Understanding the Yoga of Arjuna: From Crisis to Wisdom

The whole process of discussion on the battlefield was not only to bring forth the state of dharma but also a state of being animishak. During the whole process of pravachana (discourse)  Krishna transformed from a state of

  1. Friend to  be a charioteer (shakha-sarathi)
  2. Charioteer to be a friend (sarathi-sakha)
  3. Friend to be a Gyani(sakha jnani)
  4. From jnani to a state of dharmic Acharya (Jnani dharma Acharya)
  5. From a state of dharma Acharya to become a dharmic guru (dharmic Acharya guru)
  6. Dharma guru to Dharma Jnani (dharma guru jnani)
  7. Dharma jnani to dharma Acharya (dharma jnani Acharya)
  8. Dharma Acharya to dharma Guru (dharma guru Acharya)
  9. Dharma guru to manas guru
  10. Manas guru to atma guru
  11. Atma guru to Devaguru
  12. Deva guru to Satguru
  13. Satguru to Purnapurushottam
  14. Purnapurshottam to Devanatha
  15. Devanatha to Easwar
  16.  Easwar to Maheshwar
  17. Maheshwar to Sarveshwara

During the whole process of transformation, Krishna explained Kala (Time), Kaala (Space), Dharma (righteousness), Prakriti (nature), Jiva (Soul) and Ishwara ( Controller).

Arjuna’s Naimisha Diksha happened on the ground the field we all go through in everyday of our life but the difference was during the whole process Arjuna grew from the state of being a person filled with frustration and anger emerging from

  • sense of being relative (son, husband, nephew, brother and so on)
  • dharmic person to one who is with dharma.

Each chapter shows the growth of Arjuna and also as explained above the status of Krishna transforms to a level after which no mortal can know or even have a glimpse of the divine.

Chapter 1. The Yoga of Arjuna’s Crisis (Arjunavisada Yoga) by the end of this chapter Arjuna had let off 46 ways of suffering.

Chapter 2. The Yoga of Understanding(Sankhya Yoga) by the end of this he is well aware of 72 realities that pertains to all jivatman

Chapter 3. The Yoga of Action(Karma Yoga) by the end of this chapter his knowledge about 43 karma is well-accepted

Chapter 4. The Yoga of Knowledge(Gyana Karma Samnyasa Yoga) knowledge of 42 levels of paths to transcend the layers comes to him

Chapter 5. Yoga of Renunciation/Actions(Karma SamnyasaYoga) the perception gathered from the above all gets shattered with the acceptance of 29 actions of gaining renunciation

Chapter 6. The Yoga of Meditation(Dhyana Yoga) 47 ways of dhyana processes and its intricate levels are showed in a way that allows him to go deeper within to gain the truth himself.

Chapter 7. Wisdom & Understanding(Jnana Vijnana Yoga) dhyana shall lead to knowledge which is para and its 30 layers get shown to him

Chapter 8. The Imperishable Brahman(Aksara Brahma Yoga) once the knowledge comes then wisdom follows and its own 28 levels are shown

Chapter 9. Sovereign Knowledge & Secret(Rajavidya Rajaguhya Yoga) even after gaining wisdom the supreme knowledge still deludes him for it flows within the 28 realms beyond the layers of wisdom.

Chapter 10. The Yoga of Manifestations(Vibhuti Yoga), 42 riddhies and siddhies power and manipulation beseech him and slowly entice him to get corrupted so that he is not able to remove the veil of truth.

Chapter 11. Manifestation of World Form(Visvarupa Darsana Yoga) even after one can go beyond the realm of enticement offered by the 55 transformative powers of the nature hold him back

Chapter 12. The Yoga of Devotion(Bhakti Yoga), conditions and holding on to the ones own assumptions you are bound by the 20 layers of feeling, knowing the ways as preset by the norms deep rooted over the centuries.

Chapter 13. Field & the Knower of the Field(Kseta Ksetrajna Vibhaga Yoga) this knowledge allows one to gain the knowledge of oneself and others surrounding you and through the 35 layers of perceptions it allows you to move beyond.

Chapter 14. Distinction of the Three Gunas(Guna Traya Vibhaga Yoga) 27 steps of knowing the trigunas allows one to transcend the trigunas and know the true one.

Chapter 15. The Yoga of the Highest Vision(Purusottama Yoga) the breaking of conditions allows one to gain entry into the 20 steps of knowing the true one who is even beyond the realm of the one who is speaking for he (Krishna) is speaking due to the powers as bestowed by the one who is all in all and beyond him nothing exists. Since Krishna is the medium chosen by the One he is considered as Purushottam.

Chapter 16. Liberating and Binding Conditions(Daiva Asura Sampat Vibhaga Yoga) even with the purushottam being there the 24 dualities exists where in the fear of letting go hold one back and getting back into the cycle of birth and death.

Chapter 17. The Three Forms of Faith(Sraddha Traya Vibhaga Yoga) when the 28 forms of sraddha, sneha, samarpana comes into then only one is able to go beyond the cycle of birth and death.

Chapter 18. Freedom by Renunciation(Moksa Samnyasas Yoga) finally he takes on the 78 steps of gaining liberation and being one with the Sarveshwara who in himself is just an essence of the ONE.

The 700 steps are ways of growing from the mundane understanding of life to one of being liberated. 84 steps are of delusions which Arjuna was ready to shed and 41 steps are intermittent statements which are given by Sanjay. Sanjay was not at all concerned he was doing the duty of telling and showing what was happening in the battlefield. Sanjay was given Divya Naimisha chakshu vidya not by Krishna but by Ved Vyasa.
The most beautiful thing is that the Naimisha Diksha is not given as a right of a person rather the individual is selected by the Divine for a purpose and each of those people have a purpose to complete. Naimisha is unconditional Diksha and not like many of the other Diksha. It is a Diksha for expansion and delving deep, change of name has great relevance in this Diksha for the name itself is selected by the Divine and it is shows the depth till which a person can go to find himself.  The name is not given for the sake of giving one rather it is one chosen by the divine and this has great relevance for the person who asks for Diksha or one who has been selected after approval of the Divine.
~Maitreya
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