Showing posts with label Tamas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tamas. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Bhagavad Gita

#DharmaQuiz Session 317: 03-Feb-2015

#DharmaQuiz 1971: How many shlokas are there Bhagavad Gita? Ans: 700 (701 if you count Arjuna's question in chapter 13)

#DharmaQuiz 1972: In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna addresses Arjuna with at least 7 names. Name any one, apart from Arjuna. Ans: Kounteya, Anasuhya, Kurunandhana, Gudaakesha, Vijaya, Parantapa, Dhananjaya, Partha..

#DharmaQuiz 1973: The most famous Bhagavad Gita shloka "Karmanyeva Adhikarastey..." comes in which Yoga chapter? Need the chapter's name. Ans: Sankhya Yoga, Chapter 2. Shloka number 47.

#DharmaQuiz 1974: There are six chapters in Bhagavad Gita that talk of 3 types of Human "Gunas" or natures. Satva, Tamas and the third one? Ans: Rajas.
Read more here on the Chapter 18's shloka: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%E1%B9%87a#Bhagavad_Gita

{Final,Open till 10.00PM} #DharmaQuiz 1975: In the Purushottama Yoga of Gita, Krishna talks of a fire that digests food. Name that agni. Ans: Vaishvanara.

Read more here: http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-15-13.html

Scores for session 317:

Could not count, sorry.
Lots of answers though! It was nice to see 100s of folks participating today.
Jai Shri Krishna!

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 248: 17-Dec-2013

Theme: Bhagavad Gita

#DharmaQuiz 1626: Which are the three Gunas that Bhagavad Gita teaches? Ans: Satva, Rajas and Tamas.

#DharmaQuiz 1627: In terms of number of verses, what % of Mahabharata is Bhagavad Gita? a) Less than 1%. b) 1 to 5%. c) Greater than 5%. Ans: a) Less than 1%. Mahabharata has 1 lakh+ verses. Bhagavad Gita is 700 verses per Adi Shankara's research.

#DharmaQuiz 1628: There are 18 Parvas or books in Mahabharata. In which of those 18 parvas is Bhagavat Gita?. Ans: The sixth Parva - Bhishma Parva (The Book of Bhishma).

#DharmaQuiz 1629: Out of these two, which one is the start and which one is the end of Bhagavad Gita? "Neetirmatirmama" and "Dharmakshetre". Ans: Bhagavad Gita starts with Dharmakshetre Kurukshetre, and ends the 18th chapter with Bhutirdhruva Neetirmatirmama.

{Final, Open till 10 PM} #DharmaQuiz 1630: The names of every single chapter in Bhagavad Gita ends with a common word. What's that word?. Ans: Yoga.

Read a brief summary of Bhagavad Gita in here ->
http://hinduism.about.com/od/scripturesepics/fl/A-Brief-Introduction-to-the-Bhagavad-Gita.htm

Answers for session 248:
  1. @sreekannoth : 5
  2. @rasita : 5
  3. @PrateekBahl : 5
  4. @brahmavith : 5
  5. @man8shree : 5
  6. @chetankshet : 5
  7. @pnthacker : 5
  8. @cubicle_warrier : 5
  9. @GuruCharan99 : 5
  10. @Telugutalli : 5
  11. @KaushikRg : 5
  12. @sri9011 : 5
  13. @sudhee26 : 5
  1. @GayathriSrinath : 4
  2. @nareshdixit82 : 4
  3. @shawjipk : 4
  1. @19Vinodha : 3
  2. @harish85228184 : 3
  3. @Turnermsh : 3
  4. @mrsnrao : 3
  1. @upen90 : 2
  2. ‏@siribhatta : 2
  3. @rajeshrajput1 : 2
  4. @SriAiyer2RS : 2
  5. @Ranga_RS : 2
  6. @ashujoshi27 : 2
  7. @DrSrishtiGupta : 2
  1. @shivaprasad_124 : 1
  2. @deshrajeev : 1
  3. @traghavendran : 1
  4. @imRaghu4mKoppal : 1
  5. @supreethkmurthy : 1
  6. @ChampakRoy : 1
  7. @VijaySekharB : 1
  8. @Ronakvijay : 1
  9. @T56_RF : 1
  10. @ajayjmun : 1
  11. @ijitendramodi : 1
  12. @srisriyash : 1
  13. @Viswajgd : 1
  14. @NPatnaik55 : 1
  15. @RejoiceImmortal : 1
  16. @SudheerKumr : 1
  17. @shrishailbhat : 1
  18. @sharathinindia : 1
  19. @apu_rocks : 1
  20. ‏@Panduranghari1 : 1
  21. @Uppinakayi : 1
  22. @deepaknagar : 1
  23. @Ashok_Parmar_ : 1
Jai Shri Krishna!