यत्र तत्र इस बात के भी संदर्भ मिलते हैं कि ग्रीक महिलाओं को भारत में काम पर रखा जाता था। श्यामिलक की पुस्तक ‘पाद-ताडितक-भाण’ में कुसुमपुरा में रहने वाले ग्रीक व्यापारियों का वर्णन है। ’मालविकाग्निमित्र’ में कालिदास ने लिखा है – “सिंधु नदी के दूर छोर पर पुष्यमित्र शुंग के पौत्र वसुमित्र ने ग्रीक सेना के विरुद्ध संघर्ष किया था”, किन्तु इन सब में कहीं भी सिकंदर का सन्दर्भ नहीं है। यह आक्रमण सिकंदर के उत्तराधिकारियों द्वारा उसकी मृत्यु के लगभग 150-200 वर्षों बाद किया गया था। हमारे कवियों तथा नाटककारों ने सिकंदर के आक्रमण को हीं भी एक बडे आक्रमण की मान्यता नहीं दी है
Author:hari
The Gītā is not a treatise with a limited outlook for one set of people. It is beneficial to the entire humankind. We firmly believe that the principles taught by the Gītā ought to be honoured by people of all countries, whatever stage they may be in. Their lives too would benefit from an application of the teachings of the Gītā. This treatise is for all humankind. This was not born only for the brāhmaṇas or the country of Bhārata.
विवर्गाक्षरी
विगतानि वर्गाक्षराणि यस्यामिति व्युत्पत्त्या यस्यां कवितायां कस्यचन वर्गविशेषस्य अक्षराणि यत्नेन वारितानि भवन्ति सा विवर्गाक्षरीति गीतमविगीतैर्विचक्षणैः । अनेनापि प्रकारेण निषिद्धाक्षरीविभागः शक्यो वर्तयितुम् । अत्र वर्गनिषेधो द्वेधा भवितुमर्हति यथा –
- कृत्स्ने पद्ये कस्यचन वर्गस्य निषेधः
- एकैकस्मिन् पादे एकैकस्य वर्गस्य निषेधः
तदेतदुभयमपि एकैकेनोदाहरणेन स्फुटीक्रियते –
1. विषयः – शिवः । निषिद्धवर्गः – पवर्गः । अवधानी – शतावधानी डा. आर्. गणेशः ।
Even after having been cursed by Anaraṇya, Rāvaṇa continued to torment the worlds. Devarṣi Nārada warned him against it, but the rākṣasa paid no heed to the muni’s words. Learning of Rāvaṇa’s intentions to conquer Yama-loka, Nārada rushed to Yama’s abode and alerted him of the danger of the rākṣasa. Even as Nārada was speaking to Yama, Rāvaṇa started attacking the place mounted on his puṣpaka-vimāna. Yama’s men subdued the rākṣasas and grievously wounded them.
Section 20 / Conclusion
We had a second look at the Gītā. What did we gain for our own use?
Many ṛṣis from around the world came to congratulate and bless Rāma for his victory against the rākṣasas. The ṛṣis specifically extolled Rāma’s victory over Indrajit. When Rāma asked them what was so special about Indrajit, Agastya started narrating the story of Rāvaṇa’s lineage.
2. Universal self-hood (Atmaupamya): is the perfection of knowledge; its ripe fruit. Intellectual conviction is achieved via reflection upon the śāstras and refined by life’s training. This conviction is then transformed into experience through contemplation. Such a knower sees himself everywhere. He looks upon the world with the same affection as a mother would her children. All lives are his own. Just as a mother’s life mingles with her children’s lives, the knower of the Self becomes one with the welfare of all beings.