Bhagavad Gita - Class 051 - Chapter 02 Slokas 01-02 - Causes of Sorrow, Reason behind Bhagavan's silence - Class taken on 28 May 2023

Sloka 01 - Sanjaya's description of Arjuna How was Arjuna's mind according to Sanjaya? What are the 2 things that Sanjaya saw in Arjuna's eyes? What did Bhagavan do then? What is the meaning of Madhusūdanaḥ? What is the meaning of Bhaga? What are the 6 qualities that Bhagavan has in full? What do we generally expect from Bhagavan at this stage? Does every human being undergo sorrow / have discontentment? Does a person get sorrow / discontentment only at a particular age? How do we know we are jealous? What are the various indications for jealousy? What are the other qualities that are indicators of Samsara? What do we do whenever sorrow afflicts us? How are our sorrows generally removed? What is Arjuna's cause for sorrow? Has Bhagavan given a solution specific to Arjuna's sorrow? Why are we reading Gita? Is there a fundamantal problem to all underlying sorrows? What does Gita solve - the topical problem or the fundamental problem? How can we say that the Gita removes the fundamental problem? What is the solution to the fundamental problem? Why do people not come to Gita / Vedanta? What is the discovery that one needs to make as a first step to coming out of Samsara? What is the desire that one needs to have as the second step towards coming out of Samsara? What is the third step towards coming out of Samsara? What does one need to do as the final step? Why does Bhagavan not advice Arjuna? In which step is Arjuna in? Why is Bhagavan helpless? Sloka 02: Bhagavan's reprimand of Arjuna How does Bhagavan reprimand Arjuna? What are the three things that Bhagavan said Arjuna will not get? What is the meaning of the word Arya? Are Aryans from a different place? What is the definition of Arya?