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xiYiqL
No.429
A strange passage I find in the Geeta is when Krishna tells arjuna, “I passed this yoga to vivasvan, who gave it to manu who gave it to ikshavaku, but later it was lost…”(4.1-4) most people interpret it as a philosophical inquiry about the Eternal nature of Godhood.
But I imagine it as more an echo of an ancestral way of life of our hunter gatherer ancestors.
In the long bygone era when they lived free and wide in our blue planet and in the moment with no attachments to carnal pleasures of worries about "past" or "future"
For the Vedic society transferring from a pastoral / hunter society to a more agricultural , this must have been a huge change. And it's possible the vedic people were expressing this change right here through the figure of Shree Krishna.
As arjun himself says, how are you present now but taught it to vivasvan who lived long ago, it is possible this was more an expression of bewildremnt at some individual still practicing such a life in a world where it was long forgotten.
The theme of Geeta fits very well with the ancestral lives of our ancestors whether with no fear of death or emphasis on "work" rather than "worry". What do you think anon? Should the geeta be read as such a book?
ZnS9zd
No.432
>>429(OP)
The dionysian qualities of Shri Krishna lend lease to your argument of a more, and truer-to-self free-spirited Āryā(assumed that he is a harkening to the past). Provided this, the persistence of Krishna throughout the ages opens us up to a new discussion, that is only meekly related to the topic at hand. I’ll have to tell you to post the passage in its entirety.
NK275b
No.433
>>432
Wht do you mean dionysian quality
JCKclC
No.1234
>>433
I assume he meant the partying nature that is more akin to enjoying music, dancing, singing, eating food, I doubt he consumed alcohol the way greek deity Dionysius did.
However krishna as is shown to be fond of the simple mortal habits, eating butter, drinking milk, enjoying sweets playing flute. However the to get the context, the actually passage is required to draw any conclusions. I am simply clarifying what one could mean by term dionysian.
