ISSN: 2360-7831

 International Journal of English Literature and Culture
 

International Journal of English Literature and Culture

Vol. 7(7), pp. 214-219, October, 2019

 ISSN: 2360-7831

DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2019.125

Review paper

Bhagavad Gita is not only the Holy religious book of the Hindus but it possesses eternal value and universal unity in its applicability as it contains the entire message to the world. Its message continues to be as fresh and inspiring today giving bliss to each and every one. It is the Holy guide to the entire universe to rectify the errors, to self-analyze the sins committed by us. It depicts the essence of ancient traditional texts of India, the Vedas, and the Upanishads. Today we are living in a society full of conflicts, caste clashes and communal riots, jealous of each other, egoism, temper, revenge,  complex, terrorism , fatalism, exploitation of women, which ruin the entire world and men lost their human values patience, nobility, affection, love ,only craving for money. Reading and learning, practice of the principles of Gita is the need of the hour because it gives solution to almost all problems, conflicts of life. The paper discusses about the human values, social morals, duties errors committed by human being and rectifications described in Gita. The setting of Geetopadesha is the battle field of Kurukshetra where Pandavas (Sons of Pandu King) and Kauravas (sons of Dhrutarashtra king) were ready to fight. Krishna becomes charioteer of Arjuna whom he has raised the pedestal of   a teacher known as ‘Parthasarathy’. It also analyses about the characters of man and gives a clear vision for self-analyzing teaches dos and don’t’s in life. It also gives about the knowledge of the yoga and its divisions acting as a symbol of universal unity. It also says to avoid the conflicts in life study of Gita is the need of the postmodern web era focusing the traditional literature of India.

Keywords: Solidarity, JEEVAN, PARAMAN, AHIMSA, customs, traditions, reconciliation, reconditioning, Vedanta approach Vasudeva Kutumbakam ’YOGA.

Cite This Article As: Aiyar N.L (2019). Relevance of Bhagavad Gita to the postmodern era. Inter.  J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 7(7): 214-219