Bhagavad Gita — Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar
A complete commentary on the Bhagavad Gita by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar — approached through Science, Sense, Logic and Reasoning. All 18 chapters with translations and in-depth notes.
Ketu (South Node): The Shadow Graha of Detachment and Moksha
Ketu, the South Node of the Moon, is the complementary shadow graha to Rahu — representing what has already been mastered in past lives. It confers spiritual insight, detachment and the capacity for moksha, though it may also bring a sense of incompleteness.
Rahu (North Node): The Shadow Graha of Desire and Ambition
Rahu, the North Node of the Moon, is a shadow graha (chaya graha) — the insatiable hunger for experience and the karmic pull toward the unfamiliar. It magnifies whatever it touches and drives the soul toward new frontiers.
Shani (Saturn): The Great Teacher of Discipline and Karma
Shani, the planet Saturn, is the great teacher who works through discipline, limitation and challenge. Far from merely malefic, his influence purifies and matures the soul through encounters with reality, responsibility and the consequences of past actions.
Shukra (Venus): The Graha of Love, Beauty and the Arts
Shukra, the planet Venus, is the graha of beauty, love, pleasure and the arts — governing relationships, refinement and material prosperity, as well as esoteric knowledge and occult wisdom.
Brihaspati (Jupiter): The Great Benefic and Guru of the Grahas
Brihaspati, the planet Jupiter, is the most benefic of the grahas — the great guru who bestows wisdom, dharma, progeny, wealth and divine grace. His placement marks the areas of grace and expansion in a chart.
Budha (Mercury): The Graha of Intelligence and Communication
Budha, the planet Mercury, is the graha of intelligence, communication and discrimination — ruling the analytical faculties, the processing of information, commerce, and the capacity to express oneself clearly.
Mangala (Mars): The Warrior Graha of Energy and Courage
Mangala, the planet Mars, is the senapati (commander) among the grahas — the graha of energy, courage, drive and the capacity for decisive action. He endows the strength to overcome obstacles and pursue goals with determination.
Chandra (Moon): The Mind and the Tides of Feeling
Chandra, the Moon, is the graha of the mind (manas) — emotion, the mother, memory and the receptive, nurturing dimension of consciousness. In Vedic astrology the Moon's placement is among the most important factors in the chart.
Sage Jaimini: The Founder of Purva Mimamsa
Sage Jaimini is the founder of the Purva Mimamsa school, honoured for his rigorous inquiry into dharma and the right interpretation of the Vedas.
Sage Kanada: The Founder of Vaisheshika Philosophy
Sage Kanada is the founder of the Vaisheshika school, remembered for an early and remarkable analysis of nature, the categories of reality, and the idea of indivisible atoms.
Madhvacharya: The Acharya of Dvaita Vedanta
Madhvacharya is the great teacher of Dvaita Vedanta, who emphasised the eternal distinction between the individual soul and God and a path of wholehearted devotion.
Sage Kapila: The Founder of Samkhya Philosophy
Sage Kapila is traditionally honoured as the founder of Samkhya, one of the oldest systems of Indian philosophy, with its profound analysis of consciousness and nature.
Ramanujacharya: The Great Teacher of Vishishtadvaita
Ramanujacharya is the great acharya of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta, who united loving devotion with rigorous philosophy and is honoured for his inclusive, compassionate vision.
Romasha: A Woman Seer Among the Rigvedic Hymnists
Romasha is a woman seer of the Rigveda, remembered among the bramhavadinis whose verses the tradition preserved within the Vedic corpus.
Vishvavara: Woman Seer of the Sacred Fire
Vishvavara is a woman seer of the Rigveda remembered for her hymns to Agni, the sacred fire, and for her place among the Vedic bramhavadinis.
Apala: The Devoted Woman Seer of the Rigveda
Apala is a woman seer of the Rigveda remembered for her devotion to Indra and for a beloved hymn that the tradition reads as a story of faith and renewal.
Ghosha: The Vedic Woman Seer of the Ashvins
Ghosha is a woman seer of the Rigveda remembered for her own hymns and for her devotion to the Ashvins, the divine physicians of Vedic tradition.
Lopamudra: Vedic Seer and Companion of Agastya
Lopamudra is a Rigvedic woman seer and the wife of Sage Agastya, honoured as a composer of hymns and a wise voice for balance in the spiritual life.
Maitreyi: The Seeker Who Chose Wisdom Over Wealth
Maitreyi, a bramhavadini and wife of the sage Yajnavalkya, is remembered for choosing the knowledge of the Self over wealth in one of the most moving Upanishadic dialogues.