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Why does Bhagavad Gita called Bhagavad Gita?

This a rightful question that I have come across when I first started reading this book. Because this book is separated by Acharyas from Mahabharata and they gave this name to this conversation that happened between Krsna and Arjuna in the War field of Kurukshetra.

Sri Krsna running to kill Bhishma Pitamaha and Arjun is trying to stop him because he took oath before Mahabharat War that he wouldn't hold any weapon during the War.


The full name of this conversation is:- Srimad Bhagavad Gita.
I individually explain each of these three words...

1. Srimad:- The word "Mad" means "Intellectuality" and "Sri" means "Beauty". So, "Srimad" means "Beauty of Intellectualism".
 
2. Bhagavad:- This word is made of two words. 1. Bhag and 2. Avad. The word "Bhag" means those six opulences which I have mentioned in my previous article and the word "Avad" means "Can't be killed" but here this word will mean "Detachment from/ Independent from". So, the word "Bhagavad" means "Detachment from Six opulences" or "Independant from Six opulences". This word also uses to identify the Supreme, because according to Vedas that Supreme also remains detached from everything.

3. Gita:- Word "Gita" takes birth from the Sanskrit Word "Git" which means "Song". It means means "Singing".

So, Srimad Bhagavad Gita means "The singing of the beauty of intellectualism which makes any individual independent from the six opulances".

Thank you😊🙏 

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