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is qualified or fit to study this text (2) Vishayah– The topic to be dealt with (3) Sambandha- The relati<strong>on</strong>ship <strong>of</strong> this text with <strong>the</strong> subjecttopic(4) Prayojana [What is] The purposeexpected to be achieved by reading this text.In this starting verse, Bhagavan hasindicated that Lord Krishna was compassi<strong>on</strong>embodied (Krupamoorthih) and wasintent <strong>on</strong> removing <strong>the</strong> distress <strong>of</strong> Arjuna(Parthasyarthiharo). This means that allpeople irrespective caste, creed, age orqualificati<strong>on</strong>s who are in deep distress areentitled (Adhikari) for studying this text. Thetopic is “Instructi<strong>on</strong>s which lead to <strong>the</strong>auspicious end <strong>of</strong> attaining liberati<strong>on</strong>(Subham giram)”.The Sambandha is that this text is meant toexpound <strong>the</strong> topic menti<strong>on</strong>ed above. Thepurpose or prayojana is “relieving <strong>the</strong>2<str<strong>on</strong>g>Gita</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Sarah</str<strong>on</strong>g>

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