1. Good qualities in devotee.
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
Chapter One
Text 12 – Text 30.
As It Is
Topics
Good fortune.
Many names of Krsna.
Cause of fear.
Meaning of Acyuta.
Weekness of heart.
Krsna knows our heart.
Signs of depression.
Good qualities in devotee.

2. Text 12 – 18 Blowing of conchshells
Text 12 - Bhishma blowing conchshell to cheer Dhuryodhana.
Text 13 blowing of other musical instruments.
Text 14 Krsna & Arjun blowing transcendental conchshells.
What is Transcendental?
Good fortune & happiness.

3. Text 15 - 19 Text 15 Text 16-18 Hrshikesha – the master of senses.
Different names of Krishna.
Arjun – Dhananjaya, the conqurer of wealth.
Bhima – Vrkodarah, the voracious eater.
Text 16-18
Seeing different relatives on battlefield.
Text 19
Cause of fear
No fear for devotees of Lord Krsna.

4. Text 20-23 Weak heartedness revealed in text 23
Text 20 Arjun’s chariot bearing the flag marked with Hanuman.
Text Relationship between Lord and His devotees.
Text 23 Arjun desires to see the people on side of Duryodhana.

5. Text 24-27
Dramatic change taking place in this portion of Bhagavad-Gita.
Krsna purposefully taking chariot in front of Bhisma and Drona.
Krsna revealing the mind of Arjun in joking words “Just behold, Partha, all the Kurus are assembled here.
Arjun is overwhelmed by seeing relatives on battlefield.

6. Text 28-30 Arjun reveals his weakness and speaks.
Symptoms of great depression.
Devotee has all the good qualties.
Forgetting the real self interest and seeing only frustration in his expectation.