निरामय - श्रीमद् भगवद् गीता

\ ADHYAAY VIII AKSHARA BRAHMA YOGAM Introduction If other chapters in the Gita teach us how to lead our lives in this world, this chapter teaches us how to leave this world, how to handle death of the body.   There is an inspiring scene in the Bhagawat.   The Mahabharatha war was over.   Bheeshma was on the bed of arrows, in the battle field.   Yudhishtira, the eldest among Pandavas, was about to be anointed as the king.   But, his heart was not ready for it.   He felt remorseful for the lakhs killed in the terrible war.   As there is no compensatory ritual for sacrificing lives in fire, no compensatory act can be enough for the killing of so many.   Yudhishtira felt he was directly responsible for this brutality.   Shri Krishna read Yudhishtira’s mind and wanted to console him.   He asked Yudhishtira to visit Bheeshma, lying on the bed of arrows.   Yudhishtira along with other Pandavas, Draupadi and Shri Krishna went to the battlefield and met Bheeshma.   Bheeshma smiled an