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Sanskrit speech at closing ceremony of spoken Sanskrit workshop

Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Sunday, September 7, 2025 Labels: , , , , , / Comments: (0)

10 days Spoken Sanskrit workshops (Sanskrit Sambhaasan Shibir) held from July14 2025 to July 23 2025 at BEML Balaji Temple and at Skylark Arcadia Bangalore, by Samskrita Bharati Marathahalli bhaga, Bangalore, India. 


Spoken Sanskrit workshops - closing ceremony on 26th July 2025.


Sanskrit speech by chief guest Shri Manish Panchmatia



Greetings!

A warm welcome to everyone present—teachers, volunteers from Samskrita Bharati, students, and all those passionate about Sanskrit. After bowing down to each of you, I am honored to begin my speech.

First, let me ask: “How was the Spoken Sanskrit Workshop?” Was it “Good”? “Very good”? I’m certain it was a positive experience. Whenever Samskrita Bharati organizes a workshop, the teachers impart their knowledge with dedication, don’t they? Over the past ten days, each one of you demonstrated incredible determination to learn Sanskrit. No matter what, you attended all the classes and gave your best effort. Kudos to you all for your commitment and enthusiasm. You sang songs in Sanskrit, offered prayers, performed dramas, and narrated stories—all in Sanskrit. I am truly impressed by your efforts and progress.

Do you know the outcome of all this effort? Today, at the closing ceremony of our Spoken Sanskrit Workshop, English is not needed at all. At the beginning, everyone thought that English would be a common language among us. We come from various backgrounds—Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil—but we are all Indians. And what is the mother tongue of Indians? Sanskrit. Indeed, Sanskrit is not only the mother tongue of Indians but also the language of the gods. Now, after this workshop, you have the ability to converse in Sanskrit, tell stories in Sanskrit, and truly appreciate the beauty of the language. So you all are also God only. Right? 

As you may know, NASA called Sanskrit the most suitable language for computers. I won’t repeat those facts, but I do want to share a story about Sanskrit’s vast vocabulary. Just now, we sang about great poets—Vyasa, Bhasa, Kalidasa, Banabhatta—yet there is another renowned poet: Dandi, who composed “Dasakumaracharitam,” the story of ten princes. One prince, wounded in the lower lip, could not pronounce certain sounds: "pa," "fa," "ba," "bha," and "ma." Dandi skillfully chose synonymous words without those sounds for all of that prince’s dialogue. This was possible only because Sanskrit’s vocabulary is so rich.

Sanskrit grammar is exceptionally precise; in fact, the very meaning of the word “Sanskrit” is “well-formed” or “perfect.” Sanskrit has maintained its grammar rules since Vedic times—pronunciation, grammar, language rules—all unchanged. Even though new inventions like mobile phones have appeared, in Sanskrit, we create new words effortlessly. “Mobile phones” in Sanskrit is “Jangam Door-Vani”—a moving telephone. Artificial intelligence becomes “Krutrim Buddhi.” Thanks to Sanskrit’s structure, new words can always be formed. This habit of following rules brings discipline to our lives. 

We all are Indians. Sanskrit is deeply imprinted in our consciousness. Just as our childhood photos make us happy, speaking Sanskrit awakens ancient impressions within us—it fills the soul with joy. Throughout these ten days, you learned Sanskrit joyfully, supported by equally joyful teachers.

How do we gain these benefits? By giving your 100% effort to learning Sanskrit. What does 100% effort mean? Here is another story from the Mahabharata. Karna is renowned as the greatest giver. Once, Arjuna asked Krishna, "Why is Karna more famous for charity than my brother Yudhishthira?" Krishna replied, “Let’s see for ourselves.” Disguised as BRAHMINs, Arjuna and Krishna visited Yudhishthira and requested sandalwood for a yagna. Yudhishthir responded, "OK". Then, what did Yudhishthir do? He searched. Remember the story of the crow. The crow was searching for water. Here Yudhishthir is searching for sandalwood. He looked here . He looked there. Right side. Left side. Front side. Back side. He looked for Sandalwood everywhere. The sandalwood is nowhere. Then he went outside. Looked at the garden. He searched everywhere. The sandalwood is nowhere. He returned back and told BRAHMIN: "Sorry sir. The sandalwood is nowhere. I will surely make a little more effort to arrange for sandalwood. Please come tomorrow. I will give." BHRAMIN said, "OK".  Then, they visited Karna with the same request. Karna eagerly searched, and when he could not find sandalwood, he noticed his door was made of sandalwood. Without hesitation, he dismantled it and gave it to them. True charity is giving with 100% effort. It is the same with learning Sanskrit—when you give your wholehearted effort, you will gain both knowledge and discipline.

Further, speaking Sanskrit even helps with breathing exercises—“ma” and “ha” are frequently used, which naturally leads to “pranayama.”

This spoken Sanskrit workshop is just the beginning. Explore further—enroll in correspondence Sanskrit learning courses, Gita Sopanam etc. There are many Sanskrit books here, for sale. Buy them, read them and then, become Sanskrit teachers yourselves! Spread and promote Sanskrit to others just as your teachers did for you. You all know Swami Vivekananda. Right? "Yes". On 4th July, it was his death anniversary. On the last day of life, he taught Sanskrit to the students. You all know that? It is in his biography. Let us honor this legacy by teaching and learning Sanskrit.

Having spoken much about Sanskrit, let me turn briefly to our IT professionals. When we hear the word “language,” we often think of C, C++, Java, Python, NodeJS, ReactJS, and so on. Recently, I attended a "PyKrit" (Python + Sanskrit) workshop at Aksharam, Samskrita Bharati’s center.  This workshop was not for IT people. It was for Sanskrit scholars. I saw Sanskrit scholars name Python functions in Sanskrit, such as “YANA SANDHI” (a grammar topic). We truly can create software for Sanskrit grammar, using modern programming languages like Python, and even coding in Sanskrit.

Lastly, my wish: While we use AI/GenAI tools like ChatGPT, we mostly interact in English. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a large language model (LLM) in Sanskrit? Imagine asking questions in Sanskrit and receiving answers, back in Sanskrit, from AI tools, such as ChatGPT. That is my hope for the future.

Best wishes to everyone, and thank you all.

Consonants of Bhagavad Gita Text

Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Labels: , , , , , , , / Comments: (0)


Consonants of Bhagavad Gita Text

Context

Sanskrit language’s alphabet is very scientific. All the consonants are divided in different classes. The different sounds made by birds is represented by class क consonants (क, ख, ग, घ, ङ) , amphibians (e.g. frog) sounds in class ट (ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण ), mammals (e.g. sheep, goat, cows etc.) sounds by class प (प, फ, ब, भ, म ) and all the divine prayers, mantras always contain at least one consonant from unclassified category (य, र, ऱ, ल, ळ, ऴ, व, श, ष, स, ह,) . Thus, the alphabet sequence of Sanskrit (and most of the Indian languages) indicates evolution.

Here, an attempt is made to understand, the usage of consonants in holy Hindu scripture Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, using Python code.

Method

·         Shrimad Bhagavad Gita text file is loaded in Python code. This input file is UTF-8 format Unicode text.
·   From the input files, 37 consonants are identified. Their Unicode is 0xE0A495 for क, to 0xE0A4BA for ह.
·         The dictionary data structure is used, to associate all the consonants with different consonant classes and with different speakers. For source code, please refer https://github.com/mpanchmatia/BhagavadGitaAlphabet

Some important findings

·         Shrimad Bhagavad Gita contains total 30271 consonants. The Devanagari (Hindi) script has total 37 unique Unicodes for consonants.
·         Out of these 30271 constantans, majority of consonants 40.22 % used in Shrimad Bhagavad Gita are belongs to unclassified category. The least contribution 2.15 % is from class ट. Here is the detail breakup.

Consonant class
Consonants
Count
Percentage
Class क
क, ख, ग, घ, ङ
2116
6.99 %
Class च
च, छ, ज, झ, ञ
1746
5.77 %
Class ट
ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण
650
2.15 %
Class त
त, थ, द, ध, न, ऩ
8611
28.45 %
Class प
प, फ, ब, भ, म
4973
16.43 %
Unclassified
य, र, ऱ, ल, ळ, ऴ, व, श, ष, स, ह,
12175
40.22 %
Total
30271
30271
100 %


·         The least one is झ pronounced only for once by the lord Krishna.
·         The most frequent consonants uttered is त, 3931 times and 
·         Out of these 30271 constantans, majority of consonants 80.37% of consonants are uttered by the lord Krishna and 13.39 % of constantans are uttered by Arjuna. Here is the detail breakup.

Speaker
Number of consonants
Percentage of consonants
Arjuna
4052
13.39 %
the lord Krishna
24330
80.37 %
Sanjay
1730
5.72 %
Dhritarashtra
42
0.14 %
None
117
0.39 %
Total
30271
100 %


Please refer https://github.com/mpanchmatia/BhagavadGitaAlphabet/blob/master/output.txt for deatil break-up of all consonants uttered by all characters. 

Future Scope

·         The scope of consonants analysis can be further extended, like, identify patterns that can be corelated to energy movement in the body and impact on brain from neuroscience perspective.

·         The analysis can be done to other ancient Sanskrit text, epic, hymns etc.

·         One can target famous text from other languages also and perform comparative analysis.

Gita & 'The Art of Living' teaching

Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Sunday, July 5, 2015 Labels: , , , , / Comments: (0)

I found, many knowledge points from the Bhagavad Gita are also covered in the teaching of "The Art of Living" Here is the list. 
  • 5.23 and 7.28 : Opposite values are complementary

ज्ञेयः स नित्यसन्न्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्‍क्षति ।
निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥ ५-३

येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम्‌ ।
ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्ता भजन्ते मां दृढव्रताः ॥ ७-२८
  • 5.8 and 5.9 : Live in the present moment. 
नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्ववित्‌ ।
पश्यञ्श्रृण्वन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपंश्वसन्‌ ॥ ५-८ 

प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि । 
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्‌ ॥ ५-९ 

  • 5.15 and 18.61 : Do not see intention behind others' mistake. 

नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः ।

अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः ॥ ५-१५ 

 ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽजुर्न तिष्ठति।

भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारुढानि मायया॥ १८-६१ 
  • 16.7, 18.30 and 18.31 : For what you are responsible and for what you are not responsible. 
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः।
न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते॥ १६.७ 

प्रवत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये।
बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥ १८.३० 

यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च।
अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी॥ १८.३१ 
  • 5.18, 6.9, 9.29 and 9.30 : Accept people as they are :
विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि ।

शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥ ५-१८ 

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।
साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥ ६-९ 

समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः ।
ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम्‌ ॥ ९-२९ 

अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक्‌ ।
साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः ॥ ९-३०
  • In my opinion, the core message of chapter 10 is : Put your 100% in whatever you do.  
  • 9.41 : All are doing their best 
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा ।
तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसम्भवम्‌ ॥ ९. ४१ 
  • 18.48 : The act can have fault. However the actor is always without any fault. 
सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत्‌।
सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः॥ १८. ४८ 


  • 8.20 and 18.20 : The meditation process : "I am" in part 2

परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः ।
यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति ॥ ८-२० 

सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते ।
अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम् ॥ १८-२० 
  • 9.9 : The lord Vishnu simply sleeping at sea and yet managing the world. Like a house-maker so expert in making tea, that when guest comes, she focus on talking with guest and prepare tea as background process. Same way, Lord Vishnu just run the show as background process. 
न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय।
उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु ॥ ९-९ 
  • 9.10 and 10.42 : The presence of soul in this body makes the body to grow, function, breathe. The presence of consciousness on this planet earth make all the environmental parameter appropriate to foster life here. 
मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरं ।
हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ॥ ९-१० 

अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन ।
विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत्‌ ॥ १०-४२ 
  • 18.33 and 18.37 : Do your work in meditative state, trans state. 
धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः।
योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥ १८.३३ 

यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्‌।
तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्‌॥ १८.३७ 

Knowledge Gaining

Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 Labels: , , , , / Comments: (0)

Mahabharat and Ramayan are two great epics in Sanskrit. Both written by different scholars. Maharshi Veda Vyas wrote Mahabharat and Maharshi Valmiki wrote Ramayan. However, both scholars are listing almost identical tools/ways to get knowledge. All the students must read this list carefully. Let me share this similarity for the readers of this blog "Express YourSelf !". (courtesy : P N Namboodari)

 As per Adhyatma Ramayan : Aranya Kand, 4th SARG, SLOKA 31st onward: 
अध्यात्मरामायणम्
(अरण्यकाण्डे ४ सर्गे श्लोकः ३१ आरभ्यः)

ज्ञानसाधनम् ----- (लक्ष्मणोपदेशे)
मानाभावस्तथादम्भ हिंसादिपरिवर्जनम्   ॥ ३१
पराक्षेपादिसहनं सर्वत्रावक्रता तथा        ।
मनोवाक्कायसद्भक्त्या सद्गुरोः परिसेवनम् ॥ ३२
बाह्याभ्यान्तरसशुद्धिः स्थिरता सत्क्रियादिषु ।
मनोवाक्कायदण्डश्च विषयेषु निरीहता     ॥ ३३
निरहङ्कारता जन्मजराद्यालोचनं तथा     ।
असक्ति: स्नेहशून्यत्वं पुत्रदारधनादिषु     ॥ ३४
इष्टानिष्टागमे नित्यं चित्तस्य समता तथा  ।
मयि सर्वात्मके रामे ह्यनन्य विषया मतिः ॥ ३५
जनसंबाधरहितशुद्धदेशनिषेवणम्          ।
प्राकृतैर्जनसङ्घैश्च ह्यरतिः सर्वदा भवेत्    ॥ ३६
आत्मज्ञाने सदोद्योगो वेदान्तार्थावलोकनम् ।
उक्तैरेतैर्भवेर्ज्ञानं विपरीतैर्विपर्ययः         ॥ ३८

As per Bhagavad Gita (It belongs to Mahabharata epic) chapter 13

 ( भगवद्गीता १३ अद्ध्याय: क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञ्विभागयोग)
अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम् ।
आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः ॥
इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च ।
जन्ममृत्यु जराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम् ॥
असक्तिरनभिष्वङ्ग: पुत्रदारगृहादिषु ।
नित्यं च समचित्तत्वमिष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु ॥
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी ।
विविक्त देशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि ॥
अद्ध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्वज्ञानार्थ दर्शनम् ।
एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यततोन्यथा ॥

Time

Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Sunday, February 16, 2014 Labels: , , , / Comments: (1)

Today let me share with you concept and unit of time, as per Hindu Mythology. This one I learnt in Gita Sopanam - 4. 



After you read above table, we will feel like our life span is so small. No time to fight, complaint about, hate, argue. Just enjoy every moment on this beautiful planet earth. 

Gita Sopanam

Posted by Manish Panchmatia on Sunday, December 8, 2013 Labels: , , , , , / Comments: (3)

For last 2.5 years, every weekend I am attending Gita Sopanam classes, conducted by Samskrit Bharati. Today, let me share some glimpse about this course and some interesting facts, that I learned in the course. 

How it started. 

I came to know, about Samskrit Bharati long back. My late sister gave me its Girinagar, Bangalore address. Girinagar is very far. One day, I came to know about free evening spoken Samskrit classes, then weekend Gita Sopanam classes also announced. I just enrolled myself. 

Course Content

Gita Sopanam is a unique way to teach Samskrit. Samskrit Bharati designed this course, considering that many people have love and respect for Bhagavad Gita. Many people read it daily. They read just translation in their native language. How about teaching them Samskrit, so they can read and understand without need for translation. Dr. Viswas conceptualized this idea. Watch him, talking about Gita Sopanam course. Click here 1 Click here 2 The course divided in 4 parts. Each part is called Sopanam. Sopanam means step. So Gita Sopanam - 1 course is first step, or fist part. First 3 parts focus on grammar aspects. It is like teaching Gita using Samskrit and Samskrit using Gita. All the example, context is from Mahabharat epic and Bhagavad Gita. Gita Sopanam 4 is about Gita. We discussed grammar aspects of each Sloka / verse from Gita. We can understand Gita directly in Samskrit. Samskrit Bharati is not preaching about Gita. It is not discourse on Gita. Samskrit Bharati makes enable the people to read Gita. The organisation equipped the people with Samskrit knowledge, so let people themselves figure out what is written in Gita. 

In this process of Gita, the students introduced to great Hindu philosophy from Gita. The Students amazed with great capability of Samskrit language. Samskrit is such a rich language that one can convey many things with fewer words. The syllabus includes some inspirational incidents, some day to day life event like planning an event, some funny story like a story about Albert Einstein, some humor, some puzzles and some wisdom. 

Teaching Methodology 

The teachers make the course more interesting by some celebrations, some cultural activities, contest, Gita sloka chanting, Samskrit songs and what not. I never felt any burden of learning. It is learning with fun. I became student again. We all classmates are from different age-group, different profession and different mother tongues. Few things are common in us. Samskrit. Proud for Samskirt and proud for the great Indian culture. A desire to learn this scientific language and to keep it alive. Mutual respect in an informal learning environment. I had my last class yesterday. We just looked back and found, that we all are coming here for last 2.5 years. We did Gita Sopanam 1 from July 2011 to Dec 2011, Gita Sopanam 2 from Jan 2012 to Apr 2012, Gita Sopanam 3 from Jun 2012 to Dec 2012 and Gita Sopanam 4 from Jan 2013 to Dec 2013. We all enjoyed learning together.  

Text books

Now, let me share, during these 2.5 years some very touchy stories, wisdom, content from our text books. 

  • Gita Sopanam 1: A famous funny story. 10 friends went for a trip, crossed the river and counted themselves and found 9 only. The reason: No one count himself. Do not you think, many times we ignore ourselves? We are too busy to impress others. (page 194)

  • Gita Sopanam 2: CHATU - SLOKA. It is wit, wisdom. Not fully true, yet think over it."Many people think, dress is not important. It is only about our physical body. It is not deciding factor for eligibility for anything. However after SAMUDRA-MANTHAN event, the ocean married his daughter goddess Lakshmi to Lord Vishnu, as he wears the yellow DHOTI (PITAMBAR). The same ocean, gave poison to Lord Shiva, as he wears skin of tiger and snakes."  (page 107)

  • Gita Sopanam 2: "I am alone. I have no assistant. I am weak. I have no resources" The lion never worry, never think such way even in its dreams. (page 126)

  • Gita Sopanam 2: A group of birds are flying. One of them had food holding in his mouth. So every one chased him and the bird was flying with full speed. It just dropped the food and all birds stopped chasing and landed on ground to acquire the food item. The Ego is like food item. If you have ego then everyone fight with you. If you are natural, easy - going, cool then people cooperate with you.  (page 128)

  • Gita Sopanam 2: A long journey starts with single steps. Then continue with persistence. (page 168)

  • Gita Sopanam 3: Albert Einstein's story. He simplified his theory of relativity and with great enthusiasm he taught. The students responded with request to further simplify it. Einstein narrated a story. A handicapped man A say on shoulder of blind man B and both started bagging. Once A request B to go to a restaurant to have a cup of milk. B, being blind do not know what is milk, so A explained. 

A:"Milk is White colored drink". 
B: "I drink water, so I know what is drink, but what is white?" 
A: "It is like color of feather of Swan"
B:" Feather I know, but what is Swan?"
A: "It is a bird whose neck is curved"
B: "I hear daily birds sing in the morning. I have neck. but what is curved?"
A just hold B's hand, make it curved and explained him this is curved, not straight. 
B: "Oh now, I know this is milk"

Einstein concluded, "my dear disciples, I cannot simplify further." (page 47)

  • Gita Sopanam 3: The famous incident of sage Vyas. The sage Vyas even after eating a lot, he was observing a fast.  He ate with Bhraman consciousness. He offered all his action to the lord. So the river Yamuna gave way to Gopis. (page 101)

  • Gita Sopanam 3: Importance of Satsang, presence of the divine people, Guru, Mahatma is much more compare to power, money, strength, height etc. A nice story about dialogues among all the fingers+thumb. You can watch it here. (Page 113)

  • Gita Sopanam 3: Rameshwar has different meaning. As per Lord Rama, 'Rameshwar is lord of Rama'. As per Lord Shiva, 'Rameshwar is the one, whose lord is Rama'. As per Bhrama, Rameshwar means 'Lord Rama is the God.' (page 119)

  • Gita Sopanam 3: After Mahabharat Arjun and Krishna both were roaming around different cities. In one city A, all people were very bad and all misbehaved with Arjun and Krishna. Yet, Lord Krishna blessed that city A. Another City B, all welcomed and offer all kinds of comfort, food, shelter, hospitality to Arjun and Krishna. Yet, Lord Krishan cursed the city B with all kinds of natural calamity. Lord Krishna explained reason to Arjuna, that if people of city B spread across the globe then whole world can become beautiful place to leave. People of city A, should remain there only, they should not be spread. (page 140)

  • Gita Sopanam 1 or 2: There was a great sage. When he meditate, he meditate so deeply and become still, so surrounding birds feels, he is dead and they sit on his shoulders and play. By seeing that, few youngsters requested the sage to catch few birds for them. The sage agreed. He mediated. However, that days, his meditation was not so deep. Somehow, the birds realize that, it is dangerous to sit on the shoulder of the sage. 

  • Gita Sopanam 1 or 2: People give so much importance to behavior, dos and don'ts compare to knowledge and philosophy. If a Bhraman declares that tomorrow is Ekadashi, so everyone should observe fast, people happily observe fast. If the same Bhraman declares that "TVAM BHRAM ASHI" "AHAM BHRAM ASHMI" etc. People doubt it. 

  • Gita Sopanam 4: The whole book is grammar explanation of Gita, the lord Krishan's message to the world, with opinion from great scholars like Ramanujacharya and Madhavacharya. 


Conclusion 

So, yes I enjoyed this course. Last 2.5 years VASOOL. i strongly recommend everyone to attend it. Samskrit Bharati is an International non-profit making NGO. You can find out nearest center (Gita-Kendra) and enroll yourself. These may be free class or with very nominal fee. How strange it is. 

 Many of us proud to be Hindu, supporters of BJP, RSS, ShivSena, Narendra Modi and with great proud for our Vaidic culture, heritage etc. There is nothing wrong in it. However, more important is regular reading Gita. We often visit Facebook to know, updates and messages from friends. Gita is message from the God. How often we read it? Bath is necessary for cleanliness of body. Gita-Study is necessary for cleanliness of mind. 

I wish, let's all be proud of human being. Let's study this wonderful book Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. Gita does not belong only to Hindu religion. It is a universal truth. Let's study this wonderful, scientific, sweet language Samskrita. Samskrit is no where related to Hindu or any religion. It is just a language. The best language. 
p.s. I got these 2 scanned pages about some error correction etc for Gita Sopanam - 1 book. Just for ready reference for the readers.