yudhishtar is the eldest out not eliest the Karna Duryodhan's best friend on the Korov side is actually eldest but he even he doesn't know until before the war.
(03:39) So Yuzir then Bhim then Arjun then Nakul and then Sahadev they're like if you do this you can bend each finger and you can cause pain but if you do this you can't bend each. This is exactly how I would describe the unity of the pandas. Oh, I see. I see. And there is like there is a lot of unity between them.
(04:07) And the third brother, this charioteer is Lord Krishna himself. Yeah. So how to prove this is by an incident a story which happened not only in Bhagat Gita by Virat Rupala entire thing also because of what Krishna said now the Bhagat Gita is not only just huh you shouldn't you shouldn't be like in this dilemma it's not like that he's explaining entire it's in Bhishma parva part of the mahabharat it is uh divided into three parts karma yoga bi yoga and nyana yoga there's a
(04:52) fourth yoga which is dana yoga okay but there are that's different then there are six chapters in each 18 chapters and there are there are 700 verses in total so these this entire Bhagat Gita talks about how of course how to remove Arjun's dilemma but how to remove our dilemma which can be given as an example.
(05:23) So a musk deer was wandering in the forest uh looking for a fragrance because he was smelling it but wherever it went it could smell it but he cannot see the source of the fragrance. In reality musk de there is the source of the fragrance. Mhm. And he's searching for it everywhere. Similarly, the consciousness. We can find it within ourselves, but we're searching for it everywhere.
(05:50) Nice. Oh, I'm so impressed. How do you know all the stories and all the names? Do you have any any trick to help you to remember all the stories? when I'm trying to remember like epics, yeah, such as Mahabharata and Haramish Bhagita, I used to associate them with a particular color and and whenever I see an incident, I'm like purple this happened in green and so I don't really remember what color I gave each but I do remember I gave each of them a particular color and I used to be like ha this happened in Bhagat Gita and by
(06:30) the time I memorized the entire thing. I removed the colors and I give them the actual name. You when you read like let's say when you read the the Bhagita, how does it make you feel? How do you feel when you read the Bhagita? Like I said, I just feel spiritually connected. My connection with Nar is like two atoms connection.
(06:52) Can you describe me more about how do you feel? Like there's this pose we do in Bhanatim. this where your soul is going upwards and so I feel like my soul is getting connected with the Lord's soul and what is your favorite part in this in the Bhagavita entire thing because there is no such thing as this is better this is better and this is why even though I pray to like Hindu gods I never say I am a Hindu I do say Hindu religion I pray to Hindu gods.
(07:29) I don't usually say that in public or other religion people because that might cause an argument. Oh, because I just want peace and quiet. I don't want Hindu, Muslim, Christian, atheist. I'm better. I'm better. I'm better. It's just gets on my mind. I don't know why. Really? Yes. But how do you think it should be? I think we should like see Bhagatita Quran in the Bible in even in like all religion books.
(08:00) It's to keep peace in entire humanity. But what are we doing? Complete opposite of peace. Not keeping any peace at all. Exactly. And how do you feel with that? I hate this. Like you know actually even if Kalug is doing this imagine if something this is happening right now what will happen in the later future? Yeah, you're right. Yeah.
(08:21) So, what you're saying is like every religion is good, right? So, we have to respect so that everyone lives in peace. Yes. That's why I actually I'm very much inspired by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Because Shivaji Maharaj he upheld his dharma but he never discriminated. Hindu, Muslim better, Sikh better.
(08:46) No, he never did that. Yeah. Yeah. And in the in the Bhagavagita, so there's a conversation between Krishna and Arjun. Is there one part of the the conversation that deeply resonated with you? It's probably the part where he shows Virat troop. I'm going to keep this here because it's very not thing to keep it here.
(09:07) It's not respectful. Exactly. Yeah. Um so this part he takes the vir like his head goes above his sky and his arms are 20,000. This is how it's described and all the gods are by his side. All of the gods Brahma, Vishnu, Shiv, Indra, every god you name is by his side. Arjun is mesmerized and he's tearful and he's afraid.
(09:37) And now see and he opens his mouth and something strange happens. Every single one in the kora vadu everyone he everyone is entering his mouth. So Arjun asks Lord why are you why are you killing them? Krishna replies I am not killing them. I have killed them for you are barely an instrument in my hands. Oh why why is it your favorite part? Because that makes us understand key the god is the he is the he's the controller. Yeah.
(10:14) We are the instruments. Oh, I see. So it happened because of his will. Like he wanted this dog to get food. The dog will get food. I see. Like without him, if it hadn't been his will, this podcast wouldn't have been happening. I see. Yeah. But you know like Krishna is is very powerful is a divinity. And why why do you think he didn't stop the war? That was because there was already very much evil on the planet. Duryodhan was very evil. Yeah.
(10:52) And he already knew the Panavas are going to win the war. Exactly. That's why he didn't stop the war and he got cursed for it. Oh, how Gandhari cursed him. Gandhari is the Cororaz's mother. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So, she cursed him. Key. Your entire dynasty will collapse. But that didn't work fully.
(11:13) Only the living coras yadus died. But there are still yadu kulko in this period. And did you know I share a sign zodiac sign with Krishna? What is it? Capricorn. And then Krishna is also Capricorn in Naran. Vishnu is my birth month god. Oh wow. Yes. Really? How do you feel about that? You have the same I don't know. It just like whenever I see a place or a thing which is not same with me and Krishna like kalaraya to the art.
(11:51) I can't learn it. I'm not strong enough. But uh it was made and it was like founded by Krishna. Yeah. But that doesn't make me feel guilty because at least I'm hearing the teachings of Krishna and the Bhagwat Bhagwat Gita and the Bhagwat are two different things. Yeah. Yeah. Bhagwat is what Krishna did. Exactly. Bhagwat did.
(12:20) Bhagwat is Bhagwat Gita is what Krishna said. Yeah. I see you know there's some things that I'm um I'm curious I don't know um and I would like maybe you can help me about why do you think um Krishna chose Arjun to you know because he's so undecisive you know don't you think would be better to choose someone else who would be more decisive and more fearless you see because they are eternally together just like Radha Krishna just like Balram Krishna Arjun Krishna are always eternally together because Nar avatar is Krishna and N avatar is Arjun
(13:01) Naray okay so that's why these are the huh these are the twin sage avatars of Narin oh I see I see that's why that's why he chose Arjun despite he was indecisive right and in my opinion uh I think key Arjun should have not had that dilemma only. Why? I mean we could have gotten this big and nice like entire learning and spiritual learning but it was because half his life was spent to beside Krishna. Yeah. Exactly.
(13:38) So why did he have that dilemma in the first place when you're literally standing beside a person whom we all desire to see? Mhm. And some people say like Lord Hanuman, you know, he could be with us in the room right now and we don't even know. M in energy form of course. Exactly. But not in his physical form like gigantic and like everything would break the entire building.
(14:03) So Lord Hanuman is very powerful. And Ashwama you know Ashwama there's this theory he's still alive today. Oh, he could be in this very village, in this very area right now and we we didn't even know. Maybe he's here. Yes. Not in this room because he's alive and he's not a god or an incarnate. Oh, he's not a god.
(14:26) No, Ashama is was fighting for the corvas. But then he turned good when he got cursed. He got cursed with immortality. But many people, many of my friends ask me how is immortality a curse? Because everybody wants to live forever. The thing is key he could have lived forever with the power gem that was like here. But Krishna tore that out after he cursed Ashtama. Oh, I see.
(14:52) And you know why he cursed Ashama in the first place? Uh Abhimmanyu's wife Uttara was 16 or even younger when Abhimmanu died. Yeah. Like just 2 months barely after their wedding Abhimmanu died. Mhm. And he was also very young. Awani was 17 or 18 when he died. That's very young. Yes. And he died unarmed.
(15:19) He died while wielding a wheel as his weapon. His charioteer. His chariot his charioteer was killed. His horses were killed. His chariot was broken. His weapons were broken. And the only thing was left was his wheel, his energy, and his uh zeal. And so he used all of that. But he ultimately lost his life because he was murdered.
(15:40) So a poor Uttara she was not even in a healthy state. You know what happened when she died? She was when he died she was pregnant at that age. She was pregnant and he died. Wow. So pregnant utra is crying but it's not good for the baby. Yeah. Exactly. Because it brings bad luck also. Yeah. Yeah. So afterhan is dead Ashama sent a brahastra at the womb to kill the baby so that the panovas are entirely wiped out but Krishna saved it and now that baby was Maharaj parikhit oh I see yeah now that baby was killed revived uttara was pregnant and she was
(16:27) injured wounded So he cursed Rashu Tama, may you never ever die. And he and he asked Beim to pull out the gem from his forehead. And that made him lose his entire author authority and lose his entire intelligence and lose his authority over his weapons. I see. I see. And Ashama see you know Pritaj Chawan. No.
(16:55) Who is it? So he was like this king 16th century. M now we can confirm he was alive because there are studies shown it's confirmed completely that Prit Shawan was alive. Mhm. So he met a man who was old and his forehead was bleeding and he was killed in Ayurveda. So he said that I can heal your wound. Days weeks passed but he did not heal and so he let the man go and he asked him are you ashotama? The patient the patient replied, "Yes, I'm Ashot Tamba.
(17:30) " And then he vanished. So it always creeps me out whenever I hear the name Asho Tama because I know [Laughter] not me, of course. Yeah, because I'm not that cruel enough to kill a pregnant woman's baby to be ashama. Of course. You are so cute. You are you are also very uh um Oh, what? You're very, sorry I forgot the name. Compassionate.
(17:58) Compassionate. You're very compassionate. You wouldn't do that. In the in the Bhagita, is there something that makes you feel a little bit frustrated or a little bit even unsettled about something about the Bhagita? No. No. Because the Bhagat Gita's sole purpose is to bring peace in our lives. Oh, that's interesting.
(18:24) Yeah. See, if the Bhagat Gita is making me unsettled, then what the hell is the purpose of it? That is so true. Because if the Bhagat Gita is making me frustrated, then that means I'm probably reading it wrong or something. Oh, because if I'm reading something else and understanding something like and they're not like mixing together, then it's not it's not true because you've had apple milkshake, mango milkshake, banana milkshake even, but you can't have lemon milkshake.
(18:57) Those two are incompatible. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. So what you say about you? So you read the Bhagita, you don't judge, right? You there to learn, right? That's that's it, right? Even when you open like I have read the Bhagwatita seven times. Seven? Wow. I'm going to start reading it for the eighth or ninth time. I don't even know.
(19:22) And like it's like every time I open it, something new always comes. Really? Yes. What was the the the the newest thing that you uncovered from Bhagavagita? Not in that sense. Like every time you've read it, you feel like this was not there though last time. Oh, you uncover something new. Huh? And I'm like I'm like last time was it last time? Even though the book is the same, the book didn't enlarge. It didn't shrink.
(19:51) So, so it's obviously very confusing. And the third thing, the second thing is that Bhagat Gita is the most vast topic. Exactly. Because one part he says focus on your duties and the second part he says focus your duties on me and it gets confusing because like the other chapter the other part you said focus on your duties.
(20:16) Now you're saying focus your duties on me but then I understood after reading it for the seventh time that he meant do your work but do it to bring pleasure to me. Like for example I'm drinking water. Yeah. So I'll remember a shloka. Yeah. And I'll say that I'm drinking this water soishna can drink water.
(20:38) So I'm drinking water and then I remember I'm the taste of water. So that very taste that of the water that's nourishing me it's Krishna. So it's like that I remember him every moment of my life. Yeah. Even you said before I saw that you said that we should surrender to Krishna, right? Why is that? See, when you don't surrender yourself to Krishna, I'll tell you a story about that. Yeah, please.
(21:07) So, there was this interviewer, a journalist, who was seeing a temple being made and he went there. So, the he asked three people the same question. What are you doing? The first one answered, we are making a building. Then he asked, why are you making this? So, he replied, because by the end of the month, we'll get money. Yeah.
(21:28) Then he asked the second one, "What are you doing?" We are making the building. Then he said because it gives me satisfaction that uh that I'm making this and I like construction work. Yeah. So he was like okay that's nice you're not just doing it for money. Then the third guy he asked what are you doing? We are making the temple.
(21:50) So he replied uh why are you doing this? And then he replied key because I'll be doing some service to Krishna because by the end of the month there will be a Krishna Morty put here and then it will give me satisfaction. I've worked for Krishna. So first one was for money, second one because he liked construction, third one because he wanted to offer some service to Krishna.
(22:12) So the Lord will uh reward them that way only. And this story it's given by Goranga dashas gi prahu do you know what is something that I'm curious coming from uh I'm from Europe when I see Krishna is blue like why do you think Krishna is blue he's not blue no but everywhere I see Krishna is blue see Krishna's skin tone is changed every serial you look at if you look at some cartoons he is shown as a cute hero Even though in real life he was not cute.
(22:51) He was attractive. His name means all attractive but he was not cute. He was he was not a hero who beats up bad guys but he was actually he was a god not a child. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Then there's in some serals that adults watch he's white but that's not true. He is actually now he's dark skinned. His description is he's dark skinned with dolphin shaped earrings, a peacock feather on his head, sandalwood paste, garden of forest flower and leaf and he holds a bamboo flute in his hand with a yellow and I don't know why but nowadays
(23:36) Krishna are getting super Americanized really why don't know why like people of India they are becoming more and more westernized by the day. Oh, give me an example. See, you know Krishna, as I said, he was dark skinned. Exactly. Yeah. If you look at the serial Mahabharat. Yeah. Was Krishna dark skinned? Um I don't know. He wasn't.
(24:05) You can What was the color? It was He wasn't dark skinned. No cereal. If you look at any cereal, none of them will give you a dark skin. Krishna. Oh, that's where you think they're changing a little bit things. Yes. Like even even in some people say even Draati was dark skinned but people don't put her as dark skinned either. Okay.
(24:27) And you know some people they say Balam you know Balram he wore blue and Krishna wore yellow. Yeah. But people are saying how can that be fair? Balam is fair skinned and then Krishna is accent. Shouldn't be it bea but no it brings contrast and even in the combination couples Radha Krishna and Sithar Ram in the in the traay sitharam Ram was Suryawanchi and Sitha was Chandraanchi but it swapped.
(25:00) Now Krishna is Chundraanchi and Ram uh Sitha is Suryawani. I mean Krishna is Chandraanchi and Radha is Suryanchi. But why do you think there there's this misconception about the color of Krishna? It's getting more and more Americanized like some people some people when foreigners who came to India like Akbar Yeah.
(25:26) Abar then Oruranga's name Oranga I forgot his name. So he Akbar translated Mahabharat and Rama into Farsy and he sent it back. Yeah. Yeah. But Oruranga another example of foreigner didn't do the same. He instead enslaved, killed, murdered and I don't know what all he did but he did so much evil to us Hindus. Mhm. It's not fair how every it's called iconocclasm.
(26:01) What is that? It's uh like the attempt of erasing a country's history. Like if you go to Greece or Egypt. Yeah. Exactly. You will find none. Nothing. Just statues, few buildings, nothing. They won't remember anything else. And how do you feel about that? It's terrible. like uh you know British they came to India they had done so much of iconoclasm oh I see I see I see like you know the other colonizers were at least fair like they didn't they didn't say ar why are you doing this we are in your country now they were fair they were
(26:43) nice but the British there was just something I don't like I don't know why like British even the Portuguese They were also colonizers but they didn't do that like Brazil. Yeah, exactly. Brazil was actually accepting it. They were not being forced accept accept they accepted it. Argentina all these places they are all Latin American. I see.
(27:11) I see. But you will you will go to any one of them none of them are forced to do it. I see. Why only India? Why only the British colonized? Why only the British colonized and forced us? Like now even if you see like most schools are teaching British English and they're not teaching Sanskrit. Wow. That is sad, right? That's what you're saying.
(27:33) Like then it erases the past the the richness of the culture of the Yeah, I understand what you're saying. And see it's not like other people are doing the same. Yeah. Russians are turning into converting to sanatan. Oh, while we are making Tik Toks. What is this? What is this? Like people people who are preaching. Yeah.
(27:58) See Kalug Khali the demon we are going to collapse at under him if we do this. I see. I see. I see. See if you see most mythologies Norse mythology, Greek mythology none of them have yuggas. What are yuggas? Yogas are like four like ages like the first one is golden age satyug then there's traayog silver age bronze age is dwar in which the mahabharat happened and before that ram happened and then we are living in kalugal yeah we are iron age so people say kalyug is the worst yug but in reality it's the best yug why because in those previous yogas
(28:45) like the I had people were asking me isn't it a bit unreal unrealistic for us to be as uh pure like Sitha well you actually basically you can't compare you can't compare you can't compare any of the modern actresses with Masita yeah I see that's interesting it's different yoga she couldn't have been like she couldn't have been like Like we have new things now.
(29:21) Like Raan didn't have Netflix. Exactly. Raan didn't have Netflix and we don't have well collecting well of water things. Exactly. So like you can't compare those two yoga. And why I said it's one of the best yoga is because in the previous yogas they used to meditate in mountain caves, mountain peaks, even in rain snow they used to be dressed as a sasi.
(29:46) So uh now in kalyug by ch simply chanting the name with bhi doing like chanting reading bhagatam speaking about bhagatam preaching it is it's easy now it's easy. I see. I see. You don't have to. Huh? You don't have to walk to Himalayas like sit on top of Himalayas and chant Har Krishna. Har Krishna.
(30:12) That's that's barely impossible now because firstly even you know going on top of some mountains is illegal now. [Music] Like then rdra we can find plastic rdraas nowadays. But how rare is it to find the real r the fruit? Yeah. Yeah. It's not it's not it's like impossible. You can find it. But even you know there's like a thing of a demon with teeth and horns in Singapore. Singapore.
(30:47) Indonesia. I forgot. Mhm. And there was this river and there was like a rock may engraved a demon's face. Wow. And people say that was Rahan. Oh. Huh. See, like I mentioned, Hanuman could be in energy form around us right now. But what I personally think is Hanuman should be in physical form because like Hanukko, we need knowledge. We don't have knowledge.
(31:15) Those algebra all these are just basic knowledge. If you go into our history, you will be so confused. Like firstly this it's one of the easiest Bhagat Gita that you'll find like even Bhagat Gita I've not even finished the first chapter yet. I see I see you you you talk about the the the Bhagavagita.
(31:41) What is the one lesson that we all can learn from Bhagita and how can we implement it in our own lives? See Bhagat Gita has so many lessons that we don't want we absolutely desire. It's like we absolutely need it to actually surpass pass kuka what estimated time we have and it is one of the most important lessons is surrender yourself to godam mama just important lord Krishna if you chant the holy names of Krishna there's this god chitra
(32:26) demigod chhatra Gupta who is at hell and is keeping a record of all the bad things we've done all the sins we've committed if we just like if we just we keep we remove one sin from our life daytoday we can reduce chitra Gupta's work think of it that way or think of it this way that uh one friend of mine who doesn't like mythology energy but I've told her I've blabbed blabbered to her so much about it that she I don't even know but uh she asked me is it easier to go to hell or to wunt I've heard it's very difficult to go to
(33:11) wikunta I told her key you just have to I told her the three and I told her key it's much easier for you to go to wikunta by just ignoring these and like removing these this from your life. You just have to remove this. What about people who don't really believe in God? What can they learn from the the Bhagita? You don't necessarily need to believe in God.
(33:43) Just surrender yourself. Like belief in God and surrendering yourself to God are two different things. Okay? So they're like belief in God would be like it's not like that exactly because it's there's no Ram right now. Okay. Ki will come of course but later onwards we don't even know when is Ki going to come Google and we can't actually trust any of them honestly. Mhm.
(34:18) So the it's not like you can't defend yourself. Mhm. Because you don't have to always be especially for people who are um who are extremely devoted. You can surrender yourself of course but you don't need to be like you are living in Mumbai. How is that possible? Yeah. Yeah. That's not possible. And then the there is also one more thing like I said Bhagwat Gita not only fantasy not only Bhagat Gita is so useful for mental health.
(34:54) M like what for example h see people are scared of death. Yeah that's one of the root causes for many mental health diseases. One of the root causes. Then this if you're scared of death this is the most useful thing for one to read most give me an example so in this they also talk about moka liberation yeah yeah moa is a heavenly state that we cannot attain right now when we're like five or something but when you turn an age that when you're about to die or you're like losing your life.
(35:38) Moka is a peace that people desire to attain. Moka, you need to be surrendering yourself to Nar, praying to Nar and having that word stuck in your mind. Nar nice. How do you feel now? Excellent. Just like Narin. M so for me there we I I I'm from Europe. We don't there's a concept I learned from Bhagita which is dharma. Yeah.
(36:13) And um maybe for someone that doesn't know what's dharma. Can you explain what it is and how can someone find their dharma in their life? Dharma is basically your duty or righteousness. Yeah. A dharma is unrighteousness. Yeah. Karma. But the thing is many people get confused between karma and dharma. Exactly. Karma is work and the duty.
(36:37) Dharma is righteousness and also duty. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So and uh karma and kartava are two different things. They're similar but also the same time two different. Kartava is duty and karma is like the real duty. Yeah. I see. And how did bagita helped you in your life? I don't know.
(37:02) Actually, it just helped me in so many ways I can't count. No, give me a few examples. It helped me like I was so afraid of death. I didn't even say the word death in my home. Now I just I just read it and I'm like I'm chill about it now. I'm I'm fine. But the thing is it helped me get away from my fears. A lot of them. How? See uh one of the shookers I forgot it again but it says key a wise person sees a cow, a dog, an elephant and a dog eater all in the same plane. Mhm.
(37:46) So it helped me understand. I don't differentiate or discriminate south Indian, north Indian, west Indian. And speaking of India, today is a very auspicious day that we are having this podcast. It is Vishu. What's what's the what does it mean? It is uh it is a festival. Yeah. uh from the Malu Maladam calendar which perfectly aligns with Hindu so lunar solar calendar and it's the astrological new year.
(38:19) So uh today is a new year to everyone. Happy new year technically. Happy wish. Wow. Happy new year. Wow. What a day to to celebrate that day with a podcast like you. I'm so lucky. This podcast is actually uh quite exciting for me because because firstly everybody who I have been done a podcast with they're all of them are Indian. Yeah.
(38:48) So this is the first time I'm having a podcast with someone who's not Indian. See and how do you feel about that? I'm very excited. Yeah. I can I can see. So for whoever is uh watching us like what is one thing that you want them to remember from this conversation? I would say surrender yourself to Lord Krishna. Yes sir.
(39:17) surrendering like see you can do everything but remember Krishna's words meaning that I just want everything whatever you give me I want it to be done with devotion if you don't even if you give him diamonds the most expensive diamonds without any emotion or devotion he'll be not very excited to receive it but even if you give him a simple tulsy leaf with a lot of devotion he'll be excited to receive receive it.
(39:46) Wow, [Laughter] look at your smile. You have such a beautiful smile. Wow. I mean, you told me so many things. Maybe to get to know you just a little bit better, tell me one surprising thing about yourself. I'm the most boyish person in my entire friend group. Really? Yes. Like my favorite color, you might think my favorite color is probably pink or yellow.
(40:14) No, my favorite colors are actually black and green. Yeah. Yes. Why is that? Uh, I don't know. I just My godfather that time I'm inspired by him only half the time. And it's not like I've been forced to choose those colors. Exactly. My own opinion. I just chose. Wow. And the second thing is I may not look like it, but I also do hip-hop.
(40:38) Oh, you do hip-hop? Really? Yes. I have I've uh I've done national level dances of course but all of them are thanks to my mother and my guru Dr. Jatish Babu. There are a few channels that I watch that get me here. I'll recommend a few of them. Yeah. Okay. So one is Satwic Movement. Yeah. I really like watching that channel.
(41:04) Second is Gorang Dashin Das Prabu. Then David Chitika G. I had a podcast with her and I guess that's it. Yeah, that's it, right? Wow. What was your favorite part of our conversation? Probably the part where I was narrating the shlokas. Wow. Did do you have any other any other shloka that you would like to share or you shared all the shlokas? Huh? Yes.
(41:29) But it's not from Bhagat Gita. Yeah. Go ahead. So she glorifies Krishna Dave this way meaning one with a lotus navl. I explained that story. Then one with the garland of lotus flowers one with the lotus petal eyes and namaste lotus petal feet. Wow. So good. I guess that's the most I like that show a lot. Very good. So one of we have a
(42:16) lot of adults that watch our um podcasts. What is one advice that you would like to give to to the to the adults? Don't force yourself to do something if you don't want to do it. Like many people they like they want to become an artist. Yeah. But they're told to become a doctor by society because society wants to see a doctor but that's not fair.
(42:48) like uh one of my friends, she she's in judo with me. I also go to judo, but I'm extremely weak. Honestly, I can't I can't do judo, but I'm doing it because it's fun. So, uh she wants to leave judo desperately, but her mom is like, "You learn self-defense." That's true, but she's already so strong. And I've been questioning why she said that.
(43:12) Ever since she told me, I told her, "I might be leaving Judo." She was like going on a full breakdown like why are you leaving Judo? But it's fine with me if I don't leave Judo also because it's fun for me to do judo. And I like it when somebody is following their passion and they're not follow forcing themselves to do something they don't really want to do.
(43:35) Like if you want to become an artist and the society is telling you to become a doctor, become an artist. Because later onwards, this is how society rejects you and then begs for help. Firstly, they will laugh at you behind your back. Exactly. Then they will gaslight you. Then they will they will uh try to force you out of it. And then finally when you've succeeded, they will come and blackmail you and ask for help.
(44:02) Yeah. See? Yeah. So that's why you say everyone should follow whatever they feel like. Right. Because in the end they are only going to come and chase after you. Exactly. But the thing is you should never stray from that path. Yeah. If you want to become become an art or if somebody is living alone as a kid or as a teenager, then be resourceful. Yeah.
(44:28) Like if there's no food at home, don't immediately go and waste your money on an Uber Eats. Try to find something exactly like an like something healthy. Then for people who who raised themselves or raised their siblings, they should always maintain that determination and that enthusiasm, not greed, enthusiasm, not anger, enthusiasm.
(44:53) Wow. So what do you say for people? Follow what you really love and continue with determination. That's it. And if you're struggling, believe in your God. And and if you are I forgot what was I going to say. That's okay. Huh? Say it again. And if there's any struggle in your path, endure it. It will pass, right? Yes.
(45:19) And don't get too over excited. If there's an good moment or demotivated if there's a bad moment, good and bad things are both temporary. Wow. What a beautiful way to end our conversation. It's been really a pleasure to I could spend here many many hours but I learned so much from you. Thank you so much for coming. It's been a good time for me as well.
(45:45) Yeah. Yes. Did you enjoy? Yes. That was so good. Radi Krishna ready.
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