112 BHAGA III BHAGAVAD GlTA BHAGA III. A vedic god considered to be the lord of 19) Bhagadatta killed Ruciparvan. (Drona Parva, is also one of Verse . wealth, prowess and happiness. Bhaga Chapter 26, 52) viz. He shot the the six Adityas mentioned in the Rgveda, Bhaga, 20) Vaisnavastra (arrow given by Visnu) Arhsa. on Verse Mitra, Aryainfi, Varuna, Daksa and (Rgveda, Arjuna. (Drona Parva, Chapter 29, 17). killed 2.27). 21) Aijuna Bhagadatta. (Drona Parva, Chapter BHAGADA. An attendant (woman) of Subrahmanya. 29, Verse 48). After his his became Parva, Chapter 46, Verse 26) . 22) death, son, Vajradatta King (Salya of BHAGADATTA. Bhagadatta was King of Pragjyotisa- Pragjyotisa. Arjuna killed Vajradatta also. (Asva- medha . Mahabharata furnishes the following information Parva, Chapter 76) pura. who was about him. 23) King Sailalaya, Bhagadatta's grandfather, was born from a limb of the asura attained Indraloka on account of the greatness of his 1) Bhagadatta tapas. (Asrainavasika 20, Verse 10). called Biskala. (M.B., Adi Parva, Chapter 67, Verse Parva, Chapter BHAGANANDA. An attendant woman of Subrahmanya. 9). of Pancali. Parva, 46, Verse He was present at the wedding (Adi (Salya Chapter 11). 2) BHAGAVADDHYANAPARVA. A of Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 12). sub-parva Udyoga- Parva. It 72-150 in Parva. also as lord of the Yavanas (Yavanadhipa) . comprises chapters Udyoga 3 ) Known and that the famous Puranas. Bhagadatta was a friend of Pandu, friendship BHAGAVATA. One of eighteen was transferred to Yudhisthira too. (Sabha Parva, Gayatrl is the main theme of this Purana and based on it it and states Chapter 14, Verse 14). dwells on the greatness of Dharma (duty) tour of in connection with about the dharmas of under 4) The triumphal Arjuna Sarasvatakalpa. (See the Rajasuya yajna performed by Yudhisthira evoked Purana) . in the heart of and he feelings of jealousy Bhagadatta, BHAGAVAD GlTA. and is a of fought against Arjuna. The courage prowess Arjuna 1) General. The Bhagavad Gita poem consisting exhibited in the fight astonished Bhagadatta, who 650 verses divided into eighteen chapters. The Gita his and congratulated Arjuna on supreme courage covers chapters 25-45 in the Bhlsma Parva of the Maha- admitting defeat yielded to Arjuna. (Sabha Parva, bharata, and it is in the form of a talk or discussion Chapter 26, Verse?). between Arjuna and Lord Krsna. The mighty armies with the Yavanas was at on 5) Bhagadatta, along present of the Pandavas and the Kauravas were arrayed the Rajasuya of Yudhisthira. He also made presents of opposite sides for mortal combat on the field of Kuru- horses of very high pedigree and very costly gems etc. ksetra when Arjuna, overcome by grief at the prospect (Sabha Parva, Chapter 51, Verse 14). of fathers, brothers, preceptors and other Kinsmen defeated in to his 6) Kama once Bhagadatta fight. (Vana fighting and killing one another expressed Parva, Chapter 254, Verse 5). charioteer, Sri Krsna his aversion to fighting. But, the with his on the 7) In the great war he, army, fought Lord pointed out to the unwilling Arjuna, by unique side of Duryodhana. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 19, and various arguments, his imperative duty, under the Verse 15). circumstance, to fight and fight in heroic earnestness with first of war 8) During the day the Bhagadatta fought the result that Arjuna shed his disinclination to fight and of a duel with the King Virata. (Bhlsma Parva, Chap- entered (he fray, which ended in the ultimate victory ter 45, Verse 49) . of the Pandavas. And the dialogue between Arjuna defeated in his with 9) He was fight Ghatotkaca. and Krsna, and especially the great teaching of Krsna (Bhlsma Parva, Chapter 64, Verse 59). on the "field form the theme of the Gita. The Gita which took after the above de- 10) In the fight place contains three spheres or fields of teaching; the karma feat caused Bhlmasena to faint in the field. of of Bhagadatta yoga (philosophy action) , jnana yoga (philosophy (Bhlsma Parva, Chapter 64, Verse 13). knowledge) and Bhaktiyoga (philosophy of devotion). in 1 1 after that he defeated Ghatotkaca are treated each in six ) And fight. The three yogas chapters. Verse (Bhlsma Parva, Chapter 83, 40). The theme of the Gita is philosophy, and it is revered the with in 12) Next ensued combat King Dasarna as one of the most sublime philosophical texts of the was defeated. which the King (Bhlsma Parva, Chapter Hindu religion. Many a great thinker and philosopher 95, Verse 48) . like Acarya Sahkara, Ramanujacarya and Madhva- after this that cut off 13) It was not long Bhagadatta carya have annotated, and written commentaries on the hands of the Ksatradeva. (Bhlsma Parva, Chapter the Gita. There is a school of thought which believes 95, Verse 73). that the Gita was taught to Arjuna by Krrna himself of hit the 14) ViSoka, the charioteer Bhlma-sena, by on the battle-field in something like tabloid form and fell down and fainted. arrows of Bhagadatta (Bhlsma that Vyasa eleborated the mighty teaching in its present Verse Parva, Chapter 95, 76). form. The poet, Bana, who flourished in the 7th and each other. 15) Bhagadatta Satyaki fought against century A.D., and the great Sankara, who lived in the Verse (Bhlsma Parva, Chapter 111, 7). 8th century believed that the Gita was sung by Krsna 16) Chapters 113 and 114 of the Bhlsma Parva d.s- himself. But there are some modern thinkers, who with cribe the combats fought by Bhagadatta Bhlma- argue that the Gita was composed some time between sena and Arjuna. the third and fourth centuries B.C. and it was inter- and with each other. 17) Bhagadatta Drupada fought polated into the Mahabharata in the second century (Drona Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 40). A.D. 18) Bhagadatta killed king Dasama. (Drona Parva, The Gita has translations in all the languages of the Chapter 26, Verse 38) . world. The whole world has acclaimed it as a very.