Those are the letters for Krishna in the Bhagavad
Gita version that I have. And - in the online Sanskrit
dictionary I looked at - there was a definition which
mentioned "dark half of the lunar month from full to
new moon".
I thought that was curious - a dark depiction for
"Krsna". Especially given some definitions I have
seen for "Arjuna"
Both words can be referenced at the following
site (just type in the words and click start search):
http://webapps.uni-koeln.de/cgi-bin/tamil/recherche
I started reading the story about Bhagavad
Gita to refresh my memory. The version that I
have said something about Krsna taking Arjuna
out to the middle of the battlefield (the "field of
action"), and so he could survey the two opp-
osing armies. After finding friends and relatives
making up the opposing army, Arjuna throws
down his bow and refuses to fight.
It was only the beginning I looked at, and the
end. I was mostly looking to see if a battle ever
actually took place. The story doesn't appear to
describe any actual battle - unless you consider
a "dialogue" between Arjuna & Krsna as some
form of battle between "light" and "dark". Dawn
was also a reference I had seen in connection
with Arjuna. So the tension between beginning
and ending could play a possible role in the
theme too, IMO. (I think the story took place
between one major cycle and another.)
Looking at the whole thing symbolically -
and setting aside the illusion of duality - it
dawned on me to consider everything that
was happening from a single perspective.
As if (perhaps like in a symbolic dream)
every character were a facet of one being.
The Sun, the Moon and the Earth play
different roles depending on perspective
taken. I wonder if the Bhagavad Gita story
has captured these symbols to record
the wisdom of the ages.
Etznab
